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The World Bank has said the Federal Government of Nigeria did not take any concerted action towards curbing inflation in 2021 despite inflation shock pushing an estimated eight million Nigerians below the poverty line. The Washington-based bank said this in the latest edition of its ‘Nigeria Development Update’ report 2021. …

China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic partnership on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States as China’s President Xi Jinping hosted Russia’s Vladimir Putin on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In a joint statement, the two countries affirmed …

Donald Trump has criticized President Joe Biden, saying the country is so badly run, he never knew things would become so bad. The former US Presideny reflected on the first year of the Biden presidency, and said the country is “being absolutely destroyed.” Trump attacked Biden on everything from the …

Belgian Golden Shoe for 2021 has been awarded to Paul Onuachu, becoming the first Nigerian to win the award. Onuachu is the first Nigerian to win the award and only the fourth African overall. Three Africans had previously won the award: Cote d’Ivoire’s Aruna Dindane (2003), Morocco’s Mbark Boussoufa twice …

North Korea has reportedly banned people from wearing leather trench coats because dictatorial ruler Kim Jong-un doesn’t want his citizen dressing up like him.   First worn by Kim in 2019, the coat became popular among the North Korean elite who were keen to show their loyalty to the Supreme …

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, wants to be worshipped by his people, as he is pushing “Kimjongunism” which hails him as a “Great Leader”. Portraits of his father and grandfather in the capital city of Pyongyang have been taken down to present the 37-year-old as unrivalled in his position of …

Taiwan will not start a war with China but will defend itself “full on, Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Thursday, amid an increase in tensions between the pair that has raised concern internationally. Military tensions with China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, are at their worst in …

The United States has completed the withdrawal of it forces from Afghanistan, the US military said, nearly twenty years after it invaded the country following the September 11, 2001 attacks on America. Marine General Frank McKenzie, the head of the US Central Command, made the announcement at a Pentagon news …

US President, Joe Biden has vowed to hunt down those responsible for twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan and said he had asked the Pentagon to develop plans to strike back at them. He made the promise as he joined UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson in vowing to …

Following the Taliban’s stunning takeover of the Afghan capital, Kabul, a pressing discussion has revolved around the new government’s legal system and, more specifically, how it will treat women. After the Taliban’s victory last week, senior commander Waheedullah Hashimi laid out the broad strokes of how Afghanistan will be governed. …