Beyond the Top
Led into the open arena, the regal creatures stamp their groomed hooves, as if acknowledging the cheers, music, and fireworks from the gathered crowd. Their towering size, curved horns, prominent muzzles, and polished coats are on full display as night falls, embodying pride and status. Welcome to one of Senegal’s most anticipated beauty pageants not…
Commuters in London faced severe disruptions on Friday morning (July 4) after a major fire brought Tube services to a halt. The blaze broke out around 1am beneath railway arches on Roxeth Green Avenue in South Harrow. The London Fire Brigade deployed 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines to tackle the flames, bringing the fire…
On July 4, 2025, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered a landmark ruling: the Nigerian Senate’s six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was unlawful and undemocratic. The court ordered her immediate reinstatement, declaring that the Senate had no authority to silence her voice or disenfranchise the over 300,000 constituents of…
Any gold in there today?” Ezekiel Mabhiza shouted to a man hunched over a trash mound, hoe in hand, as they rummaged through one of the many illegal dumpsites littering Zimbabwe’s capital. Soon, Mabhiza joined in. For hours, he scoured Harare’s dumpsites, using a stick or his bare hands to sift through piles of discarded…
Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced he will not seek re-election in the upcoming parliamentary elections, a surprise move that effectively ends his tenure and rules out any possibility of reappointment. Majaliwa, 64, had previously indicated he would run for his legislative seat for a fourth term in October but reversed his decision on…
Liverpool FC announced that Diogo Jota’s number 20 will be “rightly immortalised” on Thursday evening, as news of the Portuguese winger’s tragic passing in a car accident sparked shock and condolences around the world. Following reports that Jota died overnight on Thursday in a crash on Spain’s A-52 highway near Sanabria, calls quickly grew from…
MOGADISHU – A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at Mogadishu airport on Wednesday, a Ugandan military spokesperson confirmed. Of the helicopter’s eight occupants, three survived, according to spokesperson Felix Kulayigye, though details about the condition of the remaining five people have not been released. A fire broke…
Ever since Kemi Badenoch took over as Tory leader, many Conservative critics have claimed she’s failed to make an impact. Countless backbenchers, usually hiding behind anonymity, have been quick to say she’s going nowhere. Chief among their complaints is her performance at the weekly parliamentary showdowns with Keir Starmer. Time and again, they moan, she…
The number of decomposing bodies found stacked in a non-descript building at the Mexico-US border is still rising, according to investigators.Nearly 400 corpses have been accounted for at the site in Juarez, which is just across the border from El Paso in Texas, including 383 complete human bodies and 6 partial remains, according to the…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fined Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, #5m for contempt. Justice Binta Nyako, on Friday, ruled that the suspended lawmaker went against her order by publishing a satirical apology to the Senator President, Godswill Akpabio. The judge ordered Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan to apologise in two national dailies and on her Facebook…