INTERNATIONAL

The priority of Britain’s government is to leave the European Union on Oct. 31, Queen Elizabeth said on Monday, setting out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s programme for a ...

At least 119 Nigerians are on death row in Malaysia, according to Amnesty International. They were arrested over drug-related offences and later convicted. The human rights organisation disclosed this in ...

The Pentagon said Sunday President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria — almost the entire ground force in the war-torn ...

Following a report which revealed that Nigeria’s leaders stole $600billion between 1960 and 2019, there are strong criticisms on leaders who led the nation into a state of ...

Billed for high-level panel talks on global tax reform The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, is leading Nigeria’s delegation to the 2019 annual ...

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who made peace last year with bitter foe Eritrea. He was awarded the prize ...

The Department for International Trade and International Development has committed an additional £2.5 million of UK aid funding for the Commonwealth Standards Network (CSN) programme, pledging that it ...

Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, a professor of Nigerian origin, has resigned after it was discovered that he spent $242,390 research funds in strip clubs and iTunes purchases. According to a ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria urgently requires, “a comprehensive package of measures,” to reduce vulnerabilities and raise economic growth in the country. The IMF stated ...

MPs will be called to Parliament for a special Saturday sitting in a decisive day for the future of Brexit. Parliament will meet on 19 October after a ...

A No 10 source has said a Brexit deal is “essentially impossible” after a call between the PM and Angela Merkel. Boris Johnson and the German chancellor spoke ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Dr Akinwunmi Adesina for re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Akinwunmi, while speaking ...

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the public to take the claim in “For The Record”, the memoir of David Cameron, former UK prime minister, with “a grain of ...

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo  Saturday put the value of bilateral trade between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at $1.2 billion, noting that both countries ...

President Donald Trump, has announced that he wants people to be denied U.S. visas if they cannot afford healthcare in order to prevent immigrants from “financially burdening our ...

US Democratic lawmakers have demanded documents from the White House as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The documents relate to a call between Mr ...

President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Friday after a three-day official visit to South Africa. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while in South Africa, the ...

South African authorities have seized 342kg (54 stone) of lion bones at an airport in the commercial capital, Johannesburg, believed to be destined for Malaysia. The bones were ...

US President Donald Trump, already facing an impeachment inquiry after urging Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, has now urged China to do likewise. He said ...