Sierra Leone’s opposition party, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) says its candidate, opposition leader Julius Maada Bio won the country’s presidential election runoff after taking 54.11 percent votes, according to its own tally of the results. However, Samura Kamara of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC), who won 45.89 …

Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has observed that it will be one of the greatest miracles, if Nigeria pulls through the 2019 elections successfully. In an interview published in the April edition of The Africa Report magazine, the clergy man said the heightened tension across the country would …

The US dollar continued to be higher against its major counterparts in the European session on Thursday, buoyed by reducing fears over a trade war between the US and China after Washington expressed willingness to negotiate a resolution for proposed tariffs. News that officials from US and China had signaled …

Apparently, Saudi Arabia will no longer watch from the shadows. And it has King T’Challa to thank for it. Disney and Middle East distribution partner Italia Film will release Black Panther in the Arab kingdom on April 18, officially ending a ban on cinema screenings conservative Muslim clerics instituted more than 35 years …

The Nigerian government has warned that the continued existence of nuclear weapons remains a threat to all mankind. It stated this in its statement to the general debate of the 2018 Substantive Session of the UN Disarmament Commission by Faisal Ibrahim, first secretary, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN. …

Toyota has redesigned its RAV4 for the 2019 edition with special features that will enable it to function in more difficult terrains than the original design. The all-new Toyota RAV4 unveiled last week at the New York Auto Show, according to an online auto journal, MotorTrend, has become the first vehicle on …

Marvel Studios‘ acclaimed blockbuster movie Black Panther, is currently the 4th highest grossing movie of all time in the North American Box Office and tenth on the worldwide box office. According to Variety, the movie, now in its seventh weekend in release, has made $652.5 million at the North American …

The third edition of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Inter-Command Combat Sports Competition kicked-off yesterday, 3 April 2018, at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The event tagged “Uyo 2018”, will be featuring over 600 participants drawn from the Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF) Abuja and its 6 Commands …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to National Assembly’s re-ordering of 2019 elections time-table. National Commissioner of the commission, South-East, Prof. Ibeanu Okechukwu, spoke while inaugurating Information Communication Technology/Continuous Voter Registration training centre in Enugu on Friday. He stated that the electoral body was not involved in anyway. …

Over 100 residents of Lalupon community in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo state, on Thursday protested against the Federal Government, the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Oyo State government and the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) over eight years of power outage in their …