More Slam Glory Beckons For Ageless Federer

Switzerland's Roger Federer is supremely confident he has it all in place to join Novak Djokovic and Australian Roy Emerson with the most Australian titles

Only Marin Cilic stands between Roger Federer and a 20th Grand Slam title as an injury-ravaged Australian Open staggers to its Sunday final at Melbourne Park.

Australian Open: men's final

Fire At Hospital Kills 39, Injures Scores In South Korea

Firefighters work as smoke billows from a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. The hospital fire causes scores of casualties and injuries, according to a fire agency official. (National Fire Agency/Yonhap via AP)

A fire spread flames and smoke through a South Korean hospital Friday morning, killing at least 39 people, mainly from suffocation, and injuring more than 100 others in one of the country's deadliest blazes in years.

A person injured in a fire is carried from a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. The hospital fire causes scores of casualties and injuries, according to a fire agency official. (Kim Dong-mi/Yonhap via AP)

‘Fire And Fury’ Sales Exceed 1.7 Million

In this Jan. 5, 2018 photo, copies of the book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff are displayed at Barbara's Books Store in Chicago. Wolff's "Fire and Fury" is well on its way to becoming one of the top selling nonfiction books in recent years. The tell-all about the Trump administration book has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the combined formats of hardcover, e-books and audio, publisher Henry Holt and Company told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Published less than 3 weeks ago, the book remains No. 1 on Amazon.com and other lists. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury" is well on its way to becoming one of the fastest selling nonfiction books in recent years.

Don’t Disregard Africa, 78 U.S. Ex-Envoys Tell Trump

US President Donald Trump

Seventy-eight former United States Ambassadors to 48 African countries have expressed a deep concern over reports of President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about the continent.

Drama As Libya And Super Eagles Reach CHAN Quarter-Finals

Super Eagles players celebrate victory in the ongoing 2018 CHAN

Libya scored three minutes into stoppage time to edge Rwanda 1-0 Tuesday and snatch an African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals place behind Group C winners Nigeria.

Obasanjo Attacks Buhari, Asks President Not To Run In 2019

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, in a blistering and excoriating 13-page statement, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019.

Cattle Colonies: Southern States Shun FG’s Request For Land

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

No state in the southern Nigeria has volunteered to provide land to the Federal Government to set up cattle colonies in order to address the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers.

Weah Sworn In As Liberian President, Completes Historic Transition

Weah takes the oath, becoming Liberia’s next president Image credit: Jennifer O’Mahony

Former international football star George Weah speaks in the Liberian capital Monrovia on December 30, 2017, the day after the country's elections board officially certified Weah as the winner of the presidential election.

George #Weah, football legend, sitting beside #sirleaf about to be sworn in as #Liberia’s new President Image credit: Tamasin Ford

FG, States To Spend 53% Of ₦17.5tr Budgets On Salaries

More than half of the ₦17.5 trillion total budgets of federal and state governments will be spent on salaries and overheads this year, according to Daily Trust investigations.

Liberia’s Sirleaf: Africa's First Elected Female Leader; Final Farewell Message To The Nation (FULL TEXT)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state, is stepping down as Liberia's president after a maximum of two terms

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women's rights, is stepping down after making history as Africa's first elected female president in Liberia.