There is a need for urgent funds to address a humanitarian emergency for tens of thousands of Ethiopian refugees, the United Nations has said. These refugees have fled conflict in Ethiopia’s

Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country during US President Donald Trump’s term, which ends next month, an Israeli government minister told state agency, Ynet TV

A federal judge has again delayed R. Kelly’s trial on child pornography and other charges because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, postponing it to next year. The 53-year-old R&B

United States President-elect Joe Biden warned the recently uncovered cyber-“assault” on government computers had compromised US national security and would not “go unanswered” once he becomes president.  “This attack constitutes

A spokesman for Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday dismissed an editorial in Financial Times,  an international daily newspaper based in Britain,  which  described Nigeria as a country that is

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe

Students in Nigeria are set to head back to classrooms after a nine-month break after the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) “conditionally” suspended its strike, ending a protracted industrial

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over the “plot to bomb some places” during the Christmas holidays. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency asked Nigerians

Nigeria-headquartered BUA Cement Plc has signed an agreement with Sinoma CBMI of China for the construction of three new cement plants of three million tonnes each per annum in Edo,

Lionel Messi scored his 644th goal for Barcelona during his side’s victory over Real Valladolid to break Pele’s record of the most goals for one club. Argentina forward Messi, 33,

Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday expressed worry over the deteriorating security challenges bedevilling the country, particularly in the North-west.

Stock futures wobbled and commodities fell on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump threw a last-minute spanner into pandemic relief plans, although Asian equities rose as traders looked through fears

France will reopen its borders to people travelling from the United Kingdom on Wednesday, ending a blockade imposed in response to an apparently more infectious strain of the coronavirus that

Three police officers have been shot dead in an incident in central France, and a fourth officer wounded, the country’s national police force confirmed on Wednesday. The police officers were

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday charged Nigerians to brace up for the inconveniences of measures being introduced by the government to protect them in the aftermath of the resurgence of

The total amount of foreign exchange inflow into the Nigerian economy in the third quarter of 2020 stood at $21.46 billion, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria

British-Nigerian unified heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua has set his sights on a title showdown with fellow Briton Tyson Fury in June after revealing on Tuesday that he

Super Eagles and Leicester City FC midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi and Super Falcons and FC Barcelona Femeni forward, Asisat Oshoala, emerged the King and Queen of the Pitch for year 2019