Renowned Nigerian Billionaire Chief Harry Ayoade Akande, the Agba Oye of Ibadanland, has died aged 77. Akande passed away in the early hours of Saturday December 5. According to a

The Court of Appeal in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday affirmed the death penalty imposed on Maryam Sanda, a mother of two, who was sentenced to death for the murder

The Nigerian Senate is livid with President Muhammadu Buhari over his refusal to sack military chiefs that they say have overstayed in office thereby running out of ideas and culminating

Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix after testing positive for coronavirus. The Mercedes driver returned three negative tests last week but began displaying mild symptoms on Monday

The Nigerian government has subtly blamed the slaughtering of over 100 farmers by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the farmers failure to carry out due diligence and not obtaining a

US President-elect Joe Biden is set to announce Nigerian-born attorney Adewale  Adeyemo, as deputy Treasury secretary, according to various reports. Adeyemo, who was a former senior international economic adviser during

Former Senegalese World Cup hero Papa Bouba Diop and Fulham midfielder, has died at the aged of 42. Bouba Diop, nicknamed the Wardrobe, was one of the heroes of Senegal’s

The British Army is to take over part of Ashton Gate Stadium in South Bristol next week to set up a mass coronavirus vaccination programme, Bristol Live can reveal. People

Iran’s most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country’s defence ministry has confirmed. Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after an attack in Absard, in

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Shell Petroleum Development Company requesting the apex court revisit its 2019 judgment ordering the oil giant to pay N17 billion (about $45m)

No fewer than 10 crew members have been abducted by pirates who attacked a cargo vessel near the Pennington FPSO off the coast of the Niger River Delta. Praesidium International

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had granted a “full pardon” to his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

Nigeria’s land borders, closed since August 2019, may soon be reopened, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed said during an interview with State House correspondents on

Nigerian superstar Burna Boy’s album, ‘Twice as Tall’ has been nominated for Best Global Music Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Burna faces stiff competition from Bebel Gilberto and his