Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee have been selected to advance to the final round in the race to lead the World Trade Organisation. Okonjo-Iweala and Yoo’s candidacies

Twenty-eight member low-income countries have received a six-month extension of debt service relief from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Countries in this category are Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the award of contracts for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt – Maiduguri eastern narrow gauge railway at the cost of

Following the death of His Highness, Alhaji Shehu Idris (CFR), the Kaduna State Government has approved the appointment of Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. The appointment

American singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, best known for the 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now, has died at the aged of 80. Nash, who had been in declining health, died

Nigeria again won another international legal battle as the US-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute has ordered Inter Ocean Oil Company to pay the federal government $660,129.87 as

Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics has posted Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) at state level for the first half of this year. The 36 states and FCT IGR figure stood at

Arsenal have completed the signing of Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid, the club confirmed Monday, with Lucas Torreira heading in the other direction on a one-year loan. The Ghana midfielder

US President Donald Trump says he will be released from hospital later on Monday, four days after being admitted with Covid-19. Just before a scheduled briefing from his doctors, Mr

Nigeria’s Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) are commencing their 14-day warning strike on Monday. In a letter dated

Paris will shut all bars completely from Tuesday as the French government raises the city’s coronavirus alert to maximum following a sustained period of high infection rates. Full detail of

Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has blamed the country’s organised labour leaders for truncating a planned nationwide strike over the increase in petrol prices and electricity

Nigeria’s inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has banned operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Intelligence Response Team (IRT) from undertaking routine patrols

US President Donald Trump says he is doing well, but that the next few days will be the “real test”. The video, posted on Twitter on Saturday evening, comes after

Government at all levels in Nigeria have been asked to desist from negotiating with kidnappers and criminals in the country. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, stated this in Lokoja the

US President Donald Trump has been taken to a military hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The 74-year-old was moved to a special suite at Walter Reed National

Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL together with its affiliates, confirmed on Friday that it is

A five man panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reversed the nullification of the November 16 governorship election that produced Senator Duoye Diri

Nigeria’s biggest stars, including Davido, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Flavour, Lola Rae and Burna Boy took to the stage as part of activities put together by THISDAY ARISE GROUP to celebrate

The African Development Bank has been selected in a poll of bond market players as the best issuer in 2020 of a COVID-19 bond for its $3 billion dollar-denominated Fight