Nigeria’s federal government is planning to add the United Kingdom, Argentina, Canada, and 2Saudi Arabia to red list countries, following their decision to impose travel restrictions on Nigeria. Also, as

Traditional rulers in Nigeria’s Southwest may soon converge to fashion out means to tackle insecurity unconventionally in the region. The Owa of Idanre Kingdom, Oba Fredrick Aroloye, who gave the

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay “a terrible price” and face devastating economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine. Biden

Emirates has  announced the suspension of its operations into Nigeria. The move was made following the retaliatory action taken by the federal government of Nigeria to reduce an earlier 21

Some 50 people are “likely” to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and several other U.S. states late Friday and early Saturday, Kentucky

Tighter restrictions to curb the coronavirus came into force in Britain on Friday, as the government faced new allegations that officials flouted rules they had imposed on the nation with

Apparently jolted by recent killings in Sokoto and Katsina states by terrorists, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday dispatched a high-level five-man security delegation, made up of the heads of the

Former NIgeria president Olusegun Obasanjo and the former vice-president of Uganda, Specioza Wandira-Kazibwe, have condemned the travel ban on African countries over concerns relating to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

With barely 18 months to the end of his eight-year rule, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured the international community of the readiness of his government to hand over power

After revealing the best albums of 2021, Rolling Stone is sharing the 50 best songs of the past year. Landing at the top of the list is Wizkid’s “Essence” featuring Tems, which put Afrobeats

A military helicopter carrying Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat crashed near the town of Coonoor in southern India on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said. Two defence sources said

World number one Novak Djokovic has been entered into the Australian Open despite uncertainty over his Covid vaccination status, while seven-time winner Serena Williams is absent. Defending champion Djokovic has

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday conducted the official take-off of the planned $300 million African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) to be implemented in Abuja by the Benedict Oramah-led  African

Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday alerted the people of the state to a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, noting that in the last three weeks,

Teenage schoolgirls in Afghanistan have told the BBC of their growing desperation as they continue to be excluded from school more than three months after the Taliban takeover. “Not being

Students of Idogbo Secondary School in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State,last week, went on rampage, destroying cars, office equipment and buildings in their school. The vandalism was captured

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned till December 13, for hearing in a motion seeking to temporarily halt the federal government from deducting funds

At least 38 people have died in a huge fire that tore through an overcrowded prison in Burundi’s political capital, Gitega, Vice President Prosper Bazombanza said. The blaze that broke

Lending his voice to the pushback by Nigeria against discriminatory travel rules by the UK, the Archbishop of Canterbury,  the Most Rev Justin Welby,  on Tuesday waded into the ongoing