The Nigerian Army has disassociated itself from “a viral video on social media in which it was alleged that civilian protesters were massacred by soldiers at Lekki Toll Plaza”. According

A judicial panel of inquiry in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has got underway into last week’s shocking events at the Lekki tollgate where a demonstration against police brutality went

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Yakubu was first appointed head of the commission in 2015 and

World 100m champion Christian Coleman has been banned for two years after missing three drugs tests. The 24-year-old American, who is suspended from 14 May 2020, will miss the postponed

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden zeroed in on the critical battleground of Pennsylvania on Monday night, demonstrating different approaches to rallying voters just days before polls close

US artist Taylor Swift’s latest album ‘Folklore’ has returned to number one in America, becoming the first record to sell more than a million copies this year. The 30-year-old released

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it was not yet ready to release data from the late-stage trial of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate it is developing with Germany’s BioNTech SE.

 India has signed a military agreement with the United States for the sharing of sensitive satellite data as the two sides held a top-level security dialogue aimed at countering China’s

Manchester United and France midfielder Paul Pogba says he will take legal action after “total fake” reports said he was to quit international football. Pogba, 27, was reported to be

Fast-spreading wildfires have forced evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California as powerful winds across the state prompted a power outage to

Coronation Insurance formerly known as Wapic Insurance has reassured clients of a speedy compensation following their several losses to businesses and assets occasioned by the large scale violence that followed

Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says footage from the Lekki Toll Gate reveals that the men of the Nigerian Army are responsible for the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS demonstrators. “From

The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the general election. Trump’s fellow Republicans voted

Moniepoint, the mobile money platform launched last year by Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt, has become the largest non-bank mobile money service in the country, processing 13 million transactions monthly. Launched

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has hit back at Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over criticism that the Trump administration has given up on trying to control the

The Weeknd and Roddy Ricch are the leading nominees for this year’s American Music Awards, scoring eight nods each. Both will compete for artist of the year against Justin Bieber,

South African police on Monday arrested five suspects over the 2014 murder of national football captain Senzo Meyiwa, a major breakthrough in a case that stunned the crime-ridden nation. The

After a seven-week interruption, talks between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt over the controversial mega-dam across the Blue Nile are set to resume on Tuesday. The announcement by South Africa’s President

Thousands of people participated in protest marches and strikes in Belarus after the passing of a deadline imposed by the opposition for the country’s leader, President Alexander Lukashenko, to resign.