Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been selected as one of the two female candidates to proceed to

The Nigerian government has ordered a comprehensive investigation into a report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) that revealed N2.67bn (about $6.5m) school feeding funds

Nigerian equities continued its bullish run on Tuesday, hitting a five-year high. The last time stocks rallied by this much was April 1, 2015.  The All Share Index jumped 4.92%

Covid-19 is spreading further among those around US President Donald Trump, with White House adviser Stephen Miller and a top military official infected.  Miller, who has been self-isolating for the

Nigeria’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to make every move necessary to ensure Nigeria’s candidate at the keenly contested position of Director General of World Trade

Nominees for this year’s edition of MTV Europe Music Awards have been announced, and six artists across the continent will be vying for Best African Act. Nigerian singers Burna Boy

China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO official said

Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been arrested in Spain and faces extradition to the US where he has been charged with tax evasion.  Prosecutors say he failed to file

US President Donald Trump has left hospital, three days after being admitted with Covid-19, vowing to be back on the campaign trail soon. He flew for the short trip back

Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas and said the death toll was rising from the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more

US President Donald Trump says he will be released from hospital later on Monday, four days after being admitted with Covid-19. Just before a scheduled briefing from his doctors, Mr

Stock markets rose on Monday on hopes that President Donald Trump could be discharged from hospital later in the day, easing some of the political uncertainty that shook global bourses

Paris will shut all bars completely from Tuesday as the French government raises the city’s coronavirus alert to maximum following a sustained period of high infection rates. Full detail of

US President Donald Trump’s medical team says his health “continues to improve” and that he could be discharged on Monday. Trump’s physician, Dr Sean Conley, said in a briefing on

The UK has announced more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time since mass testing began. There were 12,872 new cases, while a further 49 people have died

US President Donald Trump says he is doing well, but that the next few days will be the “real test”. The video, posted on Twitter on Saturday evening, comes after

US President Donald Trump said in a video on Saturday evening that he’s starting to feel better, after a day of contradictory information about his health since being moved to

More than three million people in Madrid have had new restrictions imposed on their lives as Spain tries to control the most serious second wave of Covid-19 infections in Europe.

US President Donald Trump has been taken to a military hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The 74-year-old was moved to a special suite at Walter Reed National

Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL together with its affiliates, confirmed on Friday that it is