Economist and entrepreneur Atedo Peterside has criticised the Nigerian government’s decision to exempt Dangote Industries Limited from its land border closure, calling the move “rigged in favour of a handful of

The race to find a new leader of the World Trade Organization witnessed a change in strategy after the cancellation of a key appointment meeting following the US presidential election.

US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he has fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who serves as director of the National Counterterrorism Center,

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has directed its members nationwide to withdraw their services, signaling the commencement of an indefinite strike over disputed irregularities in the Federal Government-imposed

A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer has been found to be more than 90% effective in preventing the virus, in a major study. Pfizer, which developed the vaccine with

Twelve years ago on a chilly night on November 4, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. It was a historic victory, and for millions of African Americans,

Years after their deaths, Whitney Houston, the Notorious B.I.G. and T. Rex’s Marc Bolan have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Joining them as part of

A day after clinching the US presidency, Democrat Joe Biden and his advisers were working on Sunday on how to address the nation’s coronavirus crisis while reinforcing his intention to

An eventual announcement of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US Presidential election may be irrelevant to construction workers setting up for Inauguration Day on January 20, 202,

President Donald Trump has said his campaign would begin challenging US election results in court next week after media outlets called the race for Democrat Joe Biden, saying “this election

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has won the US presidential election. Biden reached the 273 electoral college votes needed to defeat President Donald Trump and clinch the White House, after it

Philadelphia police said on Friday they were investigating an alleged plot to attack the city’s Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes from the hotly contested U.S. presidential election were being counted.

A former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has advised leaders facing challenging situations in government to embrace the path of honour at the cost of losing power. The comments of the

Ethiopia’s prime minister on Friday said his government has carried out airstrikes against the forces of the country’s well-armed Tigray region, asserting that strikes in multiple locations “completely destroyed rockets

Reports suggest Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has received a beefed-up Secret Service detail in anticipation of a potential Joe Biden presidential win. As of early Friday, several crucial battleground

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi on Friday taunted President Donald Trump by calling the US election for Joe Biden who she branded “president-elect.” Pelosi – one

The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed to continue a military offensive in the northern state of Tigray despite international calls for restraint. Tensions between the state and the

WhatsApp is introducing a “disappearing messages” option that will erase chats from the phone of both the sender and recipient after seven days. The Facebook-owned app, which has two billion