A US-developed vaccine has been shown to be 94.5% effective at protecting people from Covid-19, according to interim results. Produced by Moderna, in collaboration with the US government’s “Operation Warp
Nigeria’s inflation rate increased by 14.23% (year-on-year) in October 2020, this is 0.06% higher than the rate recorded in September 2020 (13.71%). Rising food prices continued to be the primary
Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party – PDP – has called on Nigerians not to reinforce failure in the 2023 general election stating that the governing All Progressives Congress – APC
Peru’s interim president resigned Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader. In a
The 30 young and promising new designers ready to take on a post-Covid world are now being curated and will be unveiled at ARISE Fashion Week 2020, which is set
The Nigerian Army has said it called the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to express its displeasure over his denial that he did not ask the army to intervene in
Brigadier General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo, 81 Division Nigeria Army of the Nigerian Army who testified under oath before the Lagos Judicial Panel on what transpired at the Lekki Tollgate on
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings has left Number 10 with immediate effect. Cummings spoke to the PM on Friday, and it was decided it was best
Sierra Leone came from four goals down to pick up a 4-4 draw with Nigeria in the group L African cup of Nations qualifying match at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium
Play Network Studio’s latest film, a rendition of the 1995 Nollywood classic, Rattlesnake, has had its long-awaited premiere in cinemas. ‘Rattlesnake, The Ahanna Story’ follows Ahanna Okolo, a young man
Ethiopia’s federal government has appointed an interim administrator for the northern Tigray state where a military operation to oust authorities there is underway. A brief statement issued by Prime Minister
Firebrand lawyer Dele Farotimi has said the Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has no interest in uncovering the truth of what happened at the Lekki toll plaza and accusing the Lagos state government
The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot petrol price, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per
Nigerian superstar Davido has released the tracklist for his third studio album, ‘A Better Time,’ a follow up to last year’s hit, ‘A Good Time.’ The 17-track album, set for
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun has been voted the best book to have won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in its 25-year history. The one-off prize,
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has criticized the application of some laws in the country that allows some states like Zamfara mine and manage gold and other solid minerals in
A former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings is dead. He was aged 73. Rawlings is said to have died Thursday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra.
Godwin Obaseki the executive governor of Edo state has promised to consolidate his first-term achievements saying he will ensure his administration rapidly develop the state’s critical energy, housing, digital, and road Infrastructure. The governor
Professor Oyewale Tomori has said Nigeria’s attitude to Covid-19 remains lackadaisical in nature and “still the same country that has made up its mind not to take things seriously.” Tomori, a Professor of Virology was a
Officials have said at least three people were wounded when an explosive device hit an international ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery in the Saudi
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