2021

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies suffered hefty losses on Friday on concern that U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets. The selloff came after reports… Read More »Bitcoin suffers hefty loss, falls below $50K after Biden’s tax plans

People across India scrambled for life-saving oxygen supplies on Friday and patients lay dying outside hospitals as the capital recorded the equivalent of one death from COVID-19 every five minutes. For the second day… Read More »India marks one covid-19 death every 5 minutes as country hits new case record

The Ontario government has confirmed the first known case of a rare blood clot linked to the Astrazeneca-COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine in the province. According to a statement issued by the government Friday morning, the… Read More »1st known case of rare blood clot linked to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine confirmed in Ontario

A young lady has achieved a feat many can only dream off despite her age. The scholar wrote her name in her country’s history books while still in school as… Read More »19 Year-old Student Emerges Miss Burundi 2021

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an Instagram comedian and social media Influencer, Nwagbo Oliver Chidera, also known as Pankeeroy, alongside… Read More »Fraud: EFCC arrests Instagram Comedian Pankeeroy, 34 others over alleged Internet Fraud in Lagos

Find a job that will forget you’re on the payroll, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Italian prosecutors say they’ve busted a man who raked in roughly 538,000… Read More »Italian Man Accused of Skipping Work for 15 Years Straight

Canada is banning passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases and a new virus mutation, says Transport Minister Omar Alghabra. In the last two weeks,… Read More »Canada Banning Flights from India Pakistan for 30 Days as COVID-19 Cases Soar

The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a bipartisan denunciation of such violence during the coronavirus pandemic… Read More »‘We will protect you’ U.S Senators say After Passing Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill

A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor. There were no immediate reports… Read More »Syrian Missile Strikes South Israel, Triggering Sirens Near Nuclear Site – military

Columbus police shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife Tuesday, according to bodycam footage from the officer who fired the shots just minutes… Read More »Teenage Black Girl Shot and killed by Police in Columbus Ohio

Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman has accused UEFA of being primarily concerned with money. Several of UEFA’s biggest clubs, including Barca, attempted to break away from the Champions League and… Read More »Money is Most Important to UEFA – Barcelona Boss Koeman Speaks Out

Ex-BBnaija housemate, Dianne Russet has schooled a fan on why it is wrong to wish to be like someone else, instead of one’s self. The die-hard fan had revealed that… Read More »See What BBNaija’s Diane Said to a Fan Who Wishes to Be Like Her

Newly reelected president of Chad, Marshal Idriss Déby Itno, died Tuesday on the battlefield in clashes with rebels, according to the Chadian army. “Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Idriss… Read More »Newly Elected Chad president Dies in Frontline Battle with Rebels

The city of Minneapolis, as well as others around the world, reacted to Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict for the murder of George Floyd.  The Minneapolis residents rallied together to pay… Read More »Minneapolis Community Comes Together as Derek Chauvin is Found Guilty in George Floyd’s Death

Europe’s drug regulator has found a possible link between Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who received doses in the United States, but backed its overall benefits… Read More »Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Safe Despite Possible Blood Clot Link – EU

BBNaija star, Ike Onyema, has described the happiest moment of his life in a new video posted on his Instagram page. The former ‘Pepper Dem’ season contestant said in the… Read More »“My Happiest Moment in Life Was When i Got Out of My Last Relationship” – BBNaija’s Ike

BBNaija winner, Mercy Eke has spoken up about her life, addressing claims that a man is responsible for her success. Mercy Eke, the winner of BBNaija Season 4, is not… Read More »“No Man is Responsible for My Success” – BBNaija Star, Mercy Eke Speaks Up

Hollywood has been for a long time and has produced a lot of well known black actors. Most of these actors are not even acting again, but they surely made… Read More »Which of These Black American Actors is Your Favourite Greatest of all Time?

Big Brother Naija 2018 Star, Alex Asogwa, has taken to her social media page to share her thoughts about friendship. The reality star/TV Personality held a Q&A session on her… Read More »“The Less Friends you Have, the Peace of Mind you Have” – BBNaija’s Alex

Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface technology could bring humans and computers closer together than ever before. Some weeks ago, a nine-year-old macaque monkey called Pager successfully played a game of Pong with its… Read More »Imagine What Humans Could do with the Technology that Allowed a Monkey to Play a Game with its Mind

Norwich City have won promotion to the Premier League for a fifth time, after Brentford and Swansea’s failure to win ensured Daniel Farke’s side could not be caught in the… Read More »Norwich Promoted Back to the Premier League

On April 6, Arkansas became the first stateto pass legislation that would ban transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, despite the bill being vetoed by the state’s governor who called it “over broad” and “extreme.” A study by UCLA’s… Read More »Wave of Anti-Trans Bills May Cost 45,000 Youth Gender-Affirming Health Care