• AfDB’s $618m tech start-up investment, Adeleke creates support desk for Osun innovators • US Vice President Harris promises greater investment for Africa With the rise of many startups in the technology and creative industries in Nigeria and the continent, Africans have been urged to work more on creating solutions to problems rather than rely […] The post African Diaspora Conference: Why Africa needs knowledge transfer more than grants, by Aboyeji, Ghaim appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
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Tunisia coastguard said Sunday the bodies of 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries had been recovered after three vessels capsized. It The post Tunisia coastguard recovers 29 bodies after migrant vessels capsize appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Kyiv on Sunday said Russia was holding Minsk as a “nuclear hostage” after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus. “The Kremlin took Belarus as a nuclear hostage,” the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, Oleksiy Danilov, wrote on Twitter. He added that the move was “a step towards the internal destabilization of the country”. Strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power in Belarus for almost 30 years, is a key Putin ally. On Saturday, Putin said he and Lukashenko “agreed” Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus “without…
Donald Trump staged his first presidential campaign rally in Texas Saturday, brushing off his potential indictment as he railed against multiple criminal probes threatening his bid for the White House. The post Not a crime': Trump dismisses NY probe at Texas rally appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
The death toll from an explosion at a chocolate factory in the US state of Pennsylvania rose to three Saturday with four people missing, local officials said, as rescuers raced against the clock to find survivors. The post Death toll in US chocolate factory explosion rises to three appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
At least 23 people were killed as a devastating tornado ripped across the southern US state of Mississippi, tearing off roofs, smashing cars and flattening entire neighborhoods. The post 'Everything wiped away': Tornado kills at least 23 in Mississippi appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
At least 19 people were killed when a tornado and severe storms swept through the US state of Mississippi late Friday, authorities told ABC News. Search and rescue operations were underway in Sharkey and Humphreys counties, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) north of state capital Jackson, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said, according to […] The post At least 19 dead in Mississippi tornado, storms appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Fiercely outspoken Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide inspired the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda”, has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars. Rusesabagina was released late Friday away from the media glare and will return to the United States after the Kigali government commuted his 25-year sentence on terrorism charges. His detention had thrown a spotlight on Rwanda’s record of crushing political dissent and free speech under President Paul Kagame. Rusesabagina was convicted in September 2021 of backing an armed rebel group after a trial that his supporters…
Non-cash payments handled by Chinese banks continued stable expansion in 2022, with electronic payments sustaining growth momentum, a central bank report said. According to the report from the People’s Bank of China, the non-cash payments were recorded via bank cards, electronic payment vehicles, commercial papers and credit transfers. Also, other settlements hit 4,805.77 trillion yuan (about 702.86 trillion dollars) last year, up 8.84 per cent year on year. The report showed that the electronic payments took a lion’s share of the non-cash payments, with a total transaction value of 3,110.13 trillion yuan. The total number of transactions made with bank…
An explosion at a chocolate factory in the US state of Pennsylvania has killed two people and left nine others missing, according to local media. The explosion at the RM Palmer Company plant in the West Reading borough of Pennsylvania occurred before 5 pm local time (2100 GMT) on Friday, local TV network WFMZ reported. Besides the dead and missing, six people were transported to medical facilities, Pennsylvania’s Emergency Management Agency told WFMZ. “(The factory) is pretty leveled, unfortunately. There’s not much they can salvage from the building,” said West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag in a televised press conference. “In…