Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected, electoral officials say, amid accusations of vote rigging by his main rival Bobi Wine. Museveni won almost 59% of the vote, with

US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has resigned, citing last week’s attack on the Capitol, CNN reported on Friday.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in presidential elections, rejecting as a “joke” early results that gave incumbent President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead. The electoral commission

A Boeing 737 passenger plane has crashed into the sea after disappearing shortly after take off when it plunged 10,000ft into the ocean. The Sriwijaya Air passenger plane lost contact

Discussions are ongoing among some members of the Trump Cabinet and allies of President Donald Trump about the 25th Amendment, which would be a vehicle for members of the cabinet to

US Vice President Mike Pence was ushered out of the Senate as the U.S. Capitol Complex went into lockdown due to an external security threat, while Trump supporters rioted outside

Thousands of protesters carrying Trump flags and shouting “You swore an oath” repeatedly clashed with police officers, tearing down a tarp and climbing over scaffolding as they surged toward the

Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB) has appointed Yemisi Edun as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the bank. This followed the decision by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr.

The global economy is poised to expand by 4% this year, according to the World Bank, exceeding the 2.9% pace recorded in 2019, before Covid-19 pushed worldwide output into a

Intels Nigeria Limited with its parent company Orlean Invest Holding has denied reports that its business has at some time been hindered by political influences from the current government, attributing

A former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of “destroying his legitimate business that was employing thousands of Nigerians because of politics”. Abubakar, a

Eighty-year-old Nancy Pelosi was narrowly re-elected on Sunday as speaker of the US House of Representatives, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe

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