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Gold jumps toward $5,050 on geopolitical risks and fed outlook

Mumbai, Feb. 20 -- Gold futures climbed toward $5,050 per ounce on Friday, extending gains for a third straight session as geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over US monetary policy boosted safe-ha... Read More


Digital Literacy Get Boost as UBEC and NITDA Collaborate

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The engagement focused on integrating digital literacy beyond training teachers, but to also expand reach to students, and leveraging AI and data analytics to track impact, measure... Read More


Boko Haram: Soldiers arrest drone supplier, suspected collaborators

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- A joint security force, including troops of Operation Hadin Kai, vigilantes and hunters, has arrested Dauba Gubula, a 64-year-old suspected terrorist collaborator and drone supplie... Read More


Volumes soar at ABB India Ltd counter

Mumbai, Feb. 20 -- Brainbees Solutions Ltd, Data Patterns (India) Ltd, Tata Investment Corporation Ltd, Siemens Ltd are among the other stocks to see a surge in volumes on NSE today, 20 February 2026.... Read More


DAP ministers quitting Cabinet or GLCs would not trigger snap polls, analysts say

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20 -- Any move by Democratic Action Party (DAP) leaders to resign from their ministerial and GLC posts would not automatically trigger a general election, as long as the party conti... Read More


"Something for the Weekend" -How Language Makes Corruption Feel Harmless

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- Corruption in Nigeria does not always shout. Sometimes, it smiles. Sometimes, it jokes. Sometimes, it hides inside harmless-sounding words that make wrongdoing feel normal, even fr... Read More


Ministry predicts 144 million travelers for 2026 Eid homecoming

Surabaya, East Java, Feb. 20 -- Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi has projected that around 144 million people will travel during the 2026 Eid al-Fitr homecoming, based on results of a national... Read More


One Dead as Police Crush Cult Attack, Seize Arms in Anambra.

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The development was disclosed in a statement issued to newsmen over the week by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga. He explained that police operatives attach... Read More


The road to "A Doctor's Nigeria", By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- There Was a Country, lamented Chinua Achebe, Nigeria's literary icon and one of the world's greatest storytellers. Achebe's title evokes many things in the mind beyond its primary ... Read More


Police arrest mortician, recover eight dried corpses in Cross River

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The police in Cross River State have arrested a mortician after discovering eight well-dried corpses in an embalming hall at Isong Inyang Community along the Calabar-Ikom Highway. ... Read More