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

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.

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

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)

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