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Peter Tabichi a math and physics teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away 80% of his monthly income to help the poor, has been awarded a 1 million dollar prize. Tabichi, who is also a Franciscan brother, was awarded the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Actor Hugh Jackman on Sunday 24 March, 2019. He teaches at a rural Kenyan school in Pwani Village, with only one computer, poor internet and a student-teacher ratio of 58:1. Nearly all his students are from poor families, and almost a third of them are orphans or have only one parent.…

Africa can attain development faster if the right investment is put into youth entrepreneurship and women empowerment, taking a cue from the examples of developed nation’s, says Moses Siasia who is Chairman of Nigerian Young Professionals Forum, NYPF. Siasia, a leading advocate for young people and former governorship candidate of Nigeria’s Bayelsa state in 2015, spoke at the recently held Crans Montana Forum in Dakhla, Morocco on the subject of Youth Entrepreneurship and Women Leadership in Africa. The Forum provides a platform for developing nations to exchange ideas on issues of technology, good governance, youth entrepreneurship, women empowerment, and global…

Yayoi Kusama turns 90 this month. And the Japanese artist has much to celebrate. She is the most famous living female artist in the world. Time magazine named her on its “100 Most Influential People” list, and a feature-length documentary about her remarkable life has been making the festival rounds. Tickets to a recent exhibition at The Broad in LA, which featured two of her popular “Infinity Mirror Rooms,” sold out within an hour. More than 5 million people have visited her shows since 2014 — and once inside, they flood Instagram with amazing photos of art that feel more…

British voters want Theresa May to resign as prime minister following the humiliating defeat of her Brexit deal, and for MPs to block no deal while voting to extend Article 50, according to an exclusive snap poll. The POLITICO-Hanbury poll of 500 Britons, carried out in the hours after the U.K. prime minister’s deal was overwhelmingly rejected for a second time Tuesday evening, reveals widespread discontent with the amended agreement May brought back to the Commons. The survey also shows growing support for no-deal and a second referendum — as well as for remaining in the EU. Most strikingly, there…

Airlines in multiple countries including China airlines have suspended the use of Boeing’s new 737 MAX 8 aircraft over concerns about its safety. The move follow’s Sunday’s crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane to Nairobi which crashed six minutes after take off from the Ethipian capital killing all 157 on board. The plane was new, having been inaugurated in November. It is the second Boeing 747 Max to have crashed shortly after take off in the past five months, Previously in October a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max crashed shortly after taking off killing 189 passengers and crew. The China-based-Caijing…

Popular Nigerian-born Canadian scholar, Professor Pius Adesanmi’s and a retired ambassador, Abiodun Bashua have been confirmed to be among the 157 passengers onboard an Ethiopian airline that crashed with no survivor in the early hours of Sunday 10th March, 2019. Adesanmi, who holds a Nigerian and Canadian passport hours before the plane which was bound for Nairobi, Kenya, took off and went down, posted a photo on Facebook from Addis Ababa Airport, Ethiopia. He wrote; “, “If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me,…

According to the 2019 Forbes billionaires’ list released this week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world,With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history.But he is by no means the richest man of all time. Well, That title belongs to Mansa Musa, the 14th Century West African ruler who was so rich his generous handouts wrecked an entire country’s economy. “Contemporary accounts of Musa’s wealth are so breathless that it’s almost impossible to get a sense of just how wealthy and powerful he truly was,” Rudolph Butch Ware, associate…

American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin set a breaking record as the first to claim 15 World Cup wins in a single season with a slalom victory on Saturday in Spindleruv Mlyn in the Czech Republic. The 23-year-old finished in one minute 38.98 seconds to secure her 15th triumph of the campaign. Though, she was initially frustrated in her attempt to break the record during the giant slalom Friday, finishing third behind Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova, but her disappointment was short lived. “Yesterday in the second run I was pushing really hard,” Shiffrin said after claiming the win. “It was enough to…

The Female Artists Association Of Nigeria headed by Chinze Ojobo in collaboration with her partners; Nike Gallery, Chinese Cultural Centre, Alliance Francais today, Friday, celebrated the International Women’s Day with an art exhibition captioned “BALANCE FOR BETTER ; WOMEN UNITE”. With some creative collection of paintings, textiles, sculptures and ceramics. The President, Chinze Ojobo says “Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world”. According to her, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on the 8th of March 1975. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in…

Globally, March 8 is marked an International Women’s Day which is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regards to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. Sinach is a Nigerian born award winning songwriter, vocalist and a specially anointed International worship leader of our time. She is known globally for several gospel hit songs which includes, ‘Way Maker’, ‘I Know Who I Am’, ‘Great Are you Lord’, ‘Rejoice’, ‘He did it Again’, ‘Precious Jesus’, ‘The Name of Jesus’, ‘This Is my Season’, ‘Awesome God’, ‘For…