President Donald Trump spent Christmas Day golfing at his West Palm Beach club while millions of Americans faced the risk of losing jobless benefits on Saturday and the threat of

Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus and defender Kyle Walker have tested positive for Covid-19. The players, along with two members of staff, will isolate in accordance with Premier League and

Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5 next year, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tries to quell outbreaks of deadly political and ethnic violence in several regions. Voter

Matron Annamarie Odendaal has cancelled all staff holiday on the Covid-19 ward at the private Arwyp Medical Centre in Johannesburg as a second wave of the coronavirus threatens to overwhelm

Britain deployed additional military personnel to the port of Dover on Friday to help clear the queues of lorries following the resumption of cross-channel travel for drivers who test negative

Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday called for peace and reconciliation in Nigeria, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Sudan, Cameroon and Iraq, which he is due to visit

An Australian expeditioner has been medically evacuated from Antarctica following a five-day mission involving ships, helicopters and planes. Australia, China and the US collaborated in efforts to bring the patient

Mali’s opposition leader Soumaila Cisse, considered a leading contender in 2022 elections, has died in France after contracting coronavirus.  The 71-year-old died two months after his release from lengthy captivity by

A Russian court sentenced a distinguished historian known for re-enacting Napoleonic battle scenes to 12.5 years in jail on Friday after convicting him of the murder of his young student

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

Reports suggest six people have died and a church burnt in Chibok local government area of Borno state after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked the EYN (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria)

Hong Kong extended a compulsory quarantine by an extra seven days to 21 days for all visitors outside China, effective Friday, in stepped-up efforts to prevent a new variant of

Governors of the six states in Nigeria’s Southwest have endorsed the recommendation of a committee they set up for the establishment of the Southwest Development Commission (SWDC). The Technical Committee,

The US government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new

The Neverland ranch of the late pop star Michael Jackson has reportedly been sold to a billionaire investor for a quarter of its initial asking price. Ron Burkle, a former

Domestic airlines in Nigeria have increased their airfares owing to high volume of passenger traffic compared to airline seats in recent days. Compared to previous years, passenger traffic in this

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licences of seven payment service providers and one payment switching firm. The affected firms are Easifuel Limited, Transaction Processing System

Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government said on Friday in a plan to reach net zero carbon emissions and generate nearly $2 trillion

Nigeria will not issue flights bans against the UK and South Africa, countries where new variants of the coronavirus have been discovered. But officials at the Presidential Task Force on