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Kenya is projected to “make a leap forward” in its efforts to end extreme poverty in the next decade. A global data enterprise suggested in a post published last week by a US think tank that the share of abjectly poor Kenyans will plummet from nearly 21 per cent today to 4.3 per cent in 2030. If current trends continue, says the Vienna-based World Data Lab, Kenya will eradicate severe poverty by 2032—two years later…

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to form a transitional council to run the country, government sources and a provincial minister said on Thursday. The minister of production and economic resources in North Darfur, Adel Mahjoub Hussein, told the Dubai-based al-Hadath TV that “there are consultations to form a military council to take over power after President Bashir stepped down”. Sudanese sources confirmed the report and told Reuters Bashir…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed a fine of N500,000 or three years imprisonment, or both, for persons convicted of vote-buying and selling in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, at the Ninth Forum of the Anti-Corruption Situation Room, organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA). Yakubu, who was represented at the event by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus…

Actor Gideon Okeke has refused to back down after he was called out by some internet users for condemning the same sex marriage between Marc Jacobs and Char Defrancesco. The popular fashion designer got married on April 6 and Gideon condemned the world for accepting gay marriages as OK. After he was called out, he took to Instagram to write, “wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it and right is right even if…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, who addressed a press tour of the tourists sites within the ancient city ahead of the Tourism Innovation and Development Innovation Conference (TIDA) slated for April 24, stated that without Ifa there would have been no google. The theme of the forthcoming conference is: ”Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development and Marketing of Tourism Destinations on Host Communities”, and NAN reported that the ‘ Odu Ifa’ refers to the verses of…

Justice C.O Agbaza of the Federal high court, sitting in Jabi Abuja, on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, sentenced and convicted one Kehinde Bello, to 70 years imprisonment for obtaining by false pretence and forgery. EFCC, had arraigned the convict for trial on 10-count charge bordering on Advance Fee Fraud, forgery and conspiracy. Bello’s problem started in 2008, through a petition by Enatto-Nana Aisha to the EFCC, complaining of the convict, who approached her to pay for…

The Duke of Sussex is to partner with US media mogul Oprah Winfrey on a new TV series addressing mental health. The as-yet-unnamed series for Apple TV will focus on “mental illness and mental wellness, inspiring viewers to have an honest conversation about the challenges each of us faces”. Prince Harry and Winfrey have been “developing the series for several months,” a statement read. The royal added he has “a huge responsibility to get this…

Sonia Ogbonna, The wife to Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna who shared her thought on stealing someone else’s boyfriend, stated that it is not a big deal to snatch someone’s boyfriend. IK Ogbonna’s wife who shared her thought via her Insta-Story, added that it doesn’t need a special skill as she can even dash hers for free. Revealing that it is not a big deal to snatch someone’s boyfriend, Sonia Morales wrote;

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen struck Houthi targets in the capital Sanna, Saudi state TV Ekhbariya reported early on Wednesday. The coalition said the strikes targeted a Houthi drones manufacturing plant and a store containing launch pads. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition that has been fighting the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement in neighboring Yemen since March 2015, after the movement drove Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour…

Zimbabwe appealed on Tuesday for $613 million in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with a humanitarian crisis after a severe drought and a cyclone that battered the east of the country. An El Nino-induced drought has wilted crops across Zimbabwe and left about a third of its 15 million people in need of food assistance, according to a U.N. agency. The situation was worsened when Zimbabwe, along with…