With her emergence on Monday as the first African and first female to be the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, unveiled her agenda, which includes
The Central Bank of Nigeria has handed over the National Theatre to the Bankers Committee. The move confirms the funding needed to revamp a pillar of Nigeria’s entertainment identity for
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the resurgence of Ebola in West Africa and activated response efforts. WHO’s Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti said the agency was “ramping
Fifty-one billion and zero – the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know about climate. Solving climate change would be “the most amazing thing humanity has ever done”,
Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny plan to hold candle-lit gatherings in residential courtyards across Russia on Sunday despite warnings that they could be arrested. Navalny’s allies have declared a
A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said
Late Nigerian legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti is leading the race for induction into the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Afrobeat pioneer was nominated alongside other huge names
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The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the Covid-19 vaccine it has developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children for the first
Armed Nigeria Police officers manning the Lekki Tollgate Plaza are already arresting protesters who arrived early at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos. A popular comedian, Mr Macaroni, is one of those
Criminals are using a small group of cryptocurrency brokers and services to launder hundreds of millions of dollars of dirty virtual money, research shared with Reuters showed on Thursday. Just
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced the shortlists for nine categories including its International Feature Film category. Sadly, Nigeria’s race ended at this point as ‘The
Bayern Munich have cemented their place in footballing history, matching Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona to win a historic sextuple. Benjamin Pavard scored the only goal of the game on Thursday as
The ancient Egyptian civilisation is one of the oldest on record. It is also one the most rich in culture. That culture has produced one of the seven wonders of
People who have received the full course of Covid-19 vaccines can skip the standard 14-day quarantine after exposure to someone with the infection as long as they remain asymptomatic, US
US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation
A prominent Islamic scholar in northern Nigeria has accused the country’s military of being the beneficiaries of insecurity in the country and not wanting the fight against insurgency to end
Nigerian Noble Laureate, Wole Soyinka has again criticised the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari of not being in charge of Nigeria accusing the president of not appreciating how grave the herders crisis is. Soyinka, a Professor of
Nigeria’s Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has warned those planning to protest at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on Saturday to desist. This follows calls by citizens on social media
Mastercard Incorporated has said it will offer support for customers and begin to accept cryptocurrencies on its network in 2021 as it prepares for “the future of crypto and payments”.
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