Beyonce’s latest album, Cowboy Carter, a cultural sensation since its release, was notably absent from the list of nominees for the 58th Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, announced on Monday. The album’s lead single, Texas Hold ‘Em, topped the charts, including the country music category, and the album has been widely regarded as a triumph. […]
Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and “onto the footy fields”. Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be introduced this year, Anthony Albanese said, describing the impact of the […]
Emergency workers raced to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods Tuesday after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing. Yagi struck on Saturday with winds in excess of 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour, making it the most powerful typhoon to hit northern Vietnam in 30 years […]
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who faces a string of allegations in Switzerland and France, was found guilty of rape by a Swiss appeals court Tuesday, overturning an earlier lower court acquittal. After being acquitted last year, a Geneva appeals court said it had found the 62-year-old former Oxford University professor “guilty of rape and sexual […]
Nigerian musician and activist, Seun Kuti, has emphasized that mere protests are insufficient for achieving meaningful change, urging Nigerians to take more concrete steps towards transformation. Kuti’s comments follow the recent nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests, which highlighted the growing discontent over national hardships. In an interview on Channels Television’s Rubbin Minds, Kuti described protests as merely […]
The Nigerian Falconets have been drawn against in the round of 16 in the ongoing FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup at Columbia. The Nigerian team had qualified from the group after two wins versus South Korea and Venezuela, but with a 3-1 loss to Germany in between. They now face a Japan team, which is […]
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) has secured the bid to provide passenger and cargo ground handling services for Emirates Airlines at Lagos International Airport as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier ramp up efforts to resume flights into the country. Emirates Airlines halted flights into Nigeria in October 2022 because it could repatriate […]
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Dr Muda Yusuf, has highlighted the need for the localisation of oil and gas transactions in order to end the ongoing increase of petrol price. During an interview on a national television monitored by The Nation, Yusuf said the localising oil and gas transactions […]
Renowned American actor, James Earl Jones, best known for his iconic voice as Star Wars villain Darth Vader, has died at the age of 93. Surrounded by his family, Jones passed away on Monday morning, September 9, leaving behind a legacy of unforgettable performances that spanned over six decades. With a career marked by numerous […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the recall of Dove beauty bar soap.
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