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In the midst of winter with its low grey skies, the scents and colours of embryonic spring are a welcome morale booster. These gardens will offer spectacular views over the coming months, as banks of delicate snowdrops, and armies of budding daffs, bluebells and tulips return. Castle Howard, North Yorkshire …

Forget Paris in spring: Rome is both warmer and cooler in the first few months of the year. The locals are in their winter black rollneck jumpers, accessorised with equally noir-ish sunglasses. With an average of 17C by March, it’s warm enough to sit outside cafés and bars, but not …

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, alongside other associates paid a condolence visit to the family of Abimbola Ogunbanjo following his death in a helicopter crash.   Abimbola Ogunbanjo, who served as the Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc between 2021 and 2022, died in a fatal helicopter …

Businessman, Aliko Dangote, former CEO of Access Bank, Aig Imokhuede, Ogun state governor, Gov Dapo Abiodun, Pat Utomi, Atedo Peterside, and others paid late Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe’s parents a condolence visit.    Late Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba and their first son, Chizzy, died in a fatal helicopter …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night February 6, arrived  Abuja after a two-week private visit to Paris, France.   The presidential jet landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’| Airport at about 9pm.    He was received by top government officials, including his Chief of Staff, Femi …

A Nigerian soldier stationed in Maiduguri, Borno State, who expressed his frustration at being unable to visit his family due to the transport fare has allegedly been detained by the army.   The soldier had in a trending video lamented how he spent one year in the bush in Borno …

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, with CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe while on tour in Africa. Some commentators have questioned the effectiveness of US foreign policy in Africa. Credit: CAF media by Promise Eze (abuja) Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Jan 30 (IPS) – US Secretary …

An elderly woman has decided to leave her $2.8 million fortune to her pets, claiming they’ve been her only comfort in her old age.  The woman from Shanghai, known only as Ms Liu, cut her three children out of her will because they didn’t visit or care for her, according to The South …

More than 60 House Republicans traveled to the southern border in Texas on Wednesday, seeking to pressure the Biden administration to enact stricter immigration policies as a record number of migrants enter the United States. They gathered near the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, a town of fewer than 30,000 …

Nigerians who had terrible experiences during a visit to Morocco in Africa have taken to X to detail their experience while warning others who are dark skinned.   An X user took to the social media platform on Tuesday to write: “If you are black African, avoid Morocco as a …