Youngest Guinness World Records owners
Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah — 1 year, 152 days (youngest male artist) From Ghana, Ace-Liam became the world’s youngest male…
Year: 2025
Countries battle for final spots in World Cup playoffs
Countries battle for final spots in World Cup playoffs By Boluwatife Kehinde With six spots still up for…
Inside Africa’s Post-2020 coup wave, struggle for democratic restoration
Across the West African Sahel, Mali set the pace with a coup in May 2021, followed by another in August 2021 that toppled the interim government and paved the way for full military control. Mali’s actions were soon mirrored by its neighbours, Burkina Faso and Niger.
Streeting warns NHS faces flu surge, doctor strikes
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has raised alarm over what he calls a double whammy of soaring flu hospitalisations and an…
Reddit challenges Australia’s under-16 social media ban
Reddit has lodged a challenge in the High Court against Australia’s ban on social media use by under-16s, filing its…
PDP pulls out of Borno LG polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has announced its withdrawal from Saturday’s local government elections, citing distrust in…
British novelist Joanna Trollope dies at 82
Celebrated British novelist Joanna Trollope has died at the age of 82. Her daughters, Louise and Antonia, announced that she…
FG unveils 11 medical projects in Osun
The Federal Government (FG) on Friday inaugurated 11 major projects at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun, Osun State,…
WHO says vaccines don’t cause autism
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reaffirmed that vaccines do not cause autism, releasing new analysis that strengthens decades of…