Parents groan over multiple charges, fee hikes as schools resume nationwide
Most parents in Nigeria are facing significant challenges as primary and secondary schools officially resume on Monday for the 2025/2026 academic session, with many groaning under the weight of multiple charges and fee increases. Investigations by Tribune Online have revealed…
Preachers Must Submit Sermons For Approval Before Preaching — State Government Alerts DSS To Arrest Defaulters
Preachers Must Submit Sermons For Approval before preaching — state government alerts DSS to arrest defaulters Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has said it is mandatory for preachers to submit their sermons for approval. Speaking on TVC’s Politics on…
China launches probes targeting U.S. semiconductors ahead of Madrid trade talks
China launched two probes targeting the U.S. semiconductor sector Saturday ahead of talks between the two nations in Spain this week on trade, national security and the ownership of social media platform TikTok. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced an anti-dumping…
Zimbabwean Inventor Unveils World’s First Self-Powering Electric Vehicle Powered by Radio Waves
ZimNews24 : Zimbabwean inventor and entrepreneur, Chikumbutso, has successfully developed one of the world’s first self-powering electric vehicles that requires no fuel, no recharging, and no external input. According to reports the Saith FEV, designed by Chikumbutso’s company, Saith Technologies,…
Ethiopia and Italy Sign Rail Partnership to Cut Costs, Boost Trade and Jobs
Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC) and COIPA Italia S.p.A., an Italian infrastructure and energy company focused on sustainable development in Africa, signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement to modernise Ethiopia’s railways and strengthen bilateral economic ties. Italian Ambassador Agostino Palese (PhD)…
Kenya’s Equity Bank Eyes Ethiopian Banking Sector Expansion
Kenya-based Equity Bank has signalled its intention to enter Ethiopia’s financial sector, following the government’s recent reforms that permit foreign participation in banking for the first time in over five decades. Equity Bank Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi (PhD)met with…
Togo surpasses South Africa as Nigeria’s top African trading partner in Q2 2025
Nigeria’s trade relations within Africa underwent a major shake-up in the second quarter of 2025, with Togo outpacing South Africa to become the country’s top African trading partner. This is according to the latest Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics report…
Akon’s wife files for divorce days before anniversary
Global music star Akon is facing a major personal change as his wife, Tomeka Thiam, has officially filed for divorce after nearly three decades of marriage. As reported by People on Saturday, court documents filed in Fulton County, Georgia, on…
South Africa’s top court says banning a husband from taking wife’s family name is unconstitutional
South Africa’s top court ruled on Thursday that an apartheid-era law banning husbands from taking their wife’s family name or hyphenating both spouses’ surnames was unconstitutional. The ruling by the Constitutional Court, which said the existing law must be amended,…
Former president , Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after being found guilty of plotting a military coup. A panel of five Supreme Court justices handed down the sentence just hours…