Sir Sean Connery, the first actor to portray the iconic James Bond character has died at the age of 90. The actor starred in seven Bond films (every film from Dr.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara seeks reelection in a presidential vote Saturday marked by an opposition boycott and clashes over his bid to secure a contested third term. At least

The US recorded at least 94,000 new Covid-19 cases between Thursday and Friday, with spikes in dozens of states days before the presidential election. It is the second day in

United States officials revealed on Thursday they had seized Iranian missiles bound for  Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of previously-seized Iranian oil bound for Venezuela. The unsealing of the

Qatar says several airport officials have been referred for prosecution after forced gynaecological exams were carried out on women flying to Sydney. The group – which included women from Australia,

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu has asked men and officers of the force to protect themselves if they are assaulted, saying officers have the right to legally protect

The Lagos State judicial panel investigating accusations of police brutality on citizens and shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza has found about six bullet casings at the toll gate. The

Lagos politician, Olabode George has described as sacrilegious the collection of internally generated revenue in Lagos state by a private firm called AlphaBeta and earns around N7.5bn ($19 million) monthly,

The head of the Nigeria Police Force has described as “untrue” a report by rights group Amnesty International that the police violated human rights during the recent #EndSARS protests and

Business is booming for America’s tech giants. Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google reported sales and profits figures on Thursday covering the three months to September 30 – and there was

Less than 24-hours after the United States rejected Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidature for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) top job, the Nigerian government has said it will continue to engage

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said the country’s economy is too fragile for another COVID-19 induced lockdown. The Nigerian leader has however called on citizens to observe measures that have

France will introduce a new coronavirus lockdown from Friday, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. In his second major televised address in two weeks, Macron said France was “overwhelmed by the

Germany will have a November lockdown but schools and shops will stay open, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, calling for a “major national effort” to fight coronavirus. Social contacts will

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonji-Iweala has emerged the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation. According to sources from the European Union, she emerged victorious in the

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

 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

The EU will back former Nigeria Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, further boosting her frontrunner status. Ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member