Facebook shares lifted Friday to an all-time high, crossing $100 for the first time, during a rally in the technology sector on Wall Street. Shares in Facebook rallied 2.5 percent to close
Super-storm Patricia closed menacingly on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday as the strongest hurricane on record, sending residents, tourists and authorities scrambling to prepare for a potentially devastating hit. Authorities relocated some
Two more women came forward in New York Friday to accuse disgraced US comedian Bill Cosby of rape and sexual assault, as a celebrity lawyer warned there were more to come. More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned university lecturers against academic corruption and inciting students. Buhari, who gave the warning at the 31st Convocation and 40th Anniversary of the University of Ilorin, said
The Federal Government has said that all monthly payments to ex-militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme were up to date. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday reinstated the 21 Local Government Council Chairmen wrongfully sacked by Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi. A Kogi State High Court sitting in Koton Karfe
Ivory Coast’s former prime minister Charles Konan Banny on Friday pulled out of the country’s presidential election, denouncing an “iniquitous” poll that is expected to return incumbent Alassane Ouattara on Sunday. “After
It’s been a great week for Hillary Clinton. First, Democratic rival Joe Biden abandoned his presidential dreams. Then, she emerged unscathed from a marathon congressional grilling over the 2012 Benghazi attacks that
A World Health Organization expert panel called Friday for a shift in the kinds of vaccines used to fight polio, insisting full eradication of the crippling disease is within reach. The WHO
French President Francois Hollande pledged Friday to help Greece implement tough bailout reforms and tackle a major influx of migrants landing on its shores. The socialist French president is one of the