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From akara to acarajé: Culinary traditions that bind Africa and its diaspora It is a delicious dish popular in southern parts of the US, one with an inviting aroma and an interesting name. Hoppin’ John—made with black-eyed peas and rice,...

Aviation expert on what airlines need to do to remain competitive The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) in November announced its picks for the best airlines in Africa in 2019—Kenya Airways for having the “best improved intra-Africa connectivity” in 2018 and...

Since the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019 and the spread across the entire continents of the world except Antarctica, it has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. As precautionary...

As at today, 44 cases of corona virus have been reported in Nigeria. So, the country is safe, it can be contained. So it appears. That’s when you have not taken into consideration the fact that of the last few...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned one Alhaji Modu Ali Kotoko on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, obtaining by false pretence and cheating before Justice...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted unanimously to retain the monetary policy rate at 13.5%. This was announced by Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, on Tuesday after...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) - Senator Rose Oko, representing Northern Senatorial District of Cross River state, is dead. She was aged 63. The late Senator passed on Monday night at a UK medical facility in cases NOT related to...

This is my third commentary on the Corona virus pestilence (see "E ku Corona o" – ThisDay, March 3, and "Amala and the Corona virus patient" – ThisDay, March 10), and now, three weeks later, the most important subject...

Many books on Africa’s development often paint a dystopian picture of a continent heading towards a cliff-edge. But in the recently-published Africa’s Critical Choices: A Call for a pan-African Roadmap, Ibrahim Mayaki details the continent’s potentials, proffers solutions to seemingly...

In elementary public health, it is common knowledge that the benefits of disease prevention far outweigh those of disease treatment, both in terms of cost and the improvement of quality of life. This would have easily been applied by...