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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will give up their royal titles as part of a deal to allow them to step back from their duties as senior members of the British royal family. The agreement with Queen Elizabeth, announced late Saturday by Buckingham Palace, ends weeks of speculation over the future of the duke and […]
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that it hoped to see more cargoes moving down to the Eastern ports this year. The General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications of NPA, Mr Adams Jatto, disclosed this in Lagos on Saturday. According to him, due to the border closure, the Lagos ports witnessed a tremendous influx of […]
Microsoft – Samsung Electronics and Microsoft are bringing back the walkie-talkie. On Sunday, Samsung introduced the Galaxy XCover Pro, a smartphone with a push-to-talk button that initiates a chat using Microsoft’s Teams app. It’s a joint effort by the two tech giants to get their mobile technology in the hands of more workers who spend their days and nights navigating […]
Burna Boy – He was nominated alongside Americans, Bruce Springsteen, Dermot Kennedy, Tyler The Creator and Post Malone. This also comes after the Grammy nomination that Burna Boy received form his critically-acclaimed album, African Giant. On January 11, 2020, Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy was nominated for Best International Male artist at the BRIT Awards 2020. He was nominated alongside Americans, Bruce […]
Soundcity MVP Awards held on Saturday at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos State. On Saturday, January 11, 2019, Soundcity MVP Awards, the annual music awards that celebrate African artists held at the Eko Convention Centre. The event was attended by African artists all over the world. Nominees for the Soundcity MVP Awards were announced a […]
Iraqi PM – Iraq’s caretaker prime minister asked the U.S. secretary of state to start working out a road map for an American troop withdrawal from Iraq, his office said Friday, signalling his insistence on ending the U.S. military presence despite recent moves to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the U.S. Adel Abdul-Mahdi made the […]
Iran – Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has condemned the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran as a “flagrant violation of international law”. Rob Macaire was detained after attending a vigil for those who died when a passenger plane was shot down on Wednesday. He left when it turned into a protest before being arrested […]
The Convener of the Rice Millers Association, Yaw Adu Poku, has said that rice millers in Ghana are working to get special identification stickers to differentiate Ghanaian produced rice from imported produce. In an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Mr Adu Poku said this is an effort to check substandard and fake Ghana rice that […]
The funding round was co-led by existing investors CRE Venture Capital and the Omidyar Network, with participation from Inspired Evolution, Proparco, EDPR, I&P, Sin Capital, and Yuzura Honda. According to Adesina, “simultaneously greening and decentralizing its power infrastructure is the only way to navigate Nigeria out of its current state of energy poverty. “Pursuing this with a focus on the millions of small-businesses that […]
Duncan Ferguson will remain in charge of Everton for their Premier League clash with Arsenal on Saturday, the club has confirmed, with Carlo Ancelotti strongly tipped to be named the permanent boss. The Scot has been in the hotseat at Goodison Park for the past three matches following the sacking of Marco Silva, earning a […]