India bans imports from Pakistan amid tension over tourist killings
India said on Saturday it had banned the import of goods coming from or transiting via Pakistan and barred Pakistani ships as tensions rise between the nuclear-armed neighbours in the wake of a deadly attack on tourists in the disputed…
Adeleke allays farmers’ fear over alleged eviction from farmlands for mining activities
NUJ decries absence of council administration in Osun Against the backdrop of an alarm raised by some farmers in Ago Owu community of Aiyedaade Local Council of Osun State over proposed mining on their farmlands, the state governor, Ademola Adeleke,…
Akon: I helped create Afrobeats, developed PSquare, Dbanj
Senegalese-American singer, Akon, has credited himself with helping to create Afrobeats as it is today. The ‘Right Now’ singer said this while speaking in a recent interview with American actress Sherri Shepherd. Akon argued that his contribution was key…
Building a future from seaweed in coastal Tanzania
Tanzania. The coastal communities on Pemba Island, off the coast of Tanzania, have long depended on the rich marine resources of the Indian Ocean. But in recent years, fish stocks have declined due to overfishing, habitat loss, and the impacts…
Kenya police say lawmaker’s killing ‘targeted and premeditated’
Thomas Mukoya/Reuters Kenyan parliamentary staff and forensic experts secure the vehicle in which slain Kenyan lawmaker Charles Were was shot dead by gunmen in Nairobi on April 30, 2025. Kenya’s police have said the fatal shooting of a lawmaker by…
Liverpool soccer fans literally shook the earth as they celebrated English Premier League title win
Liverpool are the Premier League champions and we all enjoyed Sunday to a level that will mean it will always remain a day nobody forgets. This has proven to be the case with the latest story coming out of this…
World’s Oldest Woman Dies At 116
The world’s oldest living woman, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, has passed away at the age of 116 in Brazil. Her death occurred on April 30, 2025, according to an announcement by the Teresian Sisters of Brazil, the Catholic congregation…
FG Gives Foreigners With Expired Visas Days To Leave Nigeria
The Nigerian government has given foreigners with expired visa three months to vacate the country. The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, announced this in a statement released on Friday, May 2, 2025. In the statement signed by Akinsola Akinlabi, Public…
Trump officials ask supreme court to help strip legal status from Venezuelans
Justice department calls on court to hold judge’s order against ending temporary protected status for 300,000 The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Thursday to intervene and assist in its attempt to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from…
Global health funding faces ‘greatest disruption’ in memory, says WHO director
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022…. Trump administration withdrew from WHO in January US has been WHO’s biggest financial backer Agency…