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By John Ikani  Two French nationals convicted for planning a coup against Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina have been sentenced to 10 and 20 years in prison respectively. Paul Rafanoharana and Philippe François were prosecuted for endangering...

By John Ikani The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed Ayoade Alakija, a Nigerian doctor, as its Special Envoy for the access to COVID-19 tools accelerator (ACT-Accelerator). The ACT-accelerator partnership is a global initiative offering an...

By Emmanuel Nduka The South Korean Government has pledged to donate $12.4 million to the Nigerian Government for the construction of solar mini-grids. This was disclosed by South Korea’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Kim Young Choe, at...

By John Ikani The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), has disclosed that its $300million Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF) scheme has been so far accessed by 53 companies. General Manager, Nigerian Content Development Fund...

By John Ikani A Kenyan-born academic has become the youngest black Professor at the UK’s prestigious Oxford University, the educational institution says. Patricia Kingori is also one of the youngest women to ever be awarded a...

By John Ikani US President Joe Biden has bestowed the nation's highest military award on Army Sergeant Alwyn Cashe, the first black serviceman to receive the decoration since the Vietnam War. Sgt Cashe died after a...