Uganda’s legislature has passed a bill criminalising human sacrifice and prescribing a death sentence on conviction for related offences. Until now, the country’s laws did not provide for the crime of human sacrifice

A Chelsea’s away goal is the only slender advantage that gives the London club an upper hand going into tonight’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge. The

Referee Bjorn Kuipers has come under criticism from Paris Saint-Germain midfield pair Marco Verratti and Ander Herrera for insulting the club’s players during their Champions League semi-final defeat to Manchester City. Verratti claimed

Authorities in Seychelles have ordered the closure of schools and banned sporting activities and social events to deal with a surge in coronavirus infections. The island nation – which tops

Manchester City cruised into their first-ever Uefa Champions League final as a Riyad Mahrez brace downed Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 on the night, and 4-1 on aggregate. Mahrez added two more

U.S. air safety officials have asked Boeing Co (BA.N) to supply fresh analysis and documentation showing numerous 737 MAX subsystems would not be affected by electrical grounding issues first flagged

President Joe Biden set a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one shot to 70% of adult Americans by July Fourth as he tackles the vexing problem of winning

India’s coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections

Oil prices took a jump to the highest level in seven weeks on Tuesday, as the market continued to be propelled by economic and oil demand rebound in the United

Nigeria’s federal government Tuesday expressed its commitment to do all it could to save the remaining 16 students of Greenfield University,  Kaduna, whose abductors have threatened to kill for the

The world’s oldest person, a 118-year-old Japanese woman, has decided not to take part in the torch relay for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics because of concerns about the coronavirus, an

Nigeria’s federal government has initiated a raft of measures to cut the cost of governance in the face of dwindling revenue occasioned by the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic and

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, Tuesday raised the alarm that Boko Haram insurgents have started regrouping again in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. This

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a judge on Tuesday for a new trial, court records showed, two weeks after he was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in

Pressure is mounting on India’s government to impose a national lockdown as the country recorded more than 20 million Covid infections. The prime minister is resisting the move due to

Bill and Melinda Gates agreed how to divide their property and assets before announcing their divorce on Monday, according to US media. The billionaire couple, who have been married for

A full investigation will be carried out into the causes of an overpass collapse that killed at least 23 people when one of Mexico City’s iconic orange metro trains plunged onto a

Eritrea’s president is in Sudan for talks with officials amid tensions over a longtime border dispute between Ethiopia and Sudan. President Isaias Afwerki landed at Khartoum’s international airport Tuesday and