The National Youth Service Corps has warned prospective corps members against using their personal funds for community projects. The NYSC Director-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave this warning on Monday during the nationwide virtual address to the 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream two prospective corps members and ca...
Busha, a Nigeria-based digital platform that helps people buy, sell and store cryptocurrency, has raised seed funding of $4.2 million in a round led by Jump Capital. Cadenza Ventures, Blockwall Capital, CMT Digital, Greenhouse Capital, Raba Capital, and other investors also participated in the financing...
Paris Saint-Germain superstar Lionel Messi has been awarded the 2021 Ballon d’Or. At a star-studded ceremony in Paris on Monday evening, the 34-year-old Argentine forward was crowned the world’s best player for the seventh time. It is a record seventh occasion overall after seeing off strong competition...
The new coronavirus variant is said to be highly transmissible and the ‘most concerning’ since the Delta variant outbreak. Anxieties have risen and countries across the world have started imposing restrictions after the discovery of a new coronavirus variant in southern Africa which is said...
Barbados will replace Queen Elizabeth II as head of state as Caribbean island distances itself from colonial past. Barbados is set to become a republic, replacing Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and severing centuries-old ties with the British crown on the 55th anniversary of the Caribbean natio...
The new CEO of Twitter is Parag Agrawal — a (Indian-American) technologist who, until today, has been a relatively low-profile but key member of the company’s leadership team. Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter in 2006, announced his resignation from the social media company Monday. Replacing Dorsey in the...
