Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the stay-at- home order for all State Public Servants on Grade Levels 14 and below. The new order asked them to resume duty

India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the country’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.588 trillion ($34.518bn) into law. The signing took place at the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The National Assembly last Monday passed the budget

An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville in Tennessee early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people. Authorities said they believed the blast was

Major stock indexes in Europe traded slightly higher on Thursday, with the CAC 40 adding around 0.2% as investors welcomed news that the EU and the UK finally reached a

Students in Nigeria are set to head back to classrooms after a nine-month break after the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) “conditionally” suspended its strike, ending a protracted industrial

Three police officers have been shot dead in an incident in central France, and a fourth officer wounded, the country’s national police force confirmed on Wednesday. The police officers were

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the effective supervision of the border the country shares with Niger can only be supervised by God. A statement by a presidential aide

One by one, several European countries have banned, or are planning to ban flights from the UK to prevent a new, more infectious strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of 344 kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, describing their safe return as a big relief to their families,

All school children with reports suggesting over 300 of them, who were kidnapped by bandits from Government Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State at the weekend have been recovered. ARISE

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, according to the presidential Elysee Palace. “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today,” his office said

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four of  the country’s land borders. The borders are Seme in Lagos State, Illela in Sokoto State, Maigatari in Jigawa

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the two-week deadline given to citizens to update their SIM card registration with their National Identification Number (NIN)

Nigerian singers Omah Lay and Tems are set to be released from police custody in Uganda after charges against them for breaching Covid-19 rules were dropped on Tuesday. In court

Chief Justice of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment. A Justice of the country’s Supreme Court, Ibrahim

Terrorist group Boko haram on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in Katsina state, northwestern Nigeria. In a voice message, leader of the jihadist group

Former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has died at the age of 73. The Frenchman managed the Reds from 1998-2004 and led them to five major trophies, including the FA Cup,

Iran has executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency said that Ruhollah