Nigerian superstar Wizkid has retained the top spot on the UK’s Official Afrobeats Chart with the hit song, ‘Ginger’. The Burna Boy-assisted song has now spent two weeks at number

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned weekend riots against newly imposed coronavirus restrictions as “criminal violence”. Rioters attacked police and set cars and bikes on fire to protest against

The Presidents of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have expressed concern over growing terrorism and piracy in West Africa sub-region, even as they called on member nations to

Moderna’s Covid vaccine appears to work against new, more infectious variants of the pandemic virus found in the UK and South Africa, say scientists from the US pharmaceutical company. Early

The Nigerian government has said the security situation in the country way better than what was obtainable in 2015 when the Muhammadu Buhari administration assumed office. The country’s Minister of Information and

Chelsea will replace Frank Lampard with Thomas Tuchel, Raphael Honigstein can reveal. Lampard will lose his job as Chelsea manager on Monday, and The Athletic understands the club legend will

President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-US citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa in a bid to contain the spread of a

China has overtaken the US as the world’s top destination for new foreign direct investment, according to UN figures released on Sunday. New investments into America from overseas companies fell

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday urged US President Joe Biden to impose strict sanctions on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and officials

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp responded to his side’s FA Cup defeat by Manchester United by saying “don’t worry about us”. The loss to their fierce rivals means Liverpool have now

Bandits have kidnapped at gunpoint 11 persons from Rachael Orphanage Home in the Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was learned that the bandits abducted seven

Bayern Munich moved seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga after a convincing 4-0 win at Schalke 04. A Thomas Muller header put Bayern in front before Lewandowski

Turkey on Sunday sought to rescue members of a container ship after pirates attacked it off the coast of Nigeria, killing one person and kidnapping 15, according to the Turkish

A moment of magic from Bruno Fernandes was enough to decide a thrilling FA Cup tie as Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-2 at Old Trafford on Sunday. Mohamed Salah had

New Zealand has reported its first coronavirus case outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months, although there was no immediate evidence the virus was spreading in the

The US has reaffirmed its support for Taiwan following China’s dispatch of warplanes near the island in an apparent attempt to intimidate its democratic government and test the resolve of

An Ethiopian official has accused the Egyptian government of stepping up its long-standing policy of destabilizing and weakening the East African country by “providing full support to anti-peace elements” and

Britain is expanding a coronavirus vaccination program that has seen almost 6 million people get the first of two doses — even as the country’s death toll in the pandemic

A former Malawi President Peter Mutharika has failed in his quest to remove restrictions on his bank accounts which were frozen as part of a corruption investigation. The country’s high