Mali’s transitional president appointed former minister of foreign affairs, Moctar Ouane, as the West African nation’s prime minister on Sunday, a few days after being sworn into office. The appointment

Abel Ejikeme Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the decision of leaders of organised labour to suspend their planned protest, and described the act

Oil prices dipped on Monday as rising coronavirus cases upset hopes for a smooth recovery in fuel demand, with the main crude benchmarks on track for their first monthly falls

The Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ondo State governorship election and Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, sunday in Akure, the

Goddy Egene The Nigerian equities market gained a record N350 billion last week as investors swooped on stocks in search of higher returns following a cut in the Monetary Policy

US President Donald Trump paid just $750 in US income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, reported losing millions of dollars from his golf courses and has hundreds of millions

A US judge has issued a temporary injunction preventing a ban on future downloads of the TikTok app. The app had faced being blocked from Apple’s App Store and Android’s

Abel Ejikeme The Nigerian government has reached an agreement with the country’s organised labour that will see the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and her affiliates suspend a planned industrial action

Barring any last minute resolution of the planned nationwide strike organised by Nigerian labour unions against the increase in electricity tariffs and petrol, aviation union members have been put on

Rita Osakwe As Nigeria celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence on October 1, the THISDAY ARISE Group is hosting a virtual event which promises to be an evening of

Nigerian-born New Zealander, Israel Adesanya, on Sunday shut his opponent and critics up, after a commanding victory in his UFC 253 middleweight title match against Brazilian Paulo Costa. Adesanya and

Real Madrid won a five-goal thriller with Real Betis in La Liga as the video assistant referee took centre stage. Federico Valverde put Madrid ahead from close range but Aissa

The Spanish government has urged authorities in Madrid to tighten coronavirus restrictions across the city, warning of a “serious risk” to residents if they do not. Madrid extended restrictions in

Rita Osakwe President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the new US Supreme Court Justice. Barret, a conservative, long-term academicck and appeals court judge was the

The final five housemates in the Big Brother Naija Lockdown will know their fate on Sunday when voters decide who leaves with the N85 million grand prize. To many followers

Rita Osakwe Mali’s new leaders were sworn into office on Friday, five weeks after Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was overthrown in a military coup. Retired colonel and former Defence Minister, Bah

With a total debt burden of N5.39 trillion as at the end of December 2019, the 36 states of the federation are no longer eligible to borrow from the capital

Peter Uzoho No fewer than 30 people were yesterday injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos State, while 15 vehicles and 23 buildings were destroyed. The spokesperson

Rita Osakwe Guinea’s main opposition leader has called on neighbouring West African countries to quell a growing political crisis in the country. President Alpha Conde’s decision to run for a

The meeting between the federal government and organised labour, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), was adjourned yesterday till Monday after both sides failed to agree on