UK’s Priti Patel Vows To Stop Foreign Aid Being Stolen Or Wasted

UK’s Priti Patel pledged to change the global aid system so that it would serves the world's poorest people and deliver value for money for taxpayers

Too much of Britain's foreign aid budget is being "stolen or wasted on inappropriate projects", the International Development Secretary has warned.

South African Park Kills 350 Hippos, Buffalos Amid Drought

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Rangers in South Africa's biggest wildlife park are killing about 350 hippos and buffalos in an attempt to relieve the impact of a severe drought.

Kruger sign

WADA Fury As Russian Hackers Release Williams', Biles Data

Olivier Niggli, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of the World Anti-Doping Agency speaks on June 20, 2016 ©Adrian Dennis (AFP)

The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday slammed Russian hackers who breached its database and published confidential records of US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.

UEFA Confirm Aleksander Ceferin As New President As Slovenian Chief Replaces Michel Platini

Ceferin has been confirmed as the new UEFA president

Aleksander Ceferin has been confirmed as the new UEFA president. The Slovenian beat Dutchman Michael van Praag in the election, by 42 votes to 13.

In New Video, Boko Haram Remains Defiant, Threatens To Capture Buhari

In a new video by the Boko Haram, suspected members of the sect said they were plotting to capture President Muhammadu Buhari.

Former Nigerian International, Mutiu Adepoju To Promote Spain's La Liga In Nigeria

World Cup Finals, 1998, Nantes, France, 13th JUNE 1998, Spain 2 v Nigeria 3, Nigeria's Mutiu Adepoju stumbles after a challenge from Spain's Guillermo Amor

Former Nigeria World Cup star Mutiu Adepoju has been appointed to help raise the profile of Spain's Le Liga in his home country.

BVN Enrollment Hits 46.39m

Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja

Enrollment of Bank Verification Number (BVN) for savings, fixed and current accounts in Nigeria has climaxed 46.39 million.

Rocky Relocation: EPL’s West Ham's Stadium Move Hits Problems

West Ham United's Michail Antonio, center no. 30., celebrates scoring against Watford with teammates during the English Premier League soccer match at the London Stadium, London, Saturday Sept. 10, 2016. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

West Ham United was supposed to have hit the jackpot with its relocation to the UK Olympic Stadium used for London 2012.

2-IN-1 STORY: Nigeria’s Satellite Can’t Detect Quelea Birds; Food Crisis Looms As Quelea Birds Attack Northern Farms

Red-billed Queleas

The multi-billion naira satellite launched into the orbit by the federal government has no capacity to detect movement of thousands of red-billed quelea birds and locusts that travel thousands of miles to destroy crops in the country.

Aviation Crisis Deepens As Arik Suspends Operations • FG May Intervene, Says Ministry Official

Hundreds of passengers of Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, were left stranded at airports across the country and beyond on Tuesday because of suspension of flight operations by the carrier.

Nigeria Refuses Petrol Price Rise Despite Crude And Currency Crises

Barrels of crude oil

Nigeria will not increase its gasoline prices, President Muhammadu Buhari told his oil minister and state oil firm head, summoned to his villa last week, sources at the compound said.

South Sudan Corruption Report Is 'Rubbish': Government

Former first Vice President Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir

A report commissioned by actor-activist George Clooney alleging massive corruption and war profiteering by leaders of South Sudan, the world's newest nation, is "completely rubbish", the government said Tuesday.

After Ebola, Ban On Pregnant Pupils Sours Return To School In Sierra Leone

In 2010, Sierra Leone banned visibly pregnant girls from attending school. Schools were shut down for nine months during the Ebola outbreak, but reopened again on April 14, 2015, with the ban still in place. Image source: brogenproject.org

Beaten at home by her parents and unable to go to school due to the Ebola outbreak which devastated Sierra Leone, 15-year-old Rugiatu Conteh had nowhere to go, and no one she could turn to.

Sultan Says Killer Herdsmen Are Foreign Terrorists, CAN Disagrees

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atul Nasir Islam, Sa’ad Abubakar lll

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, in his Eid-el-Kabir message on Monday said armed herdsmen perpetrating violence in the country were foreign terrorists.

FOR THE RECORD: FG Takes Action To Improve Education Quality

From right: Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of State, Professor Anthony Anwukah and Permanent Secretary Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan during the presentation of draft ministerial strategic plan to stakeholders in Abuja Photo: Ministry

The Federal Government recently presented a draft of education reform plan tagged ‘Education for change; a ministerial strategic plan (2015-2019)’ to stakeholders and development partners in Abuja, in an attempt to improve the quality of education output.

Team Nigeria Grabs Two More Gold, Breaks Another World Record

Handout image supplied by OIS/IOC showing Nigeria’s Lauritta Onye, Gold Medal winner in the Women’s Shot Put – F40 Final in the Olympic Stadium, during the Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 11, 2016. Photo by Thomas Lovelock for OIS/IOC via AFP.

Nigeria yesterday continued its impressive form at the on-going Rio 2016 Paralympic Games when it won two more gold medals and a bronze to bring the country’s tally to five gold, two silver and a bronze medal.

Second Tremor Hits Kaduna In 24 Hours

Map of Kaduna State

Residents of Sambang Dagi in Jaba Local Government of Kaduna State witnessed another earth tremor in the early hours of Monday.

Hajj Goes High-Tech For Bloodless Eid Sacrifices

The more than 1.8 million pilgrims from around the world participating in the hajj have the option this year of computerized coupons to order a sacrifice on the Muslim holidays marking the end of the hajj, without seeing the animal ©Khalil Mazraawi (AFP)

Thanks to computer technology and SMS messaging, Muslims at the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca were able Monday to make their Eid al-Adha sacrifice without getting blood on their hands.

Protests Over Water Supplies Hit India's Tech Hub Of Bangalore

Protesters shout slogans and burn an effigy of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in Bangalore on September 12, 2016

Violent protests have broken out in the southern technology hub of Bangalore over a Supreme Court order to divert water from reservoirs to a neighbouring state.

Anambra Moves To Tackle 900 Erosion Sites

One of the deadly erosion sites in Anambra

Anambra State which is adjudged the most erosion prone and devastated landscape in Nigeria, according to statistics, has about 1,000 erosion sites.