South Africa’s MTN said on Friday it had now exited its 18.9% stake in the continent’s online retailer Jumia, making R2.3 billion ($142.31 million) in net proceeds. MTN said in

Nigerian superstar Wizkid’s highly-anticipated fourth studio album, ‘Made in Lagos’, has been released on Thursday, October 29 after a two-week postponement due to police brutality protests in Nigeria. “MadeinLagos!! Tonight!!

France will introduce a new coronavirus lockdown from Friday, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. In his second major televised address in two weeks, Macron said France was “overwhelmed by the

Germany will have a November lockdown but schools and shops will stay open, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, calling for a “major national effort” to fight coronavirus. Social contacts will

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonji-Iweala has emerged the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation. According to sources from the European Union, she emerged victorious in the

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned following increasing fan pressure and a public fall-out with Lionel Messi. Bartomeu, who became president in 2014, was set to receive a vote

The Nigerian Army has disassociated itself from “a viral video on social media in which it was alleged that civilian protesters were massacred by soldiers at Lekki Toll Plaza”. According

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Yakubu was first appointed head of the commission in 2015 and

World 100m champion Christian Coleman has been banned for two years after missing three drugs tests. The 24-year-old American, who is suspended from 14 May 2020, will miss the postponed

The EU will back former Nigeria Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, further boosting her frontrunner status. Ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member

The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the general election. Trump’s fellow Republicans voted

MTN Group has appointed Mr. Karl Toriola, a Nigerian from Osun State, as MTN Nigeria Chief Executive Officer (CEO) designate, with effect from March 1, 2021. Announcing the appointment on Monday, MTN

Following several days of protests and violence across Nigeria, the country’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, has said “the military will do everything possible to ensure that subversive

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, is currently holding a meeting with Principal Staff Officers and top army commanders to address the current security situations across the country. The Mondsy meeting

  Lawyer and Human Rights activist Femi Falana has condemned the hoarding of coronavirus palliatives in several cities in Nigeria, calling it a “crime against humanity.” The discovery of COVID-19

Coca-Cola European Partners Plc has agreed to buy Australian bottler Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd., creating a global producer of packaged beverages to better withstand a slowdown in the industry and the

Former Lagos State governor and a stalwart of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has proposed that the Lekki Toll Gate where peaceful protesters were attacked by security forces

Hoodlums have brought Calabar – the Cross River capital renowned for peace, cleanliness and tourism – to its knees, with arsonists and looters having a field day over the weekend.

Nigerian activist and prominent cultural leader Chief Gani Adams believes the only way out of Nigeria’s lingering institutional problems is to restructure the country constitutionally. Adams, is the Aare Ona