Clotilde Delavennat, French Actress Eyeing Nollywood
Odera Ozoka,the award-winning Hollwood-based Nigeria filmaker , who co-produced the highly funded $2 million film, Ije: The Journey, starring two of the country’s greatest...
Author : Jide Adesina
Tension In Libya As The Country Heads For The Polls In An Attempt To End Anarchy And Conflict
By the time Ayman Al-Barasa saw the body of Muammar Gaddafi in the meat warehouse in Misrata he had been fighting almost every day...
Released Sudanese Christian woman detained at airport
A Sudanese Christian woman who was sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith — and then released — was detained with her family on Tuesday as they...
Released Sudanese Christian woman detained at airport
A Sudanese Christian woman who was sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith — and then released — was detained with her family on Tuesday as they...
'Grass cutter' gang rape: Kenyans protest after rapists told to 'cut the lawn' outside police station as punishment for brutal attack
Hundreds of protests have took to the streets in Kenya to march for justice for a school girl who was brutally gang raped, and whose...
‘Grass cutter’ gang rape: Kenyans protest after rapists told to ‘cut the lawn’ outside police station as punishment for brutal attack
Hundreds of protests have took to the streets in Kenya to march for justice for a school girl who was brutally gang raped, and whose...
Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon ''missing''
A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroun has disappeared, according to Cameroun aviation sources on Tuesday. The plane, owned by the U.S....
Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon ”missing”
A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroun has disappeared, according to Cameroun aviation sources on Tuesday. The plane, owned by the U.S....
South Africa Football Association dismisses claims over Keshi deal
The SA Football Association (Safa) on Monday dismissed claims by Nigerian media houses that Stephen Keshi would take over as Bafana Bafana coach. “Safa has...
Top UN humanitarian official urges greater effort to foresee, prevent crises
While the United Nations and its partners continued over the past year to meet the needs of an ever-increasing number of desperate people –...
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, A Good Product For APC In The South West, Nigeria
12 winning Strategies for Election Day – Osun State a case study, 2014 . Serious...
Libya Approves Budget As Eastern Oil Port Reopens
Libya’s parliament approved the overdue 2014 budget worth $47 billion Sunday, drawing on reserves to offset...
Can Africa revolutionise agriculture the way it did telecommunications- Strive Masiyiwa?
Launching a business can be hard work, especially in Africa, where weak governance systems and inconsistent access to critical resources impede success. For Africa’s...
Ivorian president pledges cash incentives for world cup team
Cote d’Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara has told his country’s footballers he will double their World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece, the Ivorian Football...
Apple, Google, Samsung vie to bring health apps to wearables Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000125787/apple-google-samsung-vie-to-bring-health-apps-to-wearables?
A model presents a Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch after its launch at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin For decades, medical technology firms have...
Algeria Now Top Destination for German Weapons
BY RICHARD PALMER Germany approved the export of over $1 billion worth of arms to Algeria in 2013, making it the largest buyer of German weapons...
Mauritania’s president Abdel Aziz wins another term in disputed elections
Mauritania’s president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has won another term after getting more than 80 percent of the vote. The former army general, who is backed by the...
At least seven killed in college blast in,Kano northern Nigeria
n explosion tore through a state college in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Monday, killing at least seven people, a security source said....
Scores of militants killed as Kenyan jets strike al-Shabaab’s Somali bases
Kenyan fighter jets have attacked two bases belonging to Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia and killed at least 80 militants, African Union peacekeepers there...