Miss Africa Tri State (MATS), a pageant organisation based in the U.S., says it will build shelters across all the states in Nigeria to cater for the victims of domestic violence. Ms Olamide Talabi, the President of the organisation, who disclosed this at the 11th edition of MATS pageant in New Jersey, said a domestic […]
Month: October 2021
Sudan Prime Minister arrested and detained amid reports of an apparent coup
Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdallah have been arrested and taken to an undisclosed location, the prime minister’s economic advisor Adam Hireka told CNN Monday, in events that bore the hallmarks of an apparent coup. The country’s Ministry of Information said earlier on Monday that Hamdok had been placed under house […]
Evergrande says it has resumed work on 10 stalled projects
Shares of embattled Chinese developer Evergrande rose Monday after it said it had resumed work on more than 10 projects, as it sought to soothe fears about its debt struggles. The liquidity crisis at one of the nation’s biggest property developers has hammered investor sentiment, rattled China’s crucial real estate market and fueled talk of […]
James Michael Tyler: Friends stars show ‘gratitude’ for Gunther actor
Friends stars including Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc have paid tribute to James Michael Tyler, who starred as Gunther in the sitcom, after he died at the age of 59. Tyler was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2018. Aniston said the show “would not have been the same” without Tyler’s performance as […]
Amnesty to close Hong Kong offices over National Security Law
Amnesty International will shut its offices in Hong Kong over a recently-imposed national security law. The human rights group said the law, imposed by China, makes it “effectively impossible” for them to operate. Amnesty has had a presence in Hong Kong for more than 40 years, and now runs two offices there – one focused […]
Trump media stocks jump 800% after announcement of new social media platform
Digital World Acquisition Corp, the special-purpose acquisition company that will take former US President Donald Trump’s planned social media platform public, saw its stock price soar more than 800% just in two days of trading. The company, which trades on the Nasdaq under ticker DWAC, saw its stock price jump 356.8% on Thursday and an […]
FAAN deploys new equipment at airports to improve safety
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigerian (FAAN) says it has deployed new equipment at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) and Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for the safety of flying public. FAAN Aviation Security Services Director, Group Capt. Usman Sodiq, made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Trade with Turkey set to ‘rise dramatically’: Nigerian official
Over the next few years, trade between Turkey and Nigeria will rise “dramatically” from its current level of $2 billion, according to Nigeria’s top trade official. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on the sidelines of the Third Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum in Istanbul, which ended Friday, Richard Adeniyi Adebayo, Nigeria’s industry, trade and investment minister, […]
Zoom gets more popular despite worries about links to China
Very few companies can boast of having their name also used as a verb. Zoom is one of them. The popularity of the videoconferencing platform continues to grow around the world despite continued questions about whether Chinese authorities are monitoring the calls. Since Zoom became a household word last year during the pandemic, internet users […]
The Gravedigger’s Wife: Somali love story wins Africa’s top film prize at Fespaco
A Somali film exploring what people will do for love has won the grand prize at the prestigious Pan-African film festival in Burkina Faso. The Gravedigger’s Wife, written and directed by Finish-Somali director Khadar Ahmed, beat off competition at Fespaco from 16 other movies. It focuses on Guled, whose job it is to wait outside […]