POPE Francis has been laid to rest inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter’s Square. Trojaninsights reports that Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Flores, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina,…
Millions of people from all walks of life, including world leaders, gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday to bid their final farewell to Pope Francis at his Requiem Mass. Naija News reported that Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17 December…
THE Nigerian Army has officially rejected a viral advertisement asking applicants to submit applications for recruitment into the Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) and Short Service Commission (SSC). The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Lt-Col. Appolonia Anele, stated in a release on…
TRADE Union Congress (TUC) on Friday re-elected its President, Mr Festus Osifo, for another four-year tenure in the office. Osifo and 18 other executives were returned to the office unopposed at the first Quadrennial Delegates Congress and 20th Anniversary…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated Chief Ayirimi Emami, an Itsekiri leader, on his 50th birthday, which falls on April 26. Emami, a politician, businessman, and philanthropist, received the congratulatory message through Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, in a…
Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has directed increase in allowances of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state by 100 per cent. Lawal disclosed this on Friday in Gusau, while declaring open the orientation course for the…
NIGERIAN actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye has publicly blasted several Ghanaian television stations for allegedly airing her films without permission, putting a fresh spotlight on the persistent issue of copyright abuse in Africa’s creative industries. Taking to social media on…
A RWANDAN man who had been living a quiet life as a beekeeper in the United States has been arrested for allegedly concealing his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, according to a report by the BBC. Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, was arrested on…
NAMIBIA, the world’s third-largest uranium producer, will launch talks in 2025 to develop its first nuclear energy plant, aiming to unlock its mineral wealth and secure energy independence, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced Thursday. Delivering her first State of the Nation address since…
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has publicly apologised for the abuses committed by France during its colonial rule in Madagascar, pledging to return looted cultural artefacts and human remains in a symbolic move towards reconciliation. ‘Our presence here is not innocent, and our…
