Day: May 9, 2022
2023: Benin monarch worries over money-bags politics
Published by Business Day The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has expressed concern over the rate at which money-bags politics dominate electioneering, urging politicians and aspirants to make integrity their watchword ahead of the 2023 general election. Oba Ewuare II made the remarks on Friday evening when he received Rotimi Amaechi, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
[INVNT GROUP] The Global BrandStory Project® Drives Web3 Innovation in World-First Collaboration with Lamborghini, Steve Aoki, Krista Kim, and RM Sotheby’s
The 1:1 NFT plus the last physical Aventador Coupé auction closed at $1.6MM – placing the purchase price in the top 10 brand new Lamborghinis ever sold at auction. New York, NY, May 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — [INVNT GROUP] The Global BrandStory Project, in collaboration with Lamborghini, leading metaverse artist Krista Kim, 2x Grammy-nominated […]
Obaseki kicks off ‘operation plan Edo’
Published by Business Day The Edo State government has commenced ‘Operation Plan Edo,’ an exercise aimed at recertifying building plans and collecting data on the socio-economic needs of communities within the Benin metropolis. Commissioner for physical planning, urban and regional development, Isoken Omo, during a press briefing, said the exercise, which will commence in the Ugbor area of Benin […]
Rise of Ugandan Leader’s Son Draws Excitement And Concern
Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda’s leader are raising concern he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently being groomed to succeed his father, President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power since 1986. Three events marking Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s 48th birthday have been held in recent days in the capital, Kampala, and his supporters in
Earth Given 50-50 Chance of Hitting Key Warming Mark by 2026
The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with a nearly 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted. With human-made climate change continuing, there’s a 48% chance that the globe will reach a yearly average of 1.5
American Boxing Legend Mayweather Visits Nigeria
Floyd Mayweather arrived in Nigeria’s capital Sunday evening and met with organizers of this week’s exhibition match in Dubai as well as boxing fans and journalists. He held a news conference alongside his opponent in his upcoming match, boxer Don Moore. Mayweather said the visit to Nigeria was part of plans to promote the sport of boxing in
$BioFi Ecosystem Announcement – Biometric Financial (BioFi) Announces a New Integration Partnership with Tel Solutions Africa LTD
$BioFi Safeguards Your Personal data while Leveraging the Blockchain and Decentralized Web 3.0 services WELDON SPRING, MO / ACCESSWIRE / May 9, 2022 / Biometric Financial (BioFi), an innovative ecosystem and TelSolutions Africa LTD, owner of the BroadSpectrum mobile money platform announce today an integration partnership that will combine BioFi biometrics into the BroadSpectrum mobile money platform, […]
St Kitts and Nevis: Fund option offers most straightforward route to alternative citizenship
Basseterre, May 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The smallest country in the western hemisphere, St Kitts and Nevis is the pioneer of citizenship by investment programme. Established in 1984, it is now regarded as the “platinum standard” of CBI globally. The country’s 53,192 population directly and indirectly benefits from the revenue that arrives from prestigious […]
Restitution of looted objects is not enough, say African artists
Published by DPA Two naked female bodies sit in a room, their faces covered, as though they are decorative objects. A cut-out photo of an African mask, humanized with a naked female body and eyes, looks critically at a black princess. South African artist Teresa Kutala Firmino’s collages look back at the people who are viewing them, asking questions about