The man at the centre of Sri Lanka’s political crisis has told the BBC he has the support of parliament and will not leave the grand mansion reserved for the island nation’s prime minister. Last week the president sacked PM…
A court in Malawi has halted work on a statue of Mahatma Gandhi after critics accused him of using racial slurs. “Being black people ourselves, such remarks have invited a sense of loathing and detestation of Gandhi,” the Gandhi Must…
Staff at Google offices around the world are staging an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. The employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm,…
A man with chronic schizophrenia who stabbed his mother to death in her bedroom has been found not guilty of her murder on the grounds of mental illness. Joel Woszatka ‘cannot be held criminally responsible’ for the death of 50-year-old…
Frank Lampard enjoyed a wildly successful 13-year spell at Chelsea which shocked the world of football when it came to an end in 2014. Having signed from West Ham for £11m, the midfielder became part of the furniture at Stamford…
The Federal Government and Independent oil marketers, yesterday in Abuja, disagreed over the outstanding subsidy payment due to the marketers for the period spanning 2016 and 2017. The disagreement occurred during a meeting of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream),…
Eight feared dead as rival youth groups clash in Lagos Island (Guardian) Residents and traders in some parts of Lagos Island are now living in fear after eight youths were reportedly killed during the renewed bloody clashes between Onola and…
Amaechi slams pace of work on Lagos-Ibadan rail line (Nation) Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation has said that he was not impressed with the pace of work at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project. Amaechi expressed…
The expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams could be brought forward from 2026 to 2022, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino. The change would require Qatar to share 2022 hosting duties with other countries in the region.…
Kanye West says he’s “distancing” himself from politics. On Twitter the rapper claims he’s being “used to spread messages I don’t believe in.” He has been a vocal supporter of President Trump but this decision appears to centre around a…
