The 18-year-old brother of Safia S, a teenage girl who stabbed a police officer in the neck on behalf of Islamic State, goes on trial in Germany on Monday on suspicion of carrying out an arson attack in a mall in 2016.

Oil prices rose on Monday on a growing conviction that an OPEC-led production cut initially scheduled to end in June would be extended to cover all of 2017.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that it had repatriated 62,372 Somali refugees from Dadaab camp in northeast Kenya since the return exercise begun in December 2014.

France’s President-elect Emmanuel Macron will be tough in negotiations over the terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union but will not seek to punish Britain, his economic adviser said on Monday.

The UN says war and famine have forced more than two million children in South Sudan to flee their homes, creating the most worrying refugee crisis in the world.

The South Korean National Election Commission says 11 million people have cast their ballots in early voting for this week’s presidential election.

Prof. Michael Faborode, former Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, says current anti-corruption fight in Nigeria would lead to total national rebirth.

Mr Taidi Jonathan, former Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Minna chapter, on Monday said the release of the 82 Chibok school girls demonstrated the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to the welfare of all Nigerians.

Mr Taidi Jonathan, former Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Minna chapter, on Monday said the release of the 82 Chibok school girls demonstrated the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to the welfare of all Nigerians.

World leaders have reacted positively to Emmanuel Macron’s victory over Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s French presidential elections.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday hailed the release of 82 abducted Chibok school girls on Saturday, but expressed concern over the “price” reportedly paid for their freedom.

If the lives of the media workers were to be saved, it was a race against time; for those of us who were free, it was a time that demanded the courage to stand up to a furious, bloodied lion seeking revenge

SINCE April 25, 2017, millions of Nigerians, international security and diplomatic monitors of Nigeria have been witnessing two contrasting images of the country of an estimated 170 million. One image is that of President Muhammadu Buhari.

A 14-year-old housemaid attempted to poison her 63-year-old master, Nasiru Akinlosotu, by mixing rat poison in a meal of beans, because he scolded her over an incident.

The capital market benefits from flow of fund in the economy, and up till now, the fifth month into the year, the 2017 budget, which is supposed to spur spending in the economy has not been passed. Aigboje Higo, Managing Director, Capital Bancorp Plc, x-rays the impact on the stock market and several other issues.