England manager Gareth Southgate on Thursday named his 26-man squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. The biggest omission is Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, with Southgate saying his current form

Adji Sarr, the woman who had filed a rape charge against Senegal’s opposition leader has repeated her accusation and insisted that her case must proceed despite deadly clashes over his

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reacted to criticism from his US counterpart Joe Biden by saying, “it takes one to know one”. Biden was asked in an interview this week

Russia has recalled its ambassador to the United States for consultations after US President Joe Biden labelled Vladimir Putin as ‘a killer’ in an explosive interview. The move to bring

The Bank of England voted unanimously to keep its benchmark interest rate on hold at a record low of 0.1 percent and to leave its bond-buying programme unchanged during its

Presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election Atiku Abubakar has embarked on a “massive membership e-registration drive” for his support organisation aimed at

At least four people have been killed and 11 others wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Thursday. The bombing came on

Myanmar’s overthrown leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to face new charges of corruption from the generals who seized power in a coup on February 1, as protesters fighting

The Federal Reserve foresees the economy accelerating quickly this year yet still expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pinned near zero through 2023, despite concerns in financial markets about

Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in fourteen countries across Africa, has announced the signing of a $200 million agreement with global impact investing platform,

Now worth a whopping $6.6 billion, producer, rapper, and fashion mogul Kanye West is the richest African American in the United States, according to Forbes Magazine. He is now also

A Milan court on Wednesday acquitted energy companies, Eni and Royal Dutch Shell, along with some of their past and present managers, including Eni Chief Executive, Claudio Descalzi, in one

United States President Joe Biden has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “going to pay” following a US intelligence report that linked Moscow to an influence campaign that sought to

Nigeria’s federal government is working out how to pay for Covid vaccines, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clement Agba, has said. He told THISDAY at

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the federal government to restart the Safe Schools Initiative launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in

The 10 members of staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), who were abducted by bandits in March 6, 2021, in Kaduna Northwest Nigeria, have been rescued by

Holders Bayern Munich cruised through to the Champions League quarterfinals for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons after beating Lazio 2-1 at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday to

All states in Nigeria have received the Covid-19 Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine except the northcentral Kogi State as a result of the state government’s unwillingness to repair the state’s Cold-Chain Store, the

Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Sulhu Hassan has announced the death of President John Magufuli. The announcement was made on Wednesday on state television. Many people will remember him for his

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to block vaccine exports to the UK and other countries with markedly higher rollouts of coronavirus jabs. Ms von der Leyen said