African News:
Nigeria: (Jul 08, 2020) -
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA 2) re-opened for domestic flights on Wednesday amid poor passengers turn out.
As early as 6.00 am, airport workers, airline personnel...
Nigeria: (Jul 08, 2020) -
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA 2) re-opened for domestic flights on Wednesday amid poor passengers turn out.
As early as 6.00 am, airport workers, airline personnel...
Nigeria: (Jul 08, 2020) -
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA 2) re-opened for domestic flights on Wednesday amid poor passengers turn out.
As early as 6.00 am, airport workers, airline personnel...
Nigeria: (Jul 07, 2020) -
The African Development Bank Group has announced the appointment of Wambui Gichuri as the Acting Vice President- Agriculture, Human and Social Development, effective 5 July 2020.
Wambui...
Ethiopia: (Jul 07, 2020) -
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed affirmed that his country will not harm Egypt by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), noting that Ethiopia will start filling the reservoir...
Nigeria: (Jul 07, 2020) -
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, the BBC reports.
More to come later…...
Business News:
Nigeria: (Jul 06, 2020) -
Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, says food will no longer be served on domestic flights when operations resume.
Speaking on Monday at the daily briefing of the presidential...
Nigeria: (Jul 06, 2020) -
Mustafa Chike-Obi has been appointed as the chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc.
This comes after the retirement of Ernest Ebi who has completed his tenure in line with the bank’s...
Nigeria: (Jun 30, 2020) -
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Nigeria to slow down on its aggressive tax drive due to the impact of the COVID-19 on businesses and households.
The fund, however,...
Nigeria: (Jun 30, 2020) -
On 26 June, its stock had tumbled by 8.3 percent to $216.08 per share at closing time on Nasdaq after Unilever, one of the world’s largest advertisers, announced it would cease...
Nigeria: (Jun 28, 2020) -
Mark Zuckerberg just became $7.2 billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising from Facebook Inc.’s network.
Shares of the social media company fell 8.3% on...
Nigeria: (Jun 26, 2020) -
The Federal Government has said 400,000 applicants will be absorbed into the third batch of its N-Power National Social Investment Scheme (NSIP).
Last week, the Federal Ministry...
Entertainment News:
Nigeria: (Jul 04, 2020) -
Award-winning Nigerian singer, Oladapo Oyebanjo, a.k.a. D’banj, has dragged his accuser, Seyitan Babatayo, before an FCT High Court demanding N1bn for general damages and N500m...
Nigeria: (Jun 24, 2020) -
Nollywood actress, Toni Tones has waded in on the controversy surrounding the "bride price" culture which is predominant in Africa.
In a tweet she shared, the actress called...
Nigeria: (Jun 24, 2020) -
Ms Seyitan Babatayo, who alleged that Nigerian singer, D’banj raped her in a hotel room two years ago, has now made a criminal complaint to the police.
She said D’banj,...
Sports News:
Nigeria: (Jul 05, 2020) -
Sadio Mane helped Liverpool keep alive their bid to set a new Premier League points record as the champions beat Aston Villa 2-0 while struggling West Ham twice blew the lead in a draw...
Nigeria: (Jul 01, 2020) -
The Confederation of African Football has shifted the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to 2022 as a result of COVID-19.
CAF made the announcement after its Executive Committee meeting,...
Nigeria: (Jun 28, 2020) -
Manchester United have qualified for the semi-finals of this season’s FA Cup, thanks to a 2-1 win over Norwich City on Saturday.
Odion Ighalo gave the Red Devils the lead in...
World News:
Nigeria: (Jul 08, 2020) -
The U.S., the hardest hit country by the coronavirus posted a new single day world record 60,209 new cases on Tuesday.
It was a record for a 24-hour period, Johns Hopkins University...
Nigeria: (Jul 01, 2020) -
Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, has died at the age of 96.
The Regensburg diocese in Bavaria, where Ratzinger lived, said in a statement...
Nigeria: (Jun 30, 2020) -
The coronavirus has killed at least 505,652 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT Tuesday....
