Lagos state commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi has said that one hundred and eighty-one students and staff of a private boarding school in the Lekki area of the state

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that the UK must prepare for a no-deal break with the European Union unless there is a “fundamental” change of position from

US President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden competed for TV audiences in duelling town halls instead of meeting face to face for their second debate as originally planned.

On this day 82 years ago, multi-instrumentalist, political activist and Nigerian musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was born. The legendary and trailblazing musician was born October 15, 1938 and was 58 years

Nigerian payments startup Paystack has been acquired by US-based payments giant, Stripe in a $200 million -range deal. That makes this the biggest startup acquisition to date to come out

Britain’s health secretary has shifted London into the second-highest COVID-19 alert level amid a rise in cases. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons that the government acted

“Activist/hacktivist collective” Anonymous said Wednesday night it has hacked multiple Nigerian government websites as protests against police brutality across the country entered its seventh day. In a tweet, the group

The Thai government has announced an emergency decree to stem largely peaceful protests in Bangkok, including a ban on large gatherings. In a televised announcement read out by police, it

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a nightly curfew in Paris and eight other cities to control the rapid spread of Covid-19 in the country. The curfews will take effect

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Nigerians have taken to the streets again today to protest the unveiling of a new police unit to replace an agency that was disbanded following public outcry over its alleged

With Election Day just three weeks away, US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College

The International Monetary Fund is projecting a deep recession in 2020. Global growth for the rest of the year is projected to hit -4.4%, an upward revision of 0.8% compared

US rapper Kanye West has released the first advertisement for his presidential campaign, just 22 days ahead of Election Day. West shared the video, which is a little longer than one

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The Nigerian government has approved the implementation the five point demand of #EndSARS protesters, saying the demands are genuine. The move comes a day after the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari

Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss Portugal’s Nations League game against Sweden on Wednesday. The Juventus forward is “doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation”, according

One of Africa’s best known literary giants Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, better known as J. P. Clark passed on Tuesday,, further depleting the number of a generation of excellent writers

Nigerian officials in positions of authority suffer from a hangover of its past experience with military rule, a key reason why uniformed personnel sometimes treat civilians with disdain. This was