Tag: world
FIFA Rankings: Super Eagles slip to 44th in the world, 5th in Africa
Despite the slight drop in ranking, optimism remains high among fans and analysts who believe that with improved tactical organization,…
The world will end if I don’t have sex – Prophet Kumchacha
Ghanaian's controversial cleric, Prophet Kumchacha says the world will end the day he does not have sex with his wife.
How the world welcomed 2019
Revellers welcomed 2019 with fireworks displays and festivities as a celebratory wave swept westward across the globe from Asia to…
Over 150 World Leaders gather in Morocco to discuss Global Migration Impact
As world leaders meet in Morocco to adopt the Global Migration Compact, a senior UN official says the document is…
World AIDS Day: Medical Practitioner Offers Free Test in Kwara
Dr Ayodele Ogunkeyede, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lifeline Hospital, Ilorin, has offered free tests and organised campaigns to…
World AIDS Day: FG committed to ending HIV epidemic by 2030-Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi on Thursday in Abuja said the Federal Government would increase the number of people on anti-retroviral treatment…
Nigeria moving towards largest economies in the world – Osinbajo
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that ‘Nigeria is fast moving toward becoming one of the 16 largest…
Salvation from the World
The love of life is the basis of all sin. The salvation popularly preached in the churches is not the…
The world is waiting to hear our stories – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the world is eager to hear the nation’s stories through the…
Pope Francis says world is at war
Pope Francis says the world is at war, but is stressing that it’s not a war of religions. Francis spoke…
World’s oldest person dies
A research group said on Friday in New York that the world’s oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones is…
Nigeria’s Aruna Africa’s best player in world ranking
After months of dominance over Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri in the ITTF ranking, Egypt’s Omar Assar has been displaced by the…
World’s major problem: Too many young people
New York Times: At no point in recorded history has our world been so demographically lopsided, with old people concentrated…
Tanzanian Finance Minister Dies In S/Africa
Tanzania’s finance minister William Mgimwa has died of natural causes at a Pretoria hospital, the South African government said Thursday.…
HIV infections plummet since 2001 says UNAIDS
New HIV infections have plummeted by a third overall since 2001 and more than halved among children, the United Nations…
Iran Offers Syria $4bn Credit Line
Iran has opened two lines of credit totalling $4 billion to Damascus and expects to open up a third to…
World banking regulator eases rules
BASEL, Switzerland, (AFP) – The world’s top banking regulatory body on Sunday eased the first global liquidity rules scheduled to…
US gun sales soar
WASHINGTON,(AFP) – US firearm sales have sky-rocketed since the Newtown school massacre, as debate over gun control rages and enthusiasts…
Hollande vows to free abducted citizen in Nigeria
French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Thursday that a French national, Francis Colump, had been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria…
Africans face hell in Greece
ATHENS (AFP) – Stuck in a small Athens flat all day to avoid being caught by police, earning another stint…
Dangote, Bill Gates in partnership to fight polio
The richest man in Africa and the wealthiest man from the United States joined forces Monday in the battle against…
UN wants billionaires taxed to help poor
The United Nations on Thursday called for a tax on billionaires to help raise more than $400 billion a year…
North Korea’s young leader was a dull student
North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-Un, who was schooled in Switzerland, obtained poor grades in school and was often absent,…
Bin Laden’s widows jailed, to be deported
A Pakistani court on Monday sentenced Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters to 45 days detention…
Okonjo Iweala, 2 others confirmed for WB race
The World Bank announced Friday three candidates to succeed outgoing president Robert Zoellick, one nominated by the United States and…
Libya: The world’s most wanted Spymaster
Mauritania has received requests from France and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to extradite Libya’s ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi, a…
Assange, Wikileaks Founder Eyes Aussie Senate
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is planning to run for election to the Australian Senate, the organisation announced Saturday on Twitter.…
Saudi pledges to tame soaring oil prices
Oil prices, on the upswing in recent times, because of supply disruptions over Iranian crisi, may be tempered with the…
Alcohol: Al Qaeda lashes 4 Yemenis 80 times each
Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen have given four people 80 lashes each for drinking alcohol, in the presence of dozens of…
Osama Bin Laden: Pakistan demolishes hideout
Pakistani security forces were on Sunday demolishing the compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was…