Despite the abduction of the 317 schoolgirls from a government-owned secondary last week in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara State, the state’s governor, Bello Matawalle, has said the incident will not deter

Liverpool ended a run of four successive Premier League losses with a 2-0 win at bottom club Sheffield United, boosting their hopes of finishing in the top four. Four of

Chelsea missed the chance to climb back into the Premier League’s top four after grinding out a goalless draw with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. The Blues threw in all

The Zamfara State Government says the 317 abducted female students of Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe are yet to be released. A statement from the office of the state

A transborder drug trafficker, 36-year-old Nkem Timothy, has been arrested in Sokoto by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, with suspected cocaine of about N1bn street value. Nkem

Nicolas Pepe and Willian both produced their best for some time as Arsenal made the most of Leicester City’s mounting injuries on Sunday. The result lifted Arsenal two places up

Police in Myanmar moved quickly to stamp out protests against military rule on Sunday, firing live and lobbing stun grenades and tear gas canisters at demonstrators in the main city

About 48 hours after the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, alleged that the federal government had abandoned the state in the plan to secure the release of the

Popular Nigerian music producer, Ayorinde Faboro popularly known as Dr Frabz is dead. According to a tweet by popular singer Nikki Laoye, the music producer was shot. She wrote, “Oh

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has said the rescued kidnapped victims of the Government Science College Kagara went through tremendous torture in the hands of their abductors. Bello

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has advised school owners across the country as well as religious organisations, to scale up security in their environments, saying this was in keeping faith with

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), on Wednesday, in a strongly worded statement, concluded that the federal government was no longer able to protect her citizens against the marauding criminals in

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday called on the African Union and other international partners to help address a deepening crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region as he

A second former aide said she was sexually harassed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who responded with a statement Saturday saying he never made advances toward her and never

Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed an ancient Roman ceremonial carriage from a villa just outside Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The almost perfectly preserved

Nigeria’s federal government has disclosed that it will receive the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India on Monday March 1 provided that there is no change of plan.

US regulators have formally approved the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the third jab to be authorised in the country. The vaccine is set to be a cost-effective alternative

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has sacked Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, his spokesman, for his comments that was deemed to have been critical of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. The state commissioner for

Manchester City’s centre-backs discovered a goalscoring touch to help Pep Guardiola’s side to a 20th straight victory courtesy of a 2-1 win over West Ham. Ruben Dias and John Stones