May 14, 2015

THE United States (U.S.) military has denied claims by Iraq’s government that a coalition air strike hit a mosque where the deputy commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

HEAVY gunfire and explosions have rocked Burundi’s capital Bujumbura yesterday, a day after a senior army officer said he had dismissed the country’s president following weeks of protests over a controversial third

AT LEAST 74 workers have been killed and many others remain unaccounted” for, after a fire hit a footwear factory in a suburb of the Philippine capital. Jose Soriano Junior, regional director of

The death toll from the derailment of a passenger train in Philadelphia rose to eight Thursday with the discovery of a body in the wreckage, as investigators focused on the actions of

A think-tank constituted by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support incoming administration’s transition on Thursday presented its report to President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Garba Shehu, Director Media and Publicity to

The Senate on Thursday passed the Immigration Act 1963 (Repeal and Enactment) Bill 2015, and Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Plan (Fiscal Incentives, Assurances and Guarantees) Bill 2015. The Chairman, Senate Committee on

At least 50 Palestinians were wounded in a blast that occurred Thursday inside a militant training camp in Gaza, Hamas officials, medics and witnesses said.

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza arrived back in the country Thursday, a day after a coup was declared while he was in Tanzania for regional talks, his office said. “President Pierre Nkurunziza is

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Malam Munir Gwarzo as the Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).