Nigeria is currently going through one of its worst unemployment crises in recent times, a new report by the World Bank has stated. The multilateral institution also noted that the
Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day.
Since news broke of the arrest of Yoruba separatist agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho in the Republic of Benin, reactions have been mixed over his
South Africa’s jailed former President Jacob Zuma has been granted compassionate leave for one day to attend the funeral of his younger brother, prison authorities said. Zuma, 79, was sentenced
China has rejected a proposal from the World Health Organization (WHO) that the expert team investigating the origins of COVID-19 should return to the sites in China where the coronavirus
A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), London, has predicted that the federal government might effect a 100 per cent rate increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) from
Reactions have trailed a social media post by special Adviser to President Buhari, Femi Adeshina, where he shared an image, showing pupils in Katsina carrying a cardboard with grammatical blunders
Given the outrage that followed the passage of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, some Nigerians are still hopeful that the National Assembly may move to redeem its image when a
Giannis Antetokounmpo had the Larry O’Brien Trophy in one arm, the NBA Finals MVP trophy in the other and there was a cigar on the table in front of him.
Joshua Odebisi, Analyst with Vetiva Capital, spoke to the Global Business Report about Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources saying post-subsidy petrol could climb to N1,000 per litre if alternative
India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official Covid-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor on Monday commended the pilot of the downed Alpha Jet fighter aircraft, Flt. Lt. Abayomi Dairo, for his bravery. [bc_video video_id=”6264400926001″ account_id=”6116119081001″
Pedro Castillo has been declared president-elect of Peru, weeks after winning the popular vote in a tightly-contested run-off election. The country’s election authority announced its verdict after reviewing claims of
The board of directors of THISDAY Group has announced new executive and senior appointments for THISDAY Newspapers and the Arise News Channel, with immediate effect. Following the approval of the
More than 300 cows, over 50 private planes in two airports, blocks of money being sprayed as nightclub owner, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, buried his mother. Meanwhile,
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft, returning from a successful mission between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna State, crashed under intense enemy fire on Sunday in Zamfara.
Activists, politicians and journalists from around the world were targeted in a surveillance operation using software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into a
Germany has agreed to return 1,130 Benin artefacts that were stolen from Nigeria during the colonial era, from as far back as 1897. What should be a celebration of victory
Germany has agreed to return 1,130 Benin artefacts that were stolen from Nigeria during the colonial era, from as far back as 1897. What should be a celebration of
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