At seventy-three, the former front man of Talking Heads is still asking questions about what it means to be alive. But now he ...

Richard Demaret Hausman died in his home on Longboat Key. He is survived by his wife, Edna, his daughter Elizabeth Lycke, ...

There are people in the world, so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in form of bread.” Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948.The great Indian leader and liberator made that remark before he was ...

Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year - Known around the world for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees, conservationist Jane Goodall was among a number of noteworthy people wh ...

A 29-year-old Nigerian man, Chiemka Okoronta, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl after offering to share a taxi with her when her bus terminated unexpectedly in ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president on Friday replaced top security officials as the West African country grapples with unabated violence in the conflict-hit north and myriad security challenges ...

A Nobel Prize winner, who criticized Donald Trump and compared him to one of history’s most brutal dictators, has thanked the administration for revoking his visa. Wole Soyinka, the 91-year-old ...

Today, on Throwback Thursday, we take a step into the vibrant Ghana movie scene, with a review of a movie called "Kukurantumi: The Road to Accra" "Kukurantumi: The Road to Accra" is a 1983 Ghanaian ...

Ochanya, a Junior Secondary School student at the Federal Government Girls College, Gboko in Benue State, died on 17 October 2018, following complications linked to years of sexual abuse. Seven years ...

For generations, Fulani herders roamed freely across vast landscapes, while farmers settled to cultivate the land. But this once symbiotic relationship has turned tense, as competition for dwindling ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he ...

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