Germany will extend its coronavirus restrictions until April 18 and enter a strict lockdown for five days over Easter in a bid to halt soaring infection rates, Chancellor Angela Merkel

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday vigorously defended the approval of a whopping $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery, maintaining that apart from following

Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Niyi Adebayo, Monday said the Bank of Industry (BoI) has finalised plans to deploy a $1billion syndicated-term loan to support the Micro

A gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the US state of Colorado. The attack in Boulder ended with

A huge fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Monday, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said The fire at Balukhali

India has reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in four months, amid a worrying surge that has prompted multiple states to return to some form of restrictions on public

Aretha Franklin’s family have spoken out against the new Genius biopic series depicting the star, saying they “do not support” it. The series has been produced by National Geographic and stars Cynthia

Several Western countries have announced sanctions against officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group. China has detained Uighurs at camps in the north-west region

The US and the European Union have imposed sanctions on people linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar. The EU’s sanctions marked the 27-nation bloc’s most significant response since

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has launched legal proceedings over what he calls “false and defamatory statements” in a book published last year called “Putin’s People”. Among the claims in the

The Nigerian government has said it will ensure the arrest and prosecution of travellers found to be in possession of fake coronavirus test results. In making the announcement, the Nigeria

Rapper Nicki Minaj’s mother, Carol Maraj, has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the man who is accused of killing Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run crash last month. Charles Polevich,

Advanced trial data from a US study on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shows it is 79% effective, in long-awaited research that may answer some questions about the shot’s effectiveness in

Mauritius has begun the use of the Indian-made Covaxin vaccine after running out of its 100,000 doses of Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine. The Covaxin vaccine, produced by India’s Bharat Biotech company is

Authorities in Rwanda say it has confirmed the presence of new variants of the Covid-19 virus first identified in the UK and South Africa. Health Minister Daniel Ngamije told the