Hilton and Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ Celebrate One‑Year Anniversary of Exclusive Partnership, Now with More than 450 Hotels

MCLEAN, Va. – More than 450 new hotels to dream about and book. 12 new countries to travel to with Hilton. A new world of luxury travel. In just one year, Hilton's (NYSE: HLT) exclusive partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) has...

Amid Crackdown, Gulf of Guinea Pirates Turn to Kidnapping for Ransom

Seven armed pirates attacked and boarded a cargo ship sailing from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 29. While most of the crew locked themselves in the citadel, one crew member was injured and abducted by the hijackers during...

FAQ: What International Students Should Know About Trump’s Travel Ban

Some prospective and current international students have reconsidered or altered their U.S. higher education plans for this academic year after… Some prospective and current international students have reconsidered or altered their U.S. higher...

AfDB and Adesina, the kptimist-in-chief 

Opinion By Reuben Abati ON Sunday, August 31, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (2011 – 2015), completed his maximum ten-year tenure (five years each per election) as President of the African...

AfDB and Adesina, the optimist-in-chief, By Reuben Abati

On Sunday, 31 August, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s former minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (2011 – 2015), completed his maximum ten-year tenure (five years each per election) as president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the...

AfDB And Adesina, The Optimist-in-Chief

By REUBEN ABATI On Sunday, August 31, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (2011 – 2015), completed his maximum ten-year tenure (five years each per election) as President of the African Development...

Take Control of Your Cash Flow: Proven Strategies for AR Leaders

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Tunisia vs Liberia Prediction and Betting Tips | September 4th 2025

Tunisia and Liberia will battle for three points in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Thursday (September 4th). The game will be played at Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi. The hosts were last in action when they fell to a 2-0 defeat to Morocco in...

SADC, IUCN, and BirdLife Africa launch regional vulture conservation strategy

The recently approved Strategy represents a comprehensive regional framework developed through an evidence-based, collaborative process that builds upon existing national and international commitments. These include the Convention on Migratory...

Calema to Perform at Legends Charity Game in Lisbon

Reading Time: 2 minutes The debut Legends Charity Game will pair football legends with a half-time show from Calema, the celebrated music duo and one of the Lusophone world’s biggest musical successes. Taking place on Monday, 15 September 2025 at...

The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments

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Earth Pulsates Every 26 Seconds. No One Knows Why.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Earth makes a tiny seismic rumble every 26 seconds. Is the pulsating caused by ocean waves, volcanoes, or something else completely? Theories abound....

Egypt, Nigeria Lead Africa’s Remittance Inflows With $95 Billion, Report Says

Nigeria trailed Egypt in terms of foreign remittance to the African continent which hit $95 billion in 2024, a new report by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), a Pretoria, South Africa-based organisation has stated. According to the report,...

Report: At $95bn, Egypt, Nigeria Account for Largest Shares of Africa’s Remittance Inflows

•ISS wants estimates included in national poverty alleviation strategies •Seeks lowering of transfer costs, formalisation of remittance channels Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria trailed Egypt in terms of foreign remittance to the African continent...

Africa’s millionaire population to grow 65%

Africa’s millionaire population is projected to grow by 65% over the next decade, according to the newly published Africa Wealth Report 2025. The continent is currently home to 25 billionaires, 348 centi-millionaires, and 122,500 millionaires — a...

AWS highlights digital identity infrastructure options with hybrid cloud, MOSIP

National digital identity programs around the world have to figure out the challenge of data storage, which can be very costly. Data centers are known to cost billions to build and run. So then a cloud solution can be appealing on a cost basis....

Looking back, looking ahead: Ogbuku and the fierce urgency of developing the Niger Delta now, By Ogaga Ifowodo

Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku It goes without saying that Dr Samuel Ogbuku is a son of the soil and waters of the Niger Delta. And not just because he was born in the old Rivers State, now rivers...

Looking back, looking ahead: Ogbuku and the fierce urgency of developing the Niger Delta now

It goes without saying that Dr Samuel Ogbuku is a son of the soil and waters of the Niger Delta. And not just because he was born in the old Rivers State, now rivers and Bayelsa, but because he lives and breathes the air — I’m tempted to say...

Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions

Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions Other global south economies provide valuable lessons on successfully transforming remittance flows into broad-based growth. Published on 26 August 2025 in ISS Today By Julia Baum...

Inventa marks a decade of protecting Nigerian innovation for global competitiveness  

Inventa, an international intellectual property (IP) law firm with over 50 years of global experience, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Nigeria office. Since opening its Lagos base in 2015, the firm has become a strategic partner in...