Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who built a fortune from an initial investment of €60, had reportedly been in ill health for some time. Until his death, he was a huge supporter of India’s economic prospects. Stock market investor and billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala,…
A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt’s capital Cairo killed 41 people, church officials said. The blaze started for unknown reasons at the Abu Sifine church in the capital’s northwestern, working-class district of Imbaba,…
With almost half of the results from Kenya’s presidential election now confirmed, the two main candidates are running neck and neck. Deputy President William Ruto has taken a slight lead over ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga – 51% against 48%. The…
Police on Sunday morning announced the arrest of the suspected terrorist who wounded seven people, including two seriously, in a shooting attack outside Jerusalem’s Old City overnight. Following an hours-long manhunt, police said in a statement that the suspect turned…
People affected by moderate hair loss turn to topical treatments like minoxidil (antihypertensive potassium channel opener) and finasteride (dihydrotestosterone-suppressing 5α-reductase inhibitor), the only Food and Drug Administration–approved treatments for inducing hair regrowth. Both are designed not for hair loss treatment…
Beauty queen of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Happiness Odeh, was abducted and eventually killed by suspected kidnappers in Ogun State. She was recently crowned queen of the state-owned institution on 3 August 2022. The unfortunate incident was reported…
Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk again, a day after being stabbed. Mr Rushdie, 75, was attacked while speaking at an event in New York state and was in a critical condition.…
When I turned 70 in 2015, there was quite a sizeable coterie of friends, colleagues, and elders who gathered at the campuses of the University of Lagos and the Yaba College of Technology to felicitate with me. The three-day event…
The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has stated that it is time for the country to be rescued from the leadership failure which has continued to dwarf its growth and development over the years. Speaking on Saturday…
Death is rude! It is especially so in the finality with which it coats everything. In preparing to write this tribute, I referred to the internet to confirm a book title and imagine my shock at the first line –…
