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French author Annie Ernaux, has been announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. Ernaux was honored for the courage and clinical perception with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory. Her more than 20 books, many of which have been school texts in France for decades, offer one of the most subtle, insightful windows into the social life of modern France.
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has appealed the Federal High Court’s judgment that nullified his nomination as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the July 16, governorship election in the state. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, described the Court judgment as a miscarriage of justice. The statement urged the Court of Appeal to set aside the ruling of the lower court and affirm […]
British number one Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the Transylvania Open with a wrist injury. Raducanu, whose father was born in Romania, reached the quarter-finals of the tournament last year. She has struggled with injuries during her first full year on the WTA tour as she has tried to build on her 2021 US Open victory.
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has called for federal government’s support towards tackling the flood ravaging the State. Soludo made the call during his visit to camps of flood victims in Onitsha North Local Government Area, of the State. He revealed that the flood emanated and surged from Cameroon. The Governor urged the Federal Government to dialogue with Cameroon to proffer lasting solution to the flood.
Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traoré has assumed office as the president. This follows last week's seizure of power by military officers. The power grab, the second this year, was triggered by an apparent disaffection with the failures of the previous military government to curb a spreading Islamist insurgency. A delegation from the West African regional body, ECOWAS, went to the country on Tuesday, hoping to persuade the new leader […]
A review of Nigeria’s balance of payment report showed that Nigerians spent a sum of $11.6 billion on foreign education between 2019 and to date. On the flip side, the African giant did not attract any form of inflow from foreign students. The discord between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has seen Nigerian university students stay home from February 14, 2022.
Oscar-winning actor, Kevin Spacey is due to go on trial in a civil lawsuit over an allegation of sexual assault 36 years ago. Spacey is being sued in New York by Anthony Rapp, who says the actor inappropriately touched him at a party in 1986 when he was 14. The actor, who is separately facing five charges of sexual assault in the UK, has denied the allegations against him. Rapp […]
Juventus earned their first Champions League win this season over Maccabi Haifa. Angel Di Maria set up Adrien Rabiot's double and Dusan Vlahovic's strike to give Juve their first points. However, Juve still face an uphill task to reach the last 16 as they trail PSG and Benfica by four points in Group H.
The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested five suspects, intercepted ammunitions and other contrabands worth Duty Paid Value of N622m in September. Acting Customs Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Hussein Ejibunnu, revealed that the unit also recovered N107m within the period under review. Ejibunnu added that the unit intercepted a large supply of Premium Motor Spirit, concealed in sacks along the Badagry axis of Lagos […]
