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4 Apr
Chinwe Egwim has been announced as one of the twelve (12) Africans selected to join the Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL), under the World Economic Forum (WEF) Class of 2024 – a group of nearly 90 changemakers who are shaping the future and accelerating positive change through their groundbreaking work. This year’s cohort, helping…
21 Feb
With sixty per cent of Africa's population under 25, the continent stands to gain significantly from digital education, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). However, challenges such as high ICT infrastructure costs and varying digital readiness levels across countries hinder progress. At the forefront of this revolution is Andrew Eze, the co-founder and chief…
19 Jan
A ghost of elections past in the form of ex-president Donald Trump haunted the annual schmoozefest of the world's political and business elites in Davos.
16 Jan
As global elites, political leaders and influential personalities converge on Davos, Switzerland for the yearly World Economic Forum (WEF), a report by Oxfam has revealed that Africa’s seven richest men own more wealth than the 700 million people, who make up the poorest half of the continent’s population. 
22 Dec
OPay, recently lauded by the World Economic Forum for its role in financial inclusion, has been crowned the winner of the Consumer Choice Award for Best Fintech in 2023 by the prestigious Advertisers' Association of Nigeria (ADVAN). This recognition reinforces OPay's unwavering focus on customer satisfaction, industry-leading innovation, and its vital contribution to shaping the…
3 Oct 2023
With the unveiling of the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP) to shore up Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings and position the country as a hub for talent sourcing, stakeholders have said until the Federal Government invests more in education, objectives of the scheme would continue to be a mirage...
9 Jun 2023
Due to longer lifespans, governments and employers must reshape approaches to retirement to ensure ageing populations can live fulfilling, healthy lives, according to a new World Economic Forum report.

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Britain's High Court agreed Tuesday to hear a legal challenge later this year over continued UK arms exports to Israel during its war against Hamas militants in Gaza. A coalition of legal advocacy groups wants the court to scrutinise the UK government's decision to keep selling military parts and arms to Israel despite claims that…
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Under a ceaseless storm of strikes in Gaza, a baby girl has survived insurmountable odds as the only member of her family left alive after she was delivered by Caesarian section as her mother lay dying. At just seven months pregnant, her mother, Sabreen al-Sakani, reached the emergency unit in critical condition after she was…
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American forces were targeted at a base in western Iraq, a US defense official said Tuesday, the second such attack on the country's troops after a more than two month pause. It followed another attack over the weekend in which rockets were fired from northern Iraq at a base in Syria that houses forces from…
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Nigeria's fastest man this year, Favour Ashe, will not be part of the 4x100m team competing at the World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, which serves as a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. This news is significant as the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has not provided a reason for Ashe's omission despite…
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Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi has released N309.5 million for the payment of foreign scholarships to 86 indigenes studying in India and Egypt. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Alhaji Isah Abubakar-Tunga, made this known at a news conference in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. The commissioner said “Gov. Nasir Idris has made payment of foreign scholarship…
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Thames Water, the UK's largest water supplier, has been ravaged since privatisation by soaring debts and chronic underinvestment, sinking into a deep financial crisis which has sparked bailout speculation. So how did Thames Water, serving about 15 million people across London and surrounding areas, end up in such a perilous financial state? In a controversial…
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Prosecutors on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of brazenly violating a gag order imposed by the judge presiding over his "hush money" trial to prevent him from intimidating witnesses. "His attacks on witnesses clearly violate the order," prosecutor Chris Conroy told Judge Juan Merchan at a hearing called to determine whether the former president should be…
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Qatar said on Tuesday that Hamas's political leadership would stay in Doha as long as their presence remained beneficial to mediation efforts aimed at ending the war in Gaza. "As long as their presence here in Doha, as we have always said, is useful and positive in this mediation effort, they will remain here," foreign…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has informed Bureau De Change (BDC) operators about direct sales of US dollars at a discounted rate of N1,021 per dollar. The directive was contained in a circular issued by the apex bank on Tuesday, 23 April 2024. This is the second sale this month and the fourth in…
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Nigerian singer Tems has announced the release of her latest single ”Love me Jeje” an imitation of Seyi Sodimu in 1997. Seyi Sodimu known as Mr. Jeje is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, best known for his hit single "Love Me Jeje". The song made him popular in Nigeria in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The…