CHINESE cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought an artwork featuring a banana taped to a wall for $6.2 million (£4.9m), Justin Sun has eaten the fruit. Newsextra24 reports that the artwork called ‘Comedian’ was created by Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist. The artwork…
Canada is facing an increasing challenge as a growing number of skilled immigrants, including permanent residents, are leaving the country. Despite being a long-time destination for talented workers, many highly educated immigrants are opting to migrate elsewhere. This trend, known…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is reportedly planning to invest over $10 billion in a massive subsea cable project spanning more than 40,000 kilometers. This ambitious undertaking, still in its early stages, would mark…
BRITISH Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been blasted for saying “there are no journalists in Gaza” at a meeting in parliament on Wednesday. Lammy was asked by fellow Labour MP Matthew Patrick at a House of Commons foreign affairs committee meeting about…
NAMIBIA’S main opposition leader, Panduleni Itula, has criticised the nation’s ongoing presidential and legislative elections, citing widespread irregularities. Despite these concerns, he urged the country to see the process through before deciding on the next course of action. Itula,…
THE prestigious Oxford Union voted by an overwhelming majority that Israel is an “apartheid state responsible for genocide” at a fiery event in which the society’s president denounced Israel’s war on Gaza as a “holocaust”, and a pro-Israel speaker was ejected from the…
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday advised bank customers to report any difficulties withdrawing cash from bank branches or ATMs to the apex bank from December 1. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, said this during the 2024 annual…
A boat mishap that occurred between Baro and Akwanu communities of Agaie Local Government Area of Niger has claimed 22 lives. The Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed the incident in a statement in…
“Salus populi suprema lex esto” – Cicero. The commissioning of The Wole Olanipekun Senate Building at the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Ikere, Ekiti State, last Thursday, has again testified to the power of visionary leadership…
IN today’s interconnected world, Artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity are no longer optional add-ons but essential pillars of transactional governance. For nations in the Global South, the integration of these technologies offers opportunities to accelerate economic growth, drive innovation, and…
