In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as

US President Joe Biden plans to require all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Just weeks after he mandated federal workers get a shot or face

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the state’s Value Added Tax (VAT) and the bill that prohibits open cattle grazing. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, directed the acting

The global financial market may be heading towards an imminent crisis, as the United States is currently facing the risk of defaulting on its national debt in October. The US

Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged country on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed

Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has asked lawmakers to insert the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) under item 58 of the exclusive legislative list, documents seen by ARISE

Governor of Katsina State in Nigeria’s northwest, Aminu Masari, has said with the benefit of hindsight, his government should never have negotiated with bandits, let alone grant them amnesty. Although

A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates and injuring 80 others. The fires had been extinguished for about two

The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed taxpayers they must continue to comply with their Value Added Tax (VAT) obligations until the court of appeal, or the supreme court

The Nigerian Government has condemned the coup d’etat in Guinea A statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, Mrs. Esther Sunsuwa read: “The Nigerian Government

Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea’s capital on Sunday said in a short broadcast on state television that they have dissolved the constitution and the government in the West

Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top U.S. general

Following growing insecurity in northern Zamfara State, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has instructed telecommunications companies in the country to shut down their services in the state for two weeks.

With the dusts raised by the legal challenges to the status of Mai Mala Buni as the interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yet to settle, coupled with

U.S. automaker, General Motors has announced a pause in production at eight of its 15 North American assembly plants during the next two weeks, as global shortage of computer chips

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government that could be announced soon, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as it battled rebel fighters while striving

Governors of Nigeria’s thirty-six states have described the issuance of promissory notes in favour of judgment creditors relating to Paris and London Club refunds by the country’s Minister of Finance

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the African Cross-border Informal Trade is estimated to be worth $93 billion and one that offers limitless opportunities for the industrialization of Africa. Mr

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency on Wednesday night due to what he called a “historic weather event” with record-breaking rain across the city