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

Nigeria’s 85-year old Ambassador to the US Justice Sylvanus Nsofor is dead. He passed away on Thursday in a Maryland hospital. Though no official statement has been issued, competent sources have confirmed

Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will not accept the result of the 2020 presidential elections as announced by the country’s Electoral Commission (EC). Speaking at a press conference, a

Former Italian footballer Paolo Rossi, who led the national team to victory in the 1982 World Cup, has died aged 64, his family says. His wife Federica Cappelletti posted on