The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from all decision-making bodies of ECOWAS and placed economic and financial embargo on the country following the military takeover...

Mali’s President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned from office under duress from mutinying soldiers who yesterday, seized him from his home and took him to a location outside the capital, Bamako....

It is said that, those who do not or care to know where they are coming from, getting a proper direction as to where they are going, becomes a much more difficult task. Also it is said that if you fail...

Nigeria on Monday confirmed 417 fresh COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of recorded cases in the country to 49,485. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

President Muhmmadu Buhari has concluded a closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House, Abuja. Although the details of their discussions remained sketchy as at the time...

Nigeria is to resume international flights in and out of the country after shutting down its airports in March to curb the spread of Covid-19. This is according to a statement released on Monday by the...

The Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State. The election was nullified based on a petition by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic...

The Lagos State Government has extended the hours of operation of both food markets and non-food markets. The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr Wale Ahmed, made this known in...

India’s death toll from the coronavirus hit 50,000 on Monday, with more than 900 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, according to health ministry data released on Monday. India had  last week overtook...

Nigeria has recorded 298 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total amount of recorded cases in the country to 49,068. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

The Ogun State Government has suspended weekend COVID-19 related lockdown in the state.  Governor Dapo Abiodun made this disclosure on Friday. He said the decision to lift the weekend lockdown was due...

The United Kingdom on Thursday said it will reimpose quarantine for travellers from France and the Netherlands. France quickly announced that it would take a “reciprocal measure”. The UK government...

Iran and Turkey lashed out at their regional rival, the United Arab Emirates on Friday over its decision to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel in a US-brokered deal.It accused the UAE of betraying...

Nigeria has recorded 373 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 48,116. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denounced the claim by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Mailafia, sayiing that a governor from the north is the commander of...

Poland is experiencing its first recession since the end of the communist era more than three decades ago. The economy shrank by 8.9 percent in the second quarter because of the effects of the coronavirus...

Nigeria’s unemployment rate as at the second quarter of 2020 is 27.1% indicating that about  21,764,614 (21.7 million) Nigerians remain unemployed. This is contained in a recently released unemployment...

Arsenal have signed Willian Borges da Silva on a free transfer following the winger’s exit from Chelsea. The Brazilian has signed a three-year deal worth around £100,000-a-week to become Mikel...

A member representing Dass Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Honourable Musa Mante Baraza has been killed. It was gathered that Baraza was killed by gunmen on Thursday night at his residence...

Nigeria has recorded 453 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 47,743. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this disclosure via its...