Hurricane Ida strengthened into a major hurricane early Sunday, which could potentially bring devastating damage to Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Ida had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185

U.S. forces are in the final phase of leaving Kabul, ending two decades of involvement in Afghanistan, and just over 1,000 civilians at the airport remain to be flown out

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, facing plummeting popularity and criticism for his unsubstantiated voting fraud claims, says he sees three alternatives for his future: prison, death or winning next year’s

Nineteen civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have been burned and hacked to death by Ugandan rebels, a local official said. Fourteen bodies were found on Saturday,

Taliban forces have sealed off Kabul’s airport to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the United States and its allies wound down a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’

The Plateau State House of Assembly has given Governor Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenges bedviling the state. Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr Philip Dasun, conveyed

Manchester City put a difficult week behind them by cruising to a 5-0 victory over 10-man Arsenal on Saturday. The result comes amid a tumultuous few days for the champions.

Again Uche Secondus has been sacked as the National Chairman of Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), this time by a High Court in Calabar, the Cross River state capital.

Thirty-two of the remaining sixty-three abducted students of Bethel Baptist High school, Damishi, in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state have been released from captivity. The chairman of the Christian Association of

The United Kingdom (UK) has donated another 592,880 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nigeria, bringing the total to 1,292,640 doses given to the African country by the European country in August

Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) has seen a sharp increase of 5.01 percent in the second quarter of 2021, the highest economic growth recorded under the Muhammadu Buhari administration in

Pep Guardiola has said that he will leave Manchester City when his contract runs out in 2023 – and hopes to manage a national team. The 50-year-old, who joined City

South Africa’s economy is 11% bigger than previously estimated after statistics authorities changed the way they calculate the gross domestic product. GDP at current prices measured 5.52 trillion rand ($369

Japan suspended use of about 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccine Thursday after contamination was found in unused vials, raising concern of a supply shortage as the country tries to

Ethiopia’s communications security agency says the East African country is developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services. It’s

Protection against COVID-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in

Delta Air Lines on Wednesday said employees will have to pay $200 more every month for their company-sponsored healthcare plan if they choose to not vaccinate against COVID-19. The move

Following the purported directive by the Nigerian Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT), directing Multichoice Nigeria to pay $2.2 billion which is 50 percent of a disputed 1.8 trillion naira ($4.38 billion)

The Nigerian Army has denied claims it’s recruiting repentant or surrendered insurgents into the institution, attributing the allegations to a campaign aimed at distracting its personnel from their resolve to bring an end