South Africa Overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s Biggest Economy

In dollar terms, South Africa is once again the biggest economy on the African continent, a position it reclaimed from Nigeria.

WHILE AISHA BUHAR IS FLAUNTING $105,000 HERMES BAG, WIFE OF SINGAPORE'S PM HO CHING CARRIES $ 11 POUCH TO THE USA

Less than 24 hours after SIGNAL broke news of Nigerian First Lady Aisha Buhari’s ostentatious Hermes Birkin 35cm Porosus Crocodile Gold Hardware Bag worth $105, 000 (N40, 950,000), the BBC, in contrast, has filed a report of  Ho Ching, the wife of Singapore’s PM, carrying an $11 blue, dinosaur-printed pouch on a state visit to the White House.

2 SHELL WORKRES SACKED AFTER SEX VIDEO LEAKED

 Vigil on the 17th anniversary of the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 4 other Ogoni elders.

Two employees of Shell Oil were fired after a video of their sex romp which they recorded on a phone was shared online.

The duo of Lee Hanlon, 32, a former project engineer for Shell, and 33-year-old Amy Maxwell, who are both married and met while working for the oil company.

NORTH KOREANS TO SINGAPORE WILL NOW NEED VISA FROM OCT.1

SINGAPORE: North Koreans travelling to Singapore will require a visa from Oct 1 this year, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said on Saturday (Jul 30).

Taiwan bus driver in crash that killed tourists was drunk, police say

TAIPEI — Taiwanese investigators say the driver of a tour bus that crashed last week and burst into flames killing all 26 on board was driving drunk.

TURKEY ORDERS THE CLOSURE OF OVER 130 MEDIA HOUSES

Turkish authorities ordered the closure of more than 130 media outlets on Wednesday in a crackdown following July’s failed coup, Reuters reports, citing CNN Turk.

TURKISH COUP CRUMBLES AS CITIZENS ANSWER ERDOGAN'S CALL TO HIT THE STREETS

ISTANBUL: An attempted Turkish military coup appeared to crumble in the early hours of Saturday (Jul 16) after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan's call to take to the streets to support him.

OVER 80 PEOPLE DIED IN FRANCE TERROR ATTACK

Eighty-four people — including several children — died in the French city of Nice after a terrorist plowed a truck, which was “loaded with” grenades and other arms, into a large crowd during Bastille Daycelebrations Thursday night, according to officials and the French president.

COUP ATTEMPTED IN TURKEY SAYS PRIME MINISTER

Gunfire was heard and jets were seen flying in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Friday as Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said a group within Turkey’s military had attempted to overthrow the government.

THERESA MAY BECOMES UK PRIME MINISTER

Theresa May Emerges 2nd Female UK Prime Minister, Names Boris Johnson Foreign Secretary

BIN LADEN' SON VOW TO AVENGE HIS FATHER'S DEATH

Hamza bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, the son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has released an audio message threatening to avenge the killing of his father by the United States.

SON OF FORMER LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMAR GADDAFI RELEASED FROM PRISON

The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, has reportedly been released from prison, more than four years after he was caught trying to flee the country by a rebel militia, despite being sentenced to death last year.

SEE HOW WHATSAPP HELPS PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN ZIMBABWE

The streets of Zimbabwe's main cities are deserted during a nationwide stay away to protest at the lack of jobs and unpaid wages.

BREAKING NEWS: OSCAR PISTORIUS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IMPRISONMENT

South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

THOUSANDS GATHER IN LIKE LONDON TO PROTEST AGAINST BREXIT

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central London Saturday to march in protest against last week’s vote to leave the European Union, a result that has plunged Britain into political chaos and which most people in the capital rejected.

TERRORISTS ATTACK A SHOPPING MALL IN BAGHDAD, 82 PEOPLE KILLED

BAGHDAD - At least 82 people were killed and 200 injured in two bombings that hit Baghdad around midnight Saturday, nearly all of them in a blast targeting a busy shopping area as they celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said Sunday.

DOLLY PARTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR HILLARY CLINTON

Dolly Parton isn’t one to shy away from sharing her opinion even when the topic is politics. In a chat with the New York Times, the singer explains why she thinks a female president would be “wonderful.”

“Hillary might make as good a president as anybody ever has,” Parton admits.

TEN PASSENGERS FEARED DEAD AS TERRORISTS HIT ATATÜRK AIRPORT IN ISTANBUL

Ten people have been killed in an attack on Turkey’s largest airport, Istanbul Atatürk, according to the country’s justice minister.

Two suspects blew themselves up outside the security checkpoint at the entry to the international terminal, after police opened fire on them, according to another Turkish official.

CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY CATHOLICS SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAY PEOPLE -POPE

Rome - Pope Francis said Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people and seek their forgiveness for the way they have been treated.

David Cameron resigns over Brexit result

Final results show 51.9% vote to leave; 48.1% vote to remain; 72.2 % turnout

David Cameron has resigned as British prime minister following the failure of his Remain side to win the referendum on staying in the EU.