Authorities in northwestern Kaduna State say gunmen have killed no less than thirteen people in a series of attacks across Zangon Kataf, Kauru and Chikun local government areas of the

Over six million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Africa, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. Regional director of the organisation for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he places a premium on promoting women’s inclusiveness in National Development and remains fully committed to seeing more Nigerian women in leadership positions both at

Real Madrid will face Liverpool in the Champions League quarterfinals, while there will be a repeat of last season’s final as Bayern Munich were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain. The other

A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has described the approval of $1.5 billion by the Federal Government for the renovation of the Port Harcourt refinery as a huge

The French capital is set to go into a month-long Covid lockdown on Friday as the country fears a third wave. Some 21 million people in 16 areas of France

Parents of the 39 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, on Wednesday staged a protest, demanding the release of their children. The protest took place

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the $1.5 billion vote by the federal government to rehabilitate the Port Harcourt Refinery, describing the cost as prohibitive and suspicious. According to

The Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) has warned that the rising crude oil prices, which could go above $100 per barrel, may sway the federal government to jettison its economic reform

Sex Consent App Proposal Sparks Backlash in Australia Australians have derided a suggestion by the New South Wales (NSW) police commissioner that an app could be used to register sexual

South-east and South-south leaders on Friday rejected the report of a committee set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which recommended the scrapping of its zoning policy. The PDP

Six months after she left for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has returned to Nigeria. Aisha, whose Dubai trip was steeped in controversy due

Paul Pogba returned from injury to send Manchester United into the Europa League quarter-finals and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the midfielder will continue to make a big impact in

Jose Mourinho apologised to Tottenham fans and said his players failed “at the basics of life” after they threw away a 2-0 lead to be knocked out of the Europa

The first high-level US-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides levelling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare

The EU’s leading states are to restart their roll-out of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after Europe’s medicines regulator concluded it was “safe and effective”. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) reviewed

Tanzania’s soft-spoken Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday was sworn in as the East African country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness

Nigerian fintech startup Kuda has raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Valar Ventures, the firm co-founded and backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, with Target Global,

Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has said the country’s President John Magufuli died from coronavirus last week Wednesday. Tanzania has been plunged into sadness over the death of President