Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hailed a new visa scheme that offers qualifying Hong Kong citizens a route to British citizenship – a programme launched in response to China’s new security laws in the former colony. The scheme, first announced last year, opens on Sunday and allows those with …

More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) since violence erupted over a December election result, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, with nearly half crossing into the Democratic Republic of Congo. The CAR army, backed by U.N., Russian and Rwandan troops, has …

Myanmar’s military on Saturday said it would protect and abide by the constitution and act according to law, in a move that could allay concerns in the country that the armed forces might attempt to seize power. The statement comes a day after United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Western …

Iran executed on Saturday an ethnic Baluch militant convicted of killing Revolutionary Guards members, the judiciary’s official website reported, a day after the United Nations urged Iranian authorities to spare his life. The Mizan site said Javid Dehghan, who it said was a leader of the Sunni militant group Jaish …

Paul Okoye, the popular Nigerian singer who is also known as Rudeboy, has made some revelations about P-Square. The singer and his twin brother, Peter, popularly known as Mr P, were unarguably one of the most popular twins in Africa when they both belonged to the music group known as …

The new Democratic government in the United States led by President Joe Biden may have started to influence Nigeria and its citizens in some ways. Nigeria may not be feeling the economic impacts of the new US government but obviously, the liberalism, which Democratic governments’ philosophy brings with it has …

Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of Osun State, has made some revelations about Olusegun Obadanjo and Bola Tinubu. Oyinlola revealed how former President Obasanjo truncated the ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Tinubu, to become the running mate to Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), who …

The centre-back has revealed the Dutch club was interested in his signing after impressing on trial and explained why he snubbed the chance West Bromwich Albion defender Semi Ajayi has explained his quest for first-team football made him reject an opportunity to join Ajax. The 27-year-old centre-back started his career …

Sire Eneh Gozieboy, a Nigerian Borno state serving soldier, who celebrated his birthday with loaf of bread has received cake as his birthday present. Recall that, Gozieboy had posted himself with loaf of bread on his birthday, claimed that, both bread and cake are all made from flour. His birthday …

ermany is ordering vaccines for 2022 in case regular or booster doses are needed to keep the population immune against variants of COVID-19, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Saturday, amid growing frustration in Europe at the slow pace of vaccination. Speaking at an online town hall of healthcare workers, …