Category Global

Transactions on NGX up 30.26%, Investors gain N13bn

STOCK market investors traded  1.854 billion shares worth N56.025 billion in 51,386 transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. this week. This is in contrast to the 1.525 billion shares valued at N43.006 billion that exchanged hands last…

Pope Francis Laid To Rest In Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica

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,…

PHOTOS: World Leaders Storm Rome As Pope Francis Is Buried

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…

Uranium-rich Namibia Plans Nuclear Move

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…

Macron Apologises for Colonial Abuses

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…

Jihadists Exploit Benin-Sahel Rift

BENIN is facing a surge in jihadist attacks in its northern border region as diplomatic tensions with neighbouring junta-led Niger and Burkina Faso create a dangerous security vacuum, analysts have told AFP. The crisis erupted into sharp focus following an April…