Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Monday resumed duty as the director general of the World Trade Organisation, weeks after her appointment was endorsed by the United States and approved by the trade organization. Her appointment was ratified on February 15. “WTO members have just agreed to appoint Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next director-general,” …

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption on Monday and handed a three-year prison sentence after a court in Paris convicted him for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office. The sentence includes two years suspended, which means it is unlikely Sarkozy will …

Kim Kardashian’s hairdresser, Chris Appleton, hilariously trolled the reality star by posting a funny photo of her asleep in his glam chair during a recent touch-up.   The photo shows Kim asleep with her head tilted back and mouth open as Appleton and his team tend to her hair.   “I …

Roman Goddess has joined those giving an opinion about Chioma Roland’s life after she was trolled on Twitter.   Chioma trended on Twitter over the weekend as people debated about her relationship status.   Reacting, Instagram sensation, Roman Goddess warned Nigerian women to “stop having babies for men until they do …

In the days before Christmas, 44-year-old April Harris sat in her prison cell at the California Institution for Women for more than 23 hours a day. In the 20 minutes she was allowed to leave it, she and the other prisoners would flood into the common areas – choosing either …

“By encouraging nomadism as a way of life for certain people, not only do we encourage a violation of the rights of land and property owners, we also devalue and deny those herders the full benefits of citizenship.” From Olusegun Obasanjo to Goodluck Jonathan and now Muhammadu Buhari, ‘triumphalism’ by …

The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has declared that same-sex marriage will never happen during his tenure. He made this declaration at the installation and enthronement of a program of an Anglican Archbishop held in Mampong on Saturday February 27.   In his words ”I have said this before and …

The Police Command in Anambra says they have arrested three suspected members of different cult groups in the state. Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer (CSP), announced this in a statement on Sunday in Awka. Mohammed said the arrest followed the raid of their hideouts by personnel of Special …

The high performance of African students in the United States seems to trigger a curiosity to probe into its underlying reasons. Some admirers have come up with the explanation that the cultural differences and attitudes towards learning in addition to great level of efforts coupled with unreserved devotion to academics …

For some time now, the tenure of Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been the subject of public debate interrogating the legality or otherwise of Oyeyemi’s continued stay as Nigeria’s number one Road Safety officer.   The opposition relies on the …