Italy’s Nico Mannion drained a three-pointer in the last 30 seconds to fend off a comeback from Nigeria, with his team holding on to win 80-71 in Olympic Games men’s

The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law will face nine years in prison for terrorist activities and inciting secession, judges said on Friday, in a watershed ruling

The Nigeria Electricity System Operator (NESO) has revealed that at its peak, Nigeria’s power sector was only able to generate about 15.6 per cent of the total projected national daily

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana. The President will join

Sergio Ramos has been left out of the Spain squad for this summer’s Euros. The Real Madrid captain has won 180 caps for his country and lifted the World Cup

Britons will be barred from entering Germany from Sunday onwards after the country’s Public Health Institute designated the UK as a virus variant area of concern. As of midnight on 23 May,

Paris St-Germain face an anxious wait to see if Kylian Mbappe will be fit to face Manchester City in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg. The striker, 22, missed Saturday’s

Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, is under a massive security cordon following threats of attacks by insurgents and the increasing wave of banditry in the contiguous states of Kaduna, Kogi,

Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have killed at least 55 people and displaced thousands, according to the country’s disaster relief agency said Monday. More than 40

Clashes between protesting Tunisians and police continued on Sunday in the country’s capital Tunis and several other cities across the country. Sunday was the third night of tension which officials

US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned on Thursday, joining a list of officials quitting President Donald Trump’s administration in protest at the storming of the

China has approved its first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine for general use, marking the addition of another vaccine in the global fight against the resurgent virus.  The two-dose vaccine from state-owned

Proceedings at the Lagos state Judicial Panel of Inquiry which was set up to look into police brutality in the state and related matters was on Saturday suspended following the

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The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of Randy Waldrum as the new Head Coach of the senior women national team, known as Super Falcons. Waldrum, an American who

Abel Ejimeke There are fears that Africans will reject the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement if the accord benefits only industrialized countries on the continent. Secretary-General of the African