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Every week, Steve Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project in the United States, publishes Hanke’s currency watchlist, a group of currencies that have depreciated by at least 20% against the dollar since January 2020. Hanke, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, explains that …

Self-acclaimed investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, claims there is a generational curse in Davido’s family. According to her, she believes the curse can only be broken by Davido spiritually. Her comment comes a few days after the death of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi who drowned in a swimming pool on Monday, October 31. The controversial journalist …

Angry youths went on a rampage after six women were crushed to death by a tipper truck along the Gubio road, the outskirt of Maiduguri, Borno State.   The incident occurred around 10:05 am on Friday, November 4, 2022, at Kaswan Fara, Shagari Lowcost Estate area when the tipper truck conveying …

Tragedy struck along the Ota-Idiroko road in Ogun state on Friday, November 4, when a toddler and his mother who were on a motorcycle were crushed to death by a Mazda car. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the public relations officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, …

Twelve Tunisian policemen have been jailed for two years over the death of a football fan. Nineteen-year-old Omar Laabidi drowned in a stream in 2018 while trying to escape as the police chased a group of fans to the edge of the stream. Laabidi is reported to have screamed that …

A pastor, his wife, and their three children tragically lost their lives in a fire that gutted the Methodist Church mission house in South Africa. The sad incident occurred in Askeaton locality in Cala on Thursday, November 3, 2022. The deceased are, Reverend Mandisi Mpthiti (46), his wife Dunyiswa Mphiti …

Pilots at Kenya’s national airline, Kenya Airways, will go strike this Saturday, union officials have announced. The action comes days after the expiry of a two-week’s strike notice issued by the pilots’ union, who are demanding that the airline resumes contributions to their retirement fund. The Kenya Airline Pilots Association …

  Nineteen (19) illegal miners have been confirmed dead after mining site collapsed. Seven (7) others have also stuck in the mud after the collapse. The State Police PRO for Nakita, Juani Ousmane disclosed this at a presser on Wednesday.I He said investigation are still ongoing at the site to …

A well known Nigerian investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has disclosed how a certain Nigerian HIV patient died in Nigeria, 48 hours after she was transferred from Dubai to Nigeria, due to lack of a ventilator that will sustain her. According to a story he posted, Fisayo Soyombo noted that the lady who had been living in Dubai …

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army who are attached to the North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai have been banned from going on annual leave and passes. In an internal memo that was cited by SaharaReporters, the army said the ban was for the soldiers to prepare adequately for Operation …