The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. …
The World Health Organization (WHO) is due to hold a special meeting on Friday to consider the significance of a …
Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of civil rights activist Malcolm X, was found dead inside her Brooklyn home Monday evening, according …
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken at the State House in Abuja. Blinken arrived …
UK police have declared the blast outside a hospital in Liverpool a terrorist incident and said they believed the explosion …
FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, has died aged 85, his foundation announced on Thursday. “It is with …
Britain’s highest court on Wednesday blocked a $4-billion class action against Google that had accused the company of illegally tracking …
The police in the Federal Capital Territory announce that all abducted victims of the University of Abuja have been rescued …
Armed men suspected to be bandits on Tuesday morning stormed the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Abuja at …
Sudan’s military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders, and declared a state of emergency. Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan, who …
Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism in an Abuja court on Thursday, three months …
Queen Elizabeth II has “reluctantly” accepted medical advice to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland, planned for Wednesday and Thursday, …
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy …
Kenya’s two-time World Championship bronze medallist, Agnes Jebet Tirop, has been found dead. The 25-year-old long-distance runner, who represented Kenya …
Three U.S.-based academics — David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens — won the Nobel Prize in economics …
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom …
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. Announcing him as the winner on Thursday, …
The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan, two scientists honored for creating …
The government had also increased the national budget for the fiscal year from N13.98 trillion to N16.45 trillion. The report …
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike. The doctors went on strike on August 1 …
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that a ban on the services of social media app, Twitter, be lifted in Nigeria. …
A French court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on former president Nicolas Sarkozy after finding him guilty of illegal campaign …
Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered by gunmen. He was …
There are counter-protests ongoing at the headquarters of the United Nations as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), addressed …
The European Union announced on Thursday that it will impose a universal charger for smartphones, setting up a clash with …
Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulkadir, died in Kano State on Wednesday. A presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed the death …
A man who was portrayed in a film as a life-saving hero during the Rwandan genocide has been convicted of …
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demoted his foreign secretary on Wednesday in a major reshuffle, removing his more under-fire colleagues …
The African Union has followed in the footsteps of regional bloc Ecowas and suspended Guinea, as punishment for last Sunday’s …
Special Forces who seized power in Guinea on Sunday, capturing President Alpha Conde, announced a nationwide curfew “until further notice” …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Lekki, the fast-developing upper middle class area of Lagos Metropolis as …
State House correspondents were stunned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest decision on two of his appointees. The president, through one …
Researchers are monitoring a new coronavirus variant found in South Africa. The C.1.2, which has multiple mutations, has not yet …
This was disclosed in a statement from President Emmanuel Macron’s office. It said that enough jabs had now been purchased …
Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the airport before dawn on Tuesday following the withdrawal …
A woman is among five people injured in a mass knife fight outside a London Tube station. All those injured …
The Ghanaian police have reportedly arrested some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Accra. The police, it …
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, is pleased to announce the appointment of …
At least eight people have died and several others were injured after a crane collapsed at a building site in …
Nigeria and Russia have signed a military cooperation deal providing a legal framework for the supply of equipment and the …
Bandits attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Afaka, Kaduna State, on Tuesday. It was gathered that the incident occurred …
Widow of Nigeria’s first military ruler, Lady Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. A close family friend disclosed that she died …
Three Kenyans have been evacuated from Afghanistan, while nine remain stranded in the country following the Taliban’s seizure of power …
A public health emergency has been declared in Uganda after scientist’s detected polio in samples taken from two different sewage …
The Taliban has renamed Afghanistan the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, a bustling …
Ugandan officials say the first batch of 500 Afghans is expected to land today at the Entebbe International airport. The …
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 that was recently passed by the National …
Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was declared winner of Zambia’s hotly contested presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu. …
