Nigeria To Plant 300 millon Trees In 2020 – Official The Acting Director, Department of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Tiamiyu Oladele, has announced plans by the federal government to plant 30 million tree seedlings in 2020 to accelerate afforestation in the country. Mr Oladele made the disclosure in an […]
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Vietnam Turns Away 1000 Passenger Cruise Ship Over Fear Of Coronavirus Vietnam has turned away a German owned cruise ship with more than 1,000 passengers on board over fears of coronavirus infections on board, state media reported on Friday. Authorities in Quang Ninh province, home to the UNESCO world heritage […]
Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Donate $100 Million To Coronavirus Vaccine Research And Treatment The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced they will commit up to $100 million for the global response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The funding will help strengthen detection, isolation and treatment efforts; protect at-risk […]
Nigerian Customs Intercept $8 million At Lagos Airport The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, has intercepted $8,065,615 at the airport. Hameed Ali, the customs comptroller-general, said at a press conference in Lagos Tuesday that the cash was intercepted in a car while it was about to be […]
Guyana Bags Guinness World Record For ‘Most Stickers On A Car’ The Embassy of Guyana in Kuwait has set a Guinness World Record in the category of ‘most stickers on a car.’ The embassy yesterday received a certificate from the Guinness World Records adjudicator, witnessed by several dignitaries from various […]
17 Year Old Climate Activist Chastises World Leaders For Not Taking Enough Action On Climate Change Despite Spending $370 billion 17 year old climate activist Greta Thunberg once again chastised world leaders at World Economic Forum at Davos, by saying not enough action has been taken to stop the harm, particularly on climate change […]
To-Eat-Money, Chop-Chop, Gist, Other Nigerian Words Added To Oxford Learners Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has introduced 29 Nigerian words and expressions in the January updates to its glossary. Although OED’s World English editor, Danica Salazar, announced this in a blog post last week, the news of the latest addition […]
Ford really has excelled in the small SUV market, with its new family-friendly Puma taking top honours in the motor industry ‘Oscars’ this week. Reborn after two decades’ absence as an SUV (the 1997-2001 original was a sporty coupe) — it has defied early doubters to be crowned Car of […]
Over 100 Billionaires Worth More Than $500 billion To Storm Davos For World Economic Forum A group of ultra-wealthy guests worth a total of $500billion are to arrive Davos for World Economic Forum whose mission is cited as “committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, […]
President Trump Pledges New $300 billion Tariff On iPhone, Sneakers and Toys From China President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will add a new tariff on $300 billion of Chinese-made products on September 1, which would effectively put a tax on all Chinese goods coming into the United States.”Trade […]
U.S. Lawmaker Wants Russia’s FaceApp Probed U.S. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called on the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a national security and privacy investigation into FaceApp, a face-editing photo app developed in Russia. The viral smartphone application, which has seen a new surge of popularity […]
Millions Displaced After Monsoon Floods Hit India, Nepal and Bangladesh More than a hundred people have died and millions were forced to leave their homes as monsoon rains have devastated parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. At least three million people have been displaced in north and Northeast India, reports the BBC, […]