Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in […]

An alumnus of King’s College London where she bagged a Master’s degree in International Business Law, Ifeoma Dozie is currently the Director, Marketing and Communications Sub-Saharan Africa at Mastercard, where she oversees the company’s strategic communications. Well-versed in all aspects of traditional and digital marketing and driving business, Ifeoma has had extensive international work experience […]

Lionel Messi has used social media to brand a series of stories in the Argentine media – including that he had paid former team-mate Ronaldinho’s bail – as “fake news”. The Barcelona star issued the angry denial on Thursday evening after TNT Sports reported that he had put down the money to free the ex-Camp […]

Entrepreneur and Singer, Akande Ismail Omotayo popularly known as Smodollar has added another feather to his cap of achievement today.

Nigeria said Friday that a “historic” agreement between major oil producers to cut output by 10 million barrels per day, if it goes forward, could boost prices by $15. Oil cartel OPEC announced the agreement after marathon talks aimed at halting a price war between key players Saudi Arabia and Russia that has sent crude […]

Some residents in Kano have commended the Federal Government for establishing a Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory to enhance the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-section of the residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Kano, said the gesture would enhance the campaign against the pandemic. Mr. Muhammad Bala, […]

  By Yemi Olus, These are not the best of times for anyone. In just two months, life as we used to know it, has ceased to exist, following the coronavirus pandemic that has brought the world to its knees, and our sportsmen and women are not left out as everyone tries to come to […]

Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo’s gold-rich Ituri province said, after armed robbers killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, at a gold mine. The attack occurred around 0100 on the morning of April 5 at a gold site mined by the COMIDI […]

…Is Bonfrere making noise to attract some attention? By Segun Odegbami, The world is definitely passing through one of its ‘worst’ chapters in human history. When all of this is over, when this health crisis comes to an end, ‘when the hurly-burly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won’ (Shakespeare), we shall find that our […]

The leadership of the House of Representatives has expressed displeasure over the inhuman treatment meted out on some Nigerians by the Chinese authorities in Beijing. The Speaker of the House, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila expressed the displeasure at a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian on Friday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila said that the […]