Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed a temporary ceasefire in the conflict in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The announcement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov follows ten hours of talks

Security personnel including policemen and members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are finding it difficult to commute to their different destinations in the riverine region of Ese

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration’s determination to reform the country’s police should never be in doubt, the first time he will speak on a movement that has

August GDP data just released in the UK by the Office for National Statistics, came in at a disappointing 2.1% missing analysts estimate of 4.6%. After over 20% contraction of

US President Donald Trump has completed his course of therapy for Covid-19 and could resume public engagements as early as Saturday, according to his physician. Dr. Sean Conley said in

The feud between two former soviet republics seems not to be ending. Azerbaijani authorities have accused Armenia of launching missiles to target the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline that carries Azerbaijani crude

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