Even though no Nigerian has tested positive for the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, they cannot enter Indonesia as from Monday. This is because Indonesia has said that it will ban the entry of travellers who have been to eight African countries including Nigeria. It will also extend quarantine times for all arrivals Read More…
They met on the sidelines of a three-day Paris Peace Forum, at a dinner at the Élysées, Paris. At the dinner hosted by French President, Emmanuel Macron on Nov. 11, the African Development Bank (AfDB) CEO, Akinwumi Adesina, had a chance tete-a-tete with US Vice President, Kamala Harris, during which they posed for a colourful Read More…
LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Malala Yousafzai, the campaigner for girls’ education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who survived being shot aged 15 by a Taliban gunman in her native Pakistan in 2012, has got married, she said on social media on Tuesday. The 24-year-old, who lives in Britain, said she and her new husband, Read More…
In picture above: A box containing an enrolled bill is wheeled through a hallway after the bipartisan infrastructure bill package passed in the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass Read More…
PM, Ministers detained The fragile civilian-military power sharing arrangement in Sudan seems to have come to an end as the military has effectively effected a coup d’etat. Agency reports say that soldiers on Monday arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet and many pro-government party leaders in an apparent military coup. This throws the Read More…
Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth, who has reigned over her nation for almost seven decades, says she feels too young at heart to be awarded the title “Oldie of the Year”, an aide has revealed. Organisers of the annual tongue-in-cheek awards – whose previous recipients include Oscar-winning actors, Nobel laureates, and the queen’s own mother who Read More…
The days of monied magnates moving their cash to obscure destinations to escape taxation are diminishing. This is because a group of 136 countries, with Nigeria abstaining, on Friday set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big companies. They also sought to make it harder for them to avoid taxation in a landmark Read More…
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday, as it worked on restoring the services after being hit by one of its longest outages. The disruption, which hit Facebook’s platforms minutes before noon, comes a day after a whistleblower accused the firm of repeatedly prioritizing Read More…
R Kelly has been convicted of racketeering by a federal jury in Brooklyn. A jury of seven men and five women found Kelly guilty on all counts of racketeering after their second day of deliberations. The 54-year-old rapper has been convicted in the sex trafficking trial after decades of allegations about sexual misconduct with minors. Read More…
In picture above: Detective Inspector Will O’Reilly (L) and John Azah of the Independent Advisory Group place a wreath in the River Thames at the place where the torso of a boy, who police have called ‘Adam’, was found a year ago, September 21, 2002. A minutes silence was observed at a memorial service held Read More…