For months after presumed jihadists attacked it in 2020, Kafolo in northern Ivory Coast resembled a ghost town. Four years later, it is flourishing again, thanks in part to a double-pronged government plan -- boosting security on the one hand, tackling poverty and youth unemployment on the other. Fourteen soldiers were killed in the first…

Legendary Hollywood actor John Amos has reportedly died at the age of 84. According to the announcement made by his son, Kelly Christopher Amos, the Emmy-nominated actor died of natural causes in Los Angeles. "It is with heartfelt sadness that I share with you that my father has transitioned. He was a man with the…

President Bola Tinubu yesterday told Nigerians, many of whom are living by a thread, that he is aware of their struggles and that the economic reforms his administration has embarked on in the past year are meant to prevent

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has warned that the skyrocketing inflation rate has far-reaching implications for the manufacturing sector as manufacturers incurred over N730 billion in the first half of 2024 as capital

Nigeria might have scored an inglorious first yesterday with what appeared to have been its most un-welcomed Independence Day.  As the country marked the 64th anniversary of its existence, citizens took to the streets across several states to protest worsened economic hardship.