Saudi Arabia says it will begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from vaccinated foreign worshippers starting on August 9. The announcement on state media early on Sunday came about 18 months

Brazil needed an extra-time winner from Malcom to claim men’s Olympic gold with a 2-1 win over Spain on Saturday. The game headed into extra-time when Mikel Oyarzabal ruled out

A woman who accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her breast at the governor’s state residence has filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff’s office said Friday.

The Taliban has captured the city of Zaranj in Afghanistan’s Nimruz province, making it the first provincial capital the group has taken from the Afghan government as it steps up

United Nations has raised the alarm that Nigeria’s North East is on the brink of catastrophic food insecurity as 4.4 million people in the area expected to face food critical

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $11.174 billion for the construction of a standard-gauge coastal railway from Lagos to Calabar. FEC also approved the award of two contracts to

A court in South Africa says former President, Jacob Zuma will be allowed out of prison on Tuesday next week to appear in person at a corruption trial. The court’s decision comes

An investigation found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York’s

New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for indoor activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, making it the first big city in the U.S. to impose

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday announced the lifting of a suspension on residents of the country returning from Nigeria and five other countries, effective Thursday, August 5. Other countries

The Central Bank of Nigeria has assured it will monitor commercial banks to ensure they meet the legitimate FX demands of customers. As a way of also allaying fears over

The Nigeria government has received four million and eighty doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine donated by the US. The vaccines were received by the West African country on Monday

People who have been fully vaccinated in the US or European Union no longer have to isolate when arriving in the UK from an amber list country. The rule change

Square Inc, the payments firm of Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey, will purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) pioneer Afterpay Ltd for $29 billion, creating a global transactions giant in

Nigeria’s Police Service Commission has suspended Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force. Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday,

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), from the Service of the

Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of public venues, introduced by the

Nigerian sprinter and 2008 Olympics long jump silver medallist Blessing Okagbare’s Tokyo Games ended abruptly on Saturday morning after she was provisionally suspended following a positive test for human growth

Royal Dutch Shell has launched a major divestment of its Nigerian assets, several sources familiar with the matter said. Shell has hired Standard Chartered to sell its Shell Petroleum Development