Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, a leading independent pan-African banking group with over 29 million customers spread across 33 African countries, today, December 6,… Read More »Ecobank Nigeria gets new managing director
Two hippos at a zoo in Antwerp, Belgium, have tested positive for Covid-19, in what is believed to be the first such infection reported in the species. The hippos, named… Read More »Two hippos test positive for Covid-19 in Belgium
Drake has withdrawn his recent Grammy nominations for Best Rap Album for Certified Lover Boy and Best Rap Performance for “Way 2 Sexy (featuring Future and Young Thug),” EW has… Read More »US: Drake withdraws his Grammy nominations
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, better known by his stage name Wizkid, won two trophies at the Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards night 2021. He received the prestigious awards for Best… Read More »MOBO Awards 2021: African music artist wins best international act
The Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has easily won re-election, authorities there said, in the first vote for decades held without long-term leader Yahya Jammeh. President Barrow received around 53% of… Read More »Gambian President wins re-election
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, departed Abuja to participate at the World Liquified Petroleum Gas Association forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a statement issued by his… Read More »Nigeria: Vice President, Osinbajo departs Abuja for Dubai
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Lionel Messi, has been ordered by a court to demolish his four-star hotel in Barcelona. El Confidencial reports that Messi’s 77-bedroom building does not meet city standards.… Read More »Lionel Messi told to demolish his luxury hotel in Barcelona
President Muhammadu Buhari has been made the head of the Pan African Great Green Wall. President Buhari will occupy the office till 2023 within which period he is expected to… Read More »Update: President Buhari becomes the new elected leader of PAGGW
The British High Commission has suspended visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria. This was announced in a statement hours after UK added Nigeria to its travel… Read More »UK suspends Visa application from Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from the Expo 2020 Dubai, an event aimed at creating an environment for Nigerians to join over 190 countries to forge true and meaningful partnerships.… Read More »President Buhari returns to Nigeria after 4-day trip to Dubai
The Nigerian centre for disease control, has released the latest Covid-19 cases statistics. 55 new cases of COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-37Edo-6Osun-5Oyo-4, Ekiti-1. 214,622 confirmed207,450 discharged 2,980 deaths. Today’s report includes 0 cases from… Read More »Covid-19: NCDC reports new Covid-19 cases in Nigeria
Firefighters in Brussel, Belgium took to the street to protest, to denounce the Belgium government Covid-19’s restrictions and mandatory Covid-19 vaccination for the country’s health care workers. However, intercessions were… Read More »Photos: Firefighters protest on the street of Belgium
Good news awaits believers of cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, as the government of Zimbabwe is putting the finishing touches to the legal and regulatory framework to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.… Read More »Zimbabwe to embrace cryptoourrency as legal tender
The US dollar has taken a plunge following a disappointing non-farm payroll report. The much-awaited non-farm payroll report was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States… Read More »US Dollar falls amid disappointing non-farm payroll report
There has been an explosion at the 1000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, reports are saying. The neighborhood woke up to the explosion on Saturday morning. The explosion believed to have been… Read More »Photos: Bomb explosion rocks housing estate in Nigeria
Germany has announced sweeping new restrictions for people who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that unvaccinated people will be barred from many public… Read More »Germany to ban unvaccinated people from shops and bars
Former Liverpool star Ryan Babel has released his autobiography as a rap record after deciding to venture into music. But with the 34-year-old entering the sunset years of his career… Read More »Premier league star ventures into music
Emirates will resume its flights between Dubai and Nigeria from December 5, 2021, the Dubai-based airline announced on Thursday, as they made it known on their official website. Flights will… Read More »Emirates resumes flight to Nigeria
Rihanna has denied recent speculation that she is pregnant. When recently accepting an award to be named Barbados’s latest National Hero, speculation grew that Rhianna was expecting a child with… Read More »Rihanna shuts down pregnancy rumours
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris, who unexpectedly offered to step down last week after admitting to an ‘ambiguous’ relationship with a woman in 2012.… Read More »Reason why Pope Francis resigned
Cristiano Ronaldo has publicly backed claims from a fan account that Lionel Messi stole the Ballon d’Or from himself and Robert Lewandowski. PSG star Messi won his seventh Ballon d’Or… Read More »Ronaldo publicly backs claims Lionel Messi stole the Ballon d’Or from him
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa is in Nigeria. He was received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ramaphosa arrived at the Villa at about 10 am today,… Read More »Update: South African president visits Nigeria (see photos)
Nigerian authorities say they have discovered two cases on the Omicron covid variant in the country. The statement reads in part: “In line with the routine travel tests required of… Read More »Covid: Nigeria records two cases of Omicron variant
Canada has extended its travel ban to Nigeria. This comes amid the growing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Canada has now added Nigerian, Egypt and Malawi to the… Read More »Canada extends travel ban to Nigeria