Following the outbreak of a new strain of COVID-19 in South Africa and the travel restrictions imposed on Southern African countries by several countries, concerns have been raised over the
They are Africa’s premier musical dynasty. A multi-talented family who’ve invented their own genre of music, creating a unique sound known as Afrobeat. Today, just like Femi Kuti did with
Africa’s most anticipated fashion show, Arise Fashion Week, is set to go live at the Dubai Expo on the 3rd of December 2021. The one night only event will take
In North Korea, a man has reportedly been sentenced to death for smuggling copies of Netflix’s blockbuster series Squid Game into the country. The Nigerian Army has denied the alleged
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Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday launched the apex bank’s N500 million Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES). Speaking at the launch of the
The BUA Group has signed yet another agreement with Wartsila OY of Finland for the construction of a 70 megawatts (MW) dual-fuel power plant for its cement Obu Line 3
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva, Wednesday paid his first visit to the site of the Nembe oil spill in Bayelsa State, more than three weeks after
The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York on Wednesday took possession of three Benin and Ife artefacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The artefacts are two 16th-century Benin brass
Sweden’s first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the
Thousands of fans of soccer great Diego Maradona will pay tribute to the star on the one-year anniversary of his death, amid legal wrangles about how he died and allegations
Rapper Jay-Z rose to the top of the list of artists with the most Grammy nominations on Tuesday, hitting a lifetime total of 83 that put him just ahead of
France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been found guilty of conspiring to blackmail a fellow French footballer with a sex tape. A judge handed Benzema a one-year suspended
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to direct the war effort from the front lines, state-affiliated media reported. Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen will take charge of routine
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has warned Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc against the proposed acquisition of equity stake in Honeywell Flour Mills Plc, alleging that Honeywell Group Limited, the parent firm,
More than three weeks after the Santa Barbara South oilfield blowout in Nembe Local Government Area of #Bayelsa State, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday finally ordered the Minister of State
Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, has come under fire on social media for saying Nigeria will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and replace them with
Kamsichukwu Ibeh, an #EndSARS protester who testified before the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality, has been stabbed by suspected hoodlums in the Sangotedo area of Lagos heading home from
A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to deflect
Barbados, a former British colony, will next week ditch Queen Elizabeth as head of state, breaking its last remaining imperial bonds with Britain nearly 400 years since the first English
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