In a recent Press Release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, the Federal Government has assured Nigerians that it is working to role back poverty in the nation.  [....]

Responsibility for the attack at one of Ouagadougou's main hotels popular with UN staff and westerners claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb At least 20 people are reported to have been killed and another 15 wounded in an Islamist attack on a hotel in the heart of Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou. Last night the Splendid Hotel was reported to be on fire as commandos used explosives to force their way into the hotel  [....]

Reports in the media that former death row records boss Suge Knight paid a retired LAPD cop to help Tupac Shakur fake his own death, have gone viral recently. According to David Myers Tupac (2pac) is still alive, thanks to Suge Knight who hired over 30 people to help cover-up the rapper fake death. A video has surfaced recently which shows Suge Knight talking candidly on camera, admitting that Tupac [....]

The shortest man to ever live has died. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who was 21.5 inches tall according to Guinness World Records, died in an American Samoa hospital Thursday. He was 75 years old. The Nepal native was suffering from pneumonia when he was admitted to the hospital last week, the Kathmandu Post reported. “GWR would like to express its sincere and heartfelt condolences to Mr. Dangi’s [....]

The bus driver stripped naked and got under his bus as LASTMA officials and police tried to tow his bus for a traffic violation. This happened today in just a few minutes ago at Ago Oniko Roundabout in Lagos, Nigeria. [....]

The world's oldest man, Sakari Momoi – who was born before the Wright brothers made their first powered flight, and before Henry Ford produced his first car – died on Sunday in Tokyo. He was 112. The Japanese supercentenarian, who was born on Feb. 5, 1903, was named the world's oldest man in June 2014 following the death of 111-year-old Alexander  [....]

A 100 level student of History and Diplomatic Studies (Nigeria) early yesterday encountered an ordeal when he had a handshake with a level 400 student of medicine and surgery and immediately he felt incomplete and he checked to notice that his penis was missing and he raised an alarm immediately. All thanks to the Great Madelites in the hostels that came to his  [....]

Reports indicate that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is likely to keep the country’s oil ministerial position for himself. This is because of several reported cases of massive corruption in the sector. A political associate told the Reuters that Nigeria’s oil sector is so dirty that nobody’s hands are clean enough to do the “surgical changes” needed. Muhammadu Buhari  [....]

Outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday that some of his friends deserted him shortly after he conceded defeat to his rival General Muhammadu Buhari in the March election. Jonathan publicly conceded defeat to Buhari on March 31, a decision which was commended by local and foreign commentators and doused tension in the country. “Some  [....]

Israel, thank you for doing this! You know their people suffered xenophobia back in the 1940s, so I guess they have zero tolerance for it. A minister from South Africa was denied visa to visit Israel for diplomatic work. “We are taking it up through the proper channels. We need to receive a proper explanation for the denial of a visa to a sitting cabinet minister,” Monyela [....]

A court for flagrant offences in Senegalese capital, Dakar on April 22 2015, sentenced Ibrahima Ngom, a freelance online journalist for blackmailing, Mor Ngom, Minister-Counselor of the President of Senegal, Macky Sall. The MFWA’s correspondent in Senegal reported that the journalist was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence. The court however granted  [....]

EU leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of people risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. Draft proposals for the meeting include offering 5,000 places for resettlement for migrants “qualifying for protection” under a pilot project. More than 800 people drowned off Libya’s coast on Sunday, bringing the number of deaths  [....]