The United Nations has pledged to support policies and investments to unlock potential of youth and girls in Nigeria. UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, made the pledge when she paid a courtesy visit on Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama in Abuja on Thursday. The envoy said she was in the country to listen […]
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The World Bank warned and compared cryptocurrencies to “Ponzi schemes”. The warning is the the latest financial voice to raise questions about the legitimacy of digital currencies such as Bitcoin. “In terms of using Bitcoin or some of the cryptocurrencies, we are also looking at it, but I’m told the vast majority of cryptocurrencies are […]
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A missing painting of a Nigerian princess that attained an almost mythical status after going decades unseen has been discovered in a north London flat. Ben Enwonwu’s 1974 painting of the Ife princess, Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as Tutu, is a national icon in Nigeria, with poster reproductions hanging on walls in homes all over the […]
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Kenya will start exporting oil on commercial scale in the next five years, Africa-focused oil and natural gas producer Tullow Oil said on Wednesday. Tullow said extended well tests, water injection tests, well interference tests and water-flood trials have proved helpful for planning the development of the oil fields. “The exploration and appraisal campaign in […]
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French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, will address a joint session of the National Assembly during his official visit to Nigeria in July. The Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr. Denys Gauer, unveiled the plan to Nigeria, visit when he visited the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday. Gauer said Macron […]
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A 6.4-magnitude quake on the east coast of Taiwan has left two persons dead and more than 100 injured after buildings were toppled and a hotel collapsed. Premier William Lai said two persons had died in the quake in the port city of Hualien and 114 were injured, some seriously. He gave no further details. […]
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Britain’s biggest lender, Lloyds Banking Group Plc, has disclosed that it would ban its credit card customers from buying crypto currencies. Reuters reported on Monday that the development, which followed the lead of U.S. banking giants JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup (C.N), is aimed at protecting customers from running up huge debts […]
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Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, governor of Rivers State has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the Presidential election in 2019 because Nigerians yearn for the return of pro-people leadership. The governor declared that though the APC Federal Government and electoral officials are plotting to subvert the will of the people, they will be […]
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The government of Iraqi has placed the name of late Saddam Hussein’s daughter, Raghad, on the most wanted list, alongside 59 others. The 60 people are wanted on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant ISIL, also known as ISIS, al-Qaeda or the Baath Party. The list, seen by AFP, includes the […]
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Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane on Saturday and killed its pilot on the ground after he ejected from the plane, Russia’s defense ministry and Syrian rebels said. The SU-25 came down in an area of northern Idlib province that has seen heavy air strikes and fighting on the ground between Syria’s government forces […]
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