The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years. The Horn of Africa includes Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya. According to UN health agency, more than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately […]
Though Nigeria is listed as one of the countries that have expressed interest in joining BRICS, a bloc of five major economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – whose focus is to reduce Western dominance and build a new economic order, its membership may have been stalled by its peculiar challenges. Experts […]
Team Nigeria’s weightlifting squad, yesterday, continued their good run at the ongoing Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, with 19-year-old Islamiyat Adebukola Yusuf, the latest medallist. On Saturday, Adijat Olarinoye and Rafiatu Lawal gave the country two gold medals, while Umoafia Edidiong brought home a bronze to take the country’s haul to three. Yesterday, teenage lifter, Yusuf, […]
U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday a U.S. missile strike over the weekend has killed one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. For the past decade, Ayman al-Zawahiri headed al-Qaida, the Islamist terror group that spawned franchises around the world after the stunning attacks on U.S. soil on September 11, 2001. “Now, justice has been […]
Paucity of funds, security challenges are some of the problems making night flights impracticable in Nigeria. Capt. Musa Nuhu, Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) made the declaration on Tuesday in Ikeja when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Quoting statistics provided by the African Development Bank in 2019, Nuhu […]
India’s largest auction for 5G airwaves has ended after seven days, potentially setting the stage for a battle of supremacy over India’s digital future between two of Asia’s richest men – Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani. A total of 72 gigahertz of spectrum was on the block in the auction. Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s telecoms minister, […]
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved the payment of N619.5 million for local government pensions and gratuities. Buni, in a statement by his Director-General Press and Media Affairs Alhaji Mamman Mohammed in Damaturu, said the payment was for batch 45. He said N449.6 million of the amount would be paid to 274 retirees, […]
The first ship carrying grain has left a Ukrainian port under a landmark deal with Russia. Turkish and Ukrainian officials say the ship left the southern port of Odesa early on Monday morning local time. Russia has been blockading Ukrainian ports since February, but the two sides made a deal to resume shipments. It is […]
The commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) DCP Tunji Disu, has raked in a silver medal in the Judo competition in the United States of America. Disu, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, won the medal in the 33rd US Open taking place in Brookline, Massachusetts. The cop also made his country very proud by […]
Crisis-hit Chinese property giant Evergrande says that one of its subsidiaries has been ordered to pay out 7.3bn yuan (£888.7m; $1.08bn) for failing to honour its debt obligations. Evergrande Group (Nanchang) Co. Ltd must make the payment to a guarantor of its liabilities, the firm says. It came just two days after it outlined plans […]