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An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the World Food Programme said. Three consecutive rainy seasons have failed as the region has recorded its driest conditions since 1981, the UN agency said. …

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has criticised both the judiciary and police in the state for not doing enough to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes are brought to book. The Governor expressed concern that the state has been beset by an array of violent crimes, including banditry, ritual …

USADF-All On Nigeria Off-grid Energy Challenge The Nigeria Off-Grid Energy Challenge is a joint effort by the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and All On to provide angel stage funding for Nigerian businesses that are developing, scaling-up or extending the use of proven technologies for off-grid energy to reach communities …

Majek Fashek’s manager has revealed that Nigerian rapper, Olamide is the only artiste who supported the Rainmaker financially as he struggled with health issues in the UK. Umenka Uzoma who was a guest on Nigeria Info’s 99.3 exoplained that the ‘Oil and Gas’ rapper reached out to him while he was still in …

As the International Monetary Fund slashed India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8 percent for the current fiscal year, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath said that all is not lost for the Indian economy. In conversation with India Today News Director Rahul Kanwal at the 50th annual meeting of the World …

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has previously revealed that he ‘dreams’ of playing for Real Madrid and promised his grandfather he would join the Spanish giants one day. The striker has established himself as one of the most feared strikers in Europe since joining Arsenal in January 2018, and his form …

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho refused to be drawn on a possible move for Edinson Cavani, joking that the only transfer he would discuss in public was a loan move for Cavani’s Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe. Spurs are a striker short following the injury suffered by talisman Harry Kane earlier this year. Kane …

The Duke of Sussex has joined wife Megan and son Archie in Canada to begin their “exciting next chapter” together as a family. Prince Harry touched down in Vancouver Island just hours after a day of meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other world leaders, in what may have been his final official engagement as a …