Authorities in Senegal on Wednesday restricted public access to a major bird park following the mysterious death of at least 750 pelicans, ruling out the possibility of bird flu after thorough investigations. The

Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw arrived at the Elysee Palace for a meeting with his French host Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. It was not clear what the two leaders were

The European Union’s dispute with AstraZeneca has intensified with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker denying the EU’s assertion that it had pulled out of talks on vaccine supplies. The EU is urging

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has without evidence said Covid-19 vaccines could harm the population and warning health officials in the country against acquiring vaccines. “The ministry of health should be careful, they should

The United States has said all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately.” A State Department spokesperson cited “credible reports of looting, sexual violence, assaults in refugee

World football governing body FIFA has cleared President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick to contest for a seat on the body’s Council at the elections scheduled for Morocco on 12 March

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has deployed 200 operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, to Ibarapa local government area of the state with a mandate to rid the state’s

US President Joe Biden has warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about election meddling in their first call as counterparts, the White House says. The conversation included a discussion about the

No fewer than 70 shops and goods, whose value is yet to be ascertained were destroyed on Tuesday in an early morning inferno at the Slade Market in Shomolu area

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) update relead on Tuesday has projected that the Nigerian economy will grow by 1.5% this year, slightly lower than

The Senate has confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances.

Tens of thousands of protesting farmers marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors into India’s capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades to storm the historic Red Fort.

Nigeria’s opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the appointment of new service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari as rather late in the day when much harm had already been done

Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as the new head coach of Chelsea. The German was confirmed on Tuesday as the successor to Frank Lampard, who was sacked on Monday. Tuchel

The Nigerian film, ‘Omo Ghetto (The Saga),’ produced by actress Funke Akindele-Bello, is now Nollywood’s highest grossing movie of all time. In a statement released by the Cinema Exhibitors Association

Martin Odegaard has completed a medical at Arsenal ahead of a loan move from Real Madrid. Arsenal have agreed to sign the 22-year-old on loan until the end of the

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the country’s Service Chiefs with immediate effect, months after several calls from citizens and civil society groups for their sack. “I have accepted the immediate resignation

The Nollywood-Bollywood collaboration, ‘Namaste Wahala’, will premiere on Netflix as an original. According to filmmaker Hamisha Ahuja, the anticipated film which has been acquired by Netflix as an original, will premiere

The Police Command in Oyo State says it has launched an investigation into a report it received of how hoodlums packed in vehicles set ablaze the house of Sunday Adeyemo better known as Igboho, an activist in southwestern