Philip Robert-Tissot, chairman of Europe, Middle East and Africa Mergers and Acquisitions at Citigroup, is to be the next director general of the UK...
Liberia's jailed ex-President Charles Taylor is due to begin his appeal at a UN-backed special court in The Hague. Last May,...
Ten-man Nigeria were held to a 1-1 draw as Burkina Faso scored with the last kick of their opening Group C match at the...
Nigeria and Burkina Faso will go head-to-head in their first game of the 2013 Afcon in Nelspruit on Monday. Both teams...
Four years after making history by becoming the first African-American president, Barack Obama will kick off his second term on Monday with a scaled-back...
A South African court has found Henry Okah guilty of terrorism charges leveled against him by the federal government of Nigeria. ...
Gunmen have attacked the convoy of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero. The incident took place Saturday afternoon in Kano.The...
Charles Ble Goude, a former youth leader and close ally of Ivory Coast's ex-president and international war crimes defendant Laurent Gbagbo, was arrested...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the embattled Chairman of Bi-Courtney, Wale Babalakin along with 4 other before a Lagos...
Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner continues to face problems as more aviation regulators and airlines grounded the plane on safety concerns. The...
Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Thursday they had executed a French agent who French armed forces had tried to rescue at...
President Barack Obama has unveiled sweeping gun control proposals, setting the stage for a showdown with firearms rights advocates. Mr Obama...
German club Bayern Munich have announced that former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola will take over as their manager at the end of the season....
Former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has spoken for the first time of his desire to take on the "challenge" of managing an English club...
A number of foreigners are reported to have been abducted by Islamist militants in Algeria, diplomatic sources say. Reuters news agency...
The Minister of State for Defence, Olusola Obada, scared participants at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Abuja on Tuesday as she slumped...
Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Wednesday they had sentenced a French agent to death after a failed attempt by French...
