When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV—an American—it was met with mixed emotions acro...
The Nigerian government has renewed its commitment to completing the Abuja (Mararaba)-Keffi segment of the expansive Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi dual carriageway on schedule. During an inspectio...
Heavy rainfall in Mogadishu has led to devastating flooding, resulting in the deaths of at least seven people across two districts of the Somali capital. The torrential downpour, which struck on Frida...
At last month’s Africa-Caribbean Infrastructure Forum, held on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC, African Development Bank Group Executive Director Rufus N. Darkorte...
Italy’s Moltiply Group has filed a lawsuit against Google, seeking damages of €2.97 billion ($3.34 billion) for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the market, as previously recognised by...
Google has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the tech giant of systemic racial discrimination against Black employees. The proposed settlement, which still requir...
Nvidia is preparing to launch a scaled-down version of its H20 artificial intelligence chip for the Chinese market within the next two months, according to three sources experts. The move follows rece...
In a landmark move to boost Africa’s healthcare manufacturing capacity, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) have signed a sublicensing agreement with Nigerian healt...
By 2030, nurses will represent two-thirds of Africa’s projected shortfall of 6.1 million health workers, according to Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Acting Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Orga...
Nigeria recorded over 119,000 data breaches in the first quarter of 2025, ranking 34th globally in the latest data breach index by cybersecurity firm Surfshark. Though the number may seem high, it mar...