Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke,  appeared in a London court on Monday to face charges bordering on receiving bribes in the form of cash, according to Reuters. 

Comedian Bright Okpocha, popular as Basketmouth, has apologised to Ayodeji Richard Makun, popular as AY, following their 17-year-old feud.

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani has described Africa as the future of technology.

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for groundbreaking Covid-19 vaccines.

No fewer than 10 people, including three children, were killed when the roof of a church fell in northern Mexico.

Governor of California State, Gavin Newson, has appointed the 44-year-old abortion rights activist, Laphonza Butler to replace Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator, who died last week.

In Nigeria, the first public sector pension scheme was the Pension Ordinance of 1951, with retrospective effect from 1st January, 1946. The law provided public servants with both pension and gratuity.

Security forces in Madagascar fired tear gas on opposition candidates leading a protest in Antananarivo on Monday, AFP reporters saw, amid rising political tensions ahead of presidential elections next month.

Napoli’s social media executive, Alessio Fortino has resigned from his role at the Italian club.

The Potters Wheel Foundation (TPWF), has urged Nigerians to always patronise made-in-Nigerian goods and buy Nigerian products to promote and encourage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country.

David Beckham has laid bare the lingering pain he felt he caused to his family following the red card he received at the 1998 World Cup, saying his dismissal left him a “mess”.

Wild jubilation engulfed Araromi-Okeodo, a community in Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun State following the supply of electricity to the town for the first time after 91 years.

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has pledged to transform the transport sector by eradicating thuggery in motor parks.

Gender rights advocate, Nigeria Women Professional Alliances NWPA and groups under the aegis of Pro-Impact Initiative have raised the alarm over what they described as calculated attempts by some top civil servants to blackmail the Accountant-General of the Federation AGF, Mrs Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, in order to derail her from carrying out much needed reforms and cleansing in the “Treasury House”.

Youths under the aegis of Abia Youths Interest Group AYIG have warned the state governor, Alex Otti against attempts to use state resources in sponsoring Labour Party operations and the court case of its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.