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By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Rt. Hon. Chief Orok Duke, PhD, has called on qualified youths across the state to take advantage of the 2026/2027 Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme recently announced by the Commission. Chief Duke, in a statement made...
Africa attracted more than $20 billion in capital commitments in March 2026, signalling renewed investor appetite for frontier markets despite rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, according to a report by African Economy. read more Ethiopia, Kenya drive $20bn FDI surge into Africa despite Middle East crisis
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President aims to address refugee repatriation and Syria's rebuilding during high-level meetings in Berlin.
A Palestinian refugee is teaching traditional ‘tatreez’ embroidery in Madrid, helping preserve cultural heritage.
Matt Miller predicted every pick in the 2026 NFL draft, from the Raiders' selection at No. 1 to the Broncos' Mr. Irrelevant slot at the end of Round 7.
Baseball's new ABS system is the talk of the sport. We hand out awards after the first weekend of the rule.
Sysco Corp., a large US food distributor, is close to a deal to buy privately held Restaurant Depot LLC for about $29 billion including debt, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The school management advised both students and staff to stay indoors and be careful due to ongoing security concerns
BBVA SA is working on a significant risk transfer tied to a portfolio of mortgages as banks press ahead with such deals amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has made a controversial claim about religion and its impact on the development of the country. Daddy Freeze, while speaking in a recent episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast, claimed that religion does not produce the results it preaches. He stressed that countries less religious […]
