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Rudolf Okonkwo: What is going to occur once I die 

Rudolf Okonkwo: What is going to occur once I die 

You have only read the caption. And you have already said tufiakwa three times. Na wah for you. Abeg, wipe away that frown off your face. It is not your life, my friend. This is…

Meals costs proceed to rise in October: NBS

Meals costs proceed to rise in October: NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said that prices of selected food items increased in October. This is according to the NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for October, released in Abuja on Wednesday. The…

Courtroom grants Lagos medical director Femi Olaleye N50 million bail 

Courtroom grants Lagos medical director Femi Olaleye N50 million bail 

Thursday, December 1, 2022 Femi Olaleye Judge Ramon Oshodi of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday admitted Femi Olaleye to N50 million bail with two surety. Mr Olaleye, the managing director…

Common value of kerosene rose to N1,041 per litre in October

Common value of kerosene rose to N1,041 per litre in October

Thursday, December 1, 2022 A kerosene seller used to illustrate the story [Photo credit: The Guardian Nigeria] The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of Household Kerosene (HHK) paid by consumers…

Namibia: Ruling Celebration Chooses Girl as Presidential Candidate

Namibia: Ruling Celebration Chooses Girl as Presidential Candidate

THE congress that elected Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the party's next presidential candidate for the 2024 elections has been lauded by analysts. This could, however, be marred by alleged election irregularities that could…

Africa: Main Rivers on Continent Had Under Common Water Circulation in 2021

Africa: Main Rivers on Continent Had Under Common Water Circulation in 2021

Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with "cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives", the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. According to the agency's first report…

Nigeria: Finances Padding? Why We Inserted N1.7 Trillion Tasks in MDAs Budgets

Nigeria: Finances Padding? Why We Inserted N1.7 Trillion Tasks in MDAs Budgets

The minister says the N1.7 trillion loan-tied projects are domiciled in 14 agencies of the federal government. The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Tuesday confirmed including a total of N1.7 trillion…

Africa: Gender Inequalities Hampering World Efforts to Finish AIDS

Africa: Gender Inequalities Hampering World Efforts to Finish AIDS

Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a "feminist route map" can get countries back on track, the UN agency leading the fight against the disease said in a…

South Africa: Provincial MP Arrested After Allegedly Slapping College Principal

South Africa: Provincial MP Arrested After Allegedly Slapping College Principal

Andile Lili, Member of the Western Cape ANC legislature, was arrested after he allegedly slapped a school principal and demanded that she leave the school premises on Friday. Lili, who is also an SGB chairperson…

March towards Uganda oil pipeline in Paris

March towards Uganda oil pipeline in Paris

Environmental activists, religious figures, and believers protested Tuesday in Paris against the mega oil projects of the French group TotalEnergies in Uganda and Tanzania, a first action led by the movements Extinction Rebellion Spiritualities and…

Resurgent curiosity in artwork of calligraphy in Morocco

Resurgent curiosity in artwork of calligraphy in Morocco

In his Fez office, Moroccan calligrapher Mohamed Serghini creates inscriptions. The award-winning craftsman keeps alive a type of calligraphy that appeared in his country in the first Hijri century, the 7th century AD. "Moroccan calligraphy"…

World cup: Senegal beat Ecuador 2-1 to qualify for knockout stage

World cup: Senegal beat Ecuador 2-1 to qualify for knockout stage

Senegal have qualified for the first knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA Qatar world cup. The teranga lions beat Ecuador 2-1 in a pulsating encounter that is arguably the best showing of the African champions at…