Bill Gates out of Billionaire List After Divorce
Bill Gates, co-Founder of Microsoft, off its billionaire list. The highly respected business platform Bloomberg took the action shortly after the news of his crashed marriage.…
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Africa & World
News from across Africa and the world that matters to Nigerians: ECOWAS, the African Union, diplomacy and global events.
Volte-face, Nigeria Wants U.S. Africa Command Headquarters in Africa
On April 27, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, in a virtual meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, requested that the United States move the U.S.…
Tensions Rise With the GERD Water
Tensions are once again rising among Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, along with the water in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The annual rainy season is…
ECOWAS Ambassador to UN receives new Climate Clock in NYC
Monday morning, in advance of President Biden’s Earth Day Leaders Summit on Climate, the UN Ambassador of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), which represents…
Burkina ex-president Compaore to face trial for predecessor’s murder: lawyers
The exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, is to be tried for the murder of the man he ousted in a 1987 coup, Thomas…
Twitter Snubs Nigeria, Opens Africa Office in Ghana
The American microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, on Monday, announced that it would open an office in Ghana for wider reach across the African continent.…
16yr Old Boys Lured and Killed Their 10yr Old Friend For Money Ritual
A horror-filled incident has reportedly occured when two boys aged around 16 years, visited and lured out their 10 year old playmate and killed him for…
Australian Researchers Say Dead Bodies Keep Moving For Over A Year After Death
Australian scientists found that bodies kept moving for 17 months after being pronounced dead. Researchers used photography capture technology in 30-minute intervals every day to capture…
Joe Biden: ‘When I came to the U.S. Senate 120 years ago’
Speaking on the future of the filibuster at the first press conference of his presidency, President Joe Biden, 78, said he came to the Senate “120…
Breaking: U.S. President Biden slips, falls three times on Air Force One
Joe Biden’s ability to effectively govern the world’s most powerful country despite his fragile health was a major topic of concern during the 2020 presidential elections.…