The Nigerian Senate has fixed October 20 to commence debate on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), a move the Senate President Ahmad Lawan says will ensure the jinx that has

Sofia Kenin on Thursday defeated Petra Kvitova 6-4, 7-5 to reach the French Open final and attempt to capture a second Grand Slam of the year following her Australian Open

As Super Eagles take on reigning African champions Algeria Friday in Austria, Head Coach of the Nigerian national team, Gernot Rohr, has insisted that vengeance is least on his mind

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dismissed reports of four positive Covid-19 tests in Super Eagles camp ahead of tonight’s international friendly with African champions Algeria. Media Officer of the

Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks likely to miss the Milan derby this month after his club AC Milan announced on Thursday that the veteran Swede had again tested positive for coronavirus. Ibrahimovic,

The World Bank says it expects economic activity in Sub-Saharan African countries  to decline by 3.3% in 2020, the region’s first recession in 25 years.  The lender says the COVID-19

This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück. The Swedish Academy, which oversees the award, said Gluck was recognized for “her unmistakable poetic voice

A criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in a US federal court has shown that six men plotted to try to kidnap Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home. According

US President Donald Trump says he will not participate in a virtual TV debate with his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Earlier on Thursday, the Commission on Presidential Debates said the

Mali’s former prime minister Boubou Cisse and other officials and military personnel detained during the August coup have been released, according to a statement by the vice president, Colonel Assimi

British low-cost airline, EasyJet says it will make a loss of about £800million ($1.033billion) in 2020. This is the first time EasyJet will publish such a loss in over two decades since it

Leading Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate on Wednesday said climate change is forcing world leaders to make “life or death” choices, causing them to treat it as an urgent crisis. Vanessa

Hundreds of demonstrators in Namibia took to the streets of Windhoek the country’s capital Wednesday demanding an end to violence against women and children as well as calls for justice for Shannon Wasserfall

Africa’s most populous nation Nigeria has named her 2021 budget ‘Economic Recovery and Resilience’ – with her President Muhammadu Buhari saying revenue generation to fund annual budgets has been the

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the serious challenges facing the country’s economy to the coronavirus pandemic. Buhari stated this when he presented the country’s 2021 budget before a joint

US vice-presidential nominees clashed over coronavirus, taxes, race, ‘court-packing’. Although it didn’t have the tension of last week’s debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, there

Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud became France’s second-highest goalscorer of all time – surpassing Michel Platini – in a friendly hammering of Ukraine. Giroud, 34, scored twice in the first half to

New Zealand’s Prime Minister lifted coronavirus restrictions on its largest city on Wednesday, after the country appears to have eradicated community spread of the virus a second time. “We can

President Donald Trump has had no Covid-19 symptoms for more than 24 hours and has been fever-free for more than four days, his doctor Sean Conley has said. Conley also

A live TV debate between the candidates for vice-president ahead of next month’s US election has seen fierce clashes over the coronavirus pandemic. Democrat Kamala Harris accused Donald Trump of