Prof. Wole Soyinka, in a viral video, mocked President Bola Tinubu’s response to the Benin coup attempt, saying he should have sent his son instead of fighter jets.
The Nigerian government has opened the portal for Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalization Programme (YEIDEP) after several postponements.
Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of causing "large-scale" environmental damage, amid growing public scrutiny over Beijing's influence in the Central Asian country. "The activities of the mine ... caused particularly large-scale damage," it said.
European leaders sought to put some meat on the bones of pledges to boost ties with Africa on Tuesday as an Angola summit with their African counterparts entered its final stage.
Pub landlord James Fitzgerald will wait a while longer to switch on the outside Christmas lights at the Thatched House in London, as high energy bills cause financial pain across Britain. Further tax rises in Wednesday's budget, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government seeks to cut debt, could see the Thatched House shut its doors at lunchtimes, said Fitzgerald, who has cut staff this year.
Some of the world's best-known chocolate, from Mars to KitKat, is likely linked to deforestation in Liberia's rainforest despite many brands' claims of sustainability, according to research published by NGO Global Witness Tuesday.
Hundreds of farmworkers and truck drivers blocked the Mexican side of a major border bridge with the United States on Monday as part of an ongoing national farmers' strike. The protest blocked the Zaragoza-Ysleta International Bridge, which connects the US city of El Paso, Texas with Mexico's Ciudad Juarez.
Asian investors on Tuesday welcomed more dovish comments from Federal Reserve officials reinforcing hopes it will cut interest rates next month, while a tech-led rally on Wall Street soothed recent AI bubble worries.
The BBC on Monday formally launched its search for a new chief following the resignation of Tim Davie over a misleading edit of Donald Trump that sparked a row with the US president. BBC chair Samir Shah on Monday told a parliamentary committee looking into what went wrong over the Trump edit that news chief Deborah Turness was right to resign over the "error in her division".
President Bola Tinubu has said his government plans to establish 1,000 active businesses in eery ward in Nigeria, in a move to tackle economic hardship.
Gildo Zegna, grandson of the eponymous fashion brand's founder Ermenegildo Zegna, will hand over the reins of the group to its finance director and the fourth generation of family leaders in January, the group announced Monday.
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