The Nigerian Senate has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and the Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission, Lamido Yuguda over the CBN’s order restraining banks and financial

The International Press Institute (IPI) has expressed its sadness over the death of its former leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Lateef Jakande. ARISE News had reported that the first civilian Governor

PepsiCo on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped estimates, fuelled by pandemic snacking and higher sales of drinks like Gatorade Zero and Bubly sparkling water. On the heels of the

Human Rights Watch has accused the Ethiopian military of indiscriminately shelling urban centres during the conflict in the northern region of Tigray last November. The US-based group said the attacks

The first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 91. Jakande, a former journalist became

Uber, the ride hailing app based taxi posted a loss of about 6.8 billion dollars last year. This is better than the $8.5 billion it lost in 2019. The company

Germany’s Commerzbank said on Thursday its net loss deepened to $3.3 billion in the fourth quarter, as the lender undergoes a major restructuring and deals with the fallout of the

Controversy continues to trail Tuesday’s alleged grazing of cattle by a herdsman at the Abeokuta home of Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. While the Ogun State Police Command has said

An American company with specialization in medical product delivery, Zipline, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kaduna State government to facilitate the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines using drone

Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine US democracy, are in talks to

Confrontation between China and the United States would be a disaster and the two sides should re-establish the means to avoid misjudgments, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart

Sevilla’s Jules Kounde scored a fine goal and Ivan Rakitic struck against his old side as Barcelona lost their Copa del Rey semi-final first leg. Kounde ran from his own

Atalanta will face Juventus in the Coppa Italia final after beating Napoli in the semi-final thanks to two goals from Matteo Pessina. After a goalless first leg, Duvan Zapata fired

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar and he repeated demands for

Three people believed to have been stranded on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas for 33 days have been rescued, the US Coast Guard says. An aircrew was on a

Senators at Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial have been shown new dramatic and graphic video of an attack by his supporters at the US Capitol. Using Trump’s own words and

The United States has sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel seized under its sanctions programme last year, a Department of Justice official said, as another ship with

Manchester City set a new record for consecutive wins by an English top-flight club after sweeping Swansea aside to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. Goals from Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling

Tottenham are out of the FA Cup after Bernard’s extra-time strike sent Everton into quarter-finals with a 5-4 victory in a thrilling tie at Goodison Park. Spurs were in front