Egypt is trying to strengthen its diplomatic and military clout in Africa amid an escalating dispute with Ethiopia over the building of a huge dam on a tributary of the
US pop star Britney Spears has spoken out against her conservatorship at a court hearing in Los Angeles. Speaking in open court for the first time in the case, she
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina on Wednesday disclosed that the bank will support the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with $208 billion, as
Nigeria’s Senate has indicted the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) over an alleged diversion of N1,075,266,599.06, $2,301,329.54 and €196,257.42 by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Apart from asking
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday lamented the escalating incidence of petrol smuggling across Nigeria’s borders, which it put at a whopping 42 million litres per day. The
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo tied the all-time men’s record for international goals with a pair of penalties in a 2-2 draw with France in Group F in Budapest on Wednesday. The
Two South African brothers who ran a cryptocurrency investment platform called Africypt have vanished with $3.6 billion worth of bitcoin in what could potentially be the biggest cryptocurrency heist in history. The incident
Dumebi Iyeke, Analyst with Financial Derivatives Company Limited, spoke to the Global Business Report about Krispy Kreme’s plans to head back to the Capital Market at a $4bn valuation.
Farouk Lawan, former chairman of the federal house of representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on Tuesday, after he was found guilty of the
Mosope Arubayi, Economist with Inflexion Capital Asset Managers, spoke to the Global Business Report about Year-on-year Inflation in the month of May across the African nations of Ghana, South Africa,
Wembley Stadium, the UK’s largest, has long been considered the home of English football. But the town of Wembley itself, in the North-West London Borough of Brent had been largely
Nigerian Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has dismissed comparisons between proscribed separatist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and armed herdsmen. According to him, members of the proscribed IPOB carry
Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has alleged that the Nigerian Military is colluding with marauding bandits who have been responsible for crimes including murder, rape and the kidnapping
Uefa has declined a request to light up the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours before Germany’s Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday. Munich mayor Dieter Reiter made the request
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a Moderna coronavirus vaccine as her second jab, after getting the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine, a government spokesman said on Tuesday. The 66-year-old took
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has “restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday warned that private jet owners risk having their airplanes impounded if they fail to verify their documents before July 6, 2021, when the
Hong Kong’s leader has defended a crackdown on the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, insisting that the arrest of senior editors and a freeze on its assets did not amount to
Manchester City have made a £100m bid for Tottenham striker Harry Kane. City are open to including players in addition to the cash offer, but Tottenham are expected to reject
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