Nigeria’s federal government says it’s planning to commence local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines in the next 12 months. This is just as the federal government said it has concluded the
The Taliban has captured two more cities in Afghanistan, taking the number of provincial capitals the group has seized since Friday to eight. Farah city of the eponymous southwestern province
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated the need for Nigeria to diversify its economy from crude oil, noting that the nation could earn as much as $20bn annually
Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed the signing of Lionel Messi after the Argentina captain’s contract at Barcelona expired earlier this summer. Messi has signed a two-year contract with the Ligue 1
With less than two months to go, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is preparing to welcome the world to its state-of-the-art pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. At the Saudi Pavilion
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report on the physical science basis of climate change. In this report, Arise
A South African court has again postponed a long-delayed corruption trial against jailed former president Jacob Zuma to September 9 following his hospitalisation last week for an undisclosed medical condition.
Director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Mojisola Adeyeye says the recently received four million doses of Moderna Vaccine from the United States government through the COVAX facility is
Lionel Messi is set to become a PSG player, after agreeing on a two-year contract offer from the Ligue 1 side and is now set to move to the French capital.
Somalia has set up a national payments system as part of plans to develop the financial industry in one of the world’s most fragile states, following decades of political and
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said its proposed digital currency, known as e-Naira, will be treated as a critical national infrastructure to protect it from operational and cyber-security
Former Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has never been afraid to air his views on national issues, ranging from the economy to the democratization of the political space. He
With exactly 559 days to the 2023 presidential election, the search for a new leader for Africa’s most populous country and largest economy – Nigeria – has begun. The Independent
The United States track and field team can no longer rely on sheer strength in depth after a “dramatic underperformance” at the Tokyo Olympics says athletics great Michael Johnson. The
A tearful Lionel Messi has said his next move is not confirmed at an emotional farewell news conference Sunday, but ESPN sources say a deal with Paris Saint-Germain has already
Ruth Pagu, one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram at a secondary school in Chibok seven years ago on Saturday reunited with her parents in company of the two
Tokyo Olympics: US Beat France 87-82 to Claim Fourth Straight Gold Medal in Men’s Basketball Team USA secured a fourth straight Olympic gold medal as they beat France 87-82 in
Hundreds of fully vaccinated people in England have been hospitalised with the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant, scientists said on Friday. In its latest COVID-19 update, Public Health England (PHE)
A former Nigerian military leader Ibrahim Babangida says there would have been a violent coup if the 1993 June 12 elections weren’t annulled. Mr Babaginda stated this on Friday in
Apple has announced details of a system to find child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on US customers’ devices. Before an image is stored onto iCloud Photos, the technology will search
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