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Pacific

July 30, 2025

Quake flood waves to reach Pacific states within day

Ms Krawczyk said that flood waves about one metre high have since hit Japan’s Pacific coast and Hawaii.

Quake flood
May 13, 2025

Nigerian women entrepreneurs struggle to access finance, contracts: ACCI DG

He emphasised the urgent need for Nigeria to adopt a clear and formal definition of Women-Owned Businesses (WoBs).

Agabaidu Jideani
September 23, 2024

Pope catches flu, cancels all appointments 

Pope Francis will turn 88 in December. He is the oldest pope in more than a century.

August 24, 2023

Inflation, COVID-19 pushed 68 million more people into extreme poverty: Report

“Poor people were hurt the most because they have to spend more for basic necessities such as food and fuel.”

POOR ASIANS (Credit : CNBC)
August 10, 2023

Hawaii: Thirty-six killed in Maui raging wildfires

At least 36 people have been confirmed dead in the wildfire on Hawaii’s Maui island, Maui County said in a statement on its website late Wednesday.

DEVASTATED MAUI ISLAND
January 18, 2023

One journalist killed every four days in 2022: UNESCO

The killing of journalists worldwide significantly increased by 50 per cent in 2022, following a decline over the previous three years.

REPORTERS
October 28, 2022

Asia-Pacific economic growth to slow down in 2023: IMF

IMF says economic growth in the Asia and Pacific region is expected to slow down in 2022 and 2023.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
May 13, 2021

Nigeria received over 40% remittance to sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: World Bank

It said a 27.7 per cent decline in remittance flows to Nigeria in 2020 resulted in the decline of remittances by 12.5 per cent to sub-Saharan Africa to $42 billion.

Zainab-Ahmed and CBN