Regional leaders call for calm ahead of Zimbabwe poll ruling

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Southern African leaders on Saturday called for calm in Zimbabwe as the country awaits a Constitutional Court hearing on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed election victory. …

Child victims of DR Congo Ebola outbreak need ‘special care’:UNICEF

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Fight to stop corruption, not recovering looted funds alone, Saraki tells Buhari’s FG

The ongoing deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has particularly affected children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. …

Erdogan vows Turkey will not be cowed by US

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Okonjo-Iweala denies comments against Buhari

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Saturday that his country would not be cowed by the United States, his latest broadside in the bitter feud between Ankara and Washington. …

Belarus prime minister sacked over corruption scandal

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Inland Waterways: Lagos issues boat operators, dredgers 7-Day ultimatum

Belarus’s strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday sacked his prime minister and other key members of government following a corruption scandal that saw top officials arrested. …

Egypt president approves law tightening internet controls

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on a law tightening controls over the internet in the country, the official gazette said Saturday. …

Trump alleges social media ‘censorship’ of conservatives

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

The Story Of A Man Who Stood By His Fiancee After She Suffered An Accident That Damaged Her Leg Is Touching

US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused social media platforms of “totally discriminating” against users with right-wing views while dubbing mainstream news outlets CNN and MSNBC “sick.” …

Brexit figurehead Farage returns to fight prime minister’s plan

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Nigel Farage, who spearheaded the drive to get Britain out of the EU, announced Saturday he was returning to the fray in a bid to scupper the government’s Brexit blueprint. …

Venezuela relaunches currency, analysts warn of worsened crisis

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Venezuela will start issuing new banknotes on Monday after slashing five zeroes off the crippled bolivar, but analysts warn the measure will do nothing to stop a worsening economic crisis. …

More than 320 dead in India flood crisis

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

Pressure intensified Saturday to save thousands still trapped by devastating floods that have killed more than 300 in the Indian state of Kerala, triggering landslides and sending torrents sweeping through villages in the region’s worst inundation crisis in a century. …

Elephants take the flag in Indonesia independence ceremony

by Nigerian Oracle - August 18, 20180

A trio of rare elephants led an unusual ceremony in the Sumatran jungle Friday, raising Indonesia’s red and white flag to help mark the country’s independence day. …