The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that the United States and China account for half of the world’s total indebtedness of $235 trillion, with both countries owing $117.5 trillion. In its global debt update, titled: Global Debt Is Returning to its Rising Trend, the global monetary fund on Wednesday, September 13 said in a space of one year from 2021, global debt position rose by $200 billion to $235 trillion, equivalent of 238 per cent of the world’s …
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From roaring success in India to inevitable greatness in Singapore and across 52 countries in Africa in 2021, it’s time for Zee World’s Dance Naija Dance in Nigeria. Zee Entertainment’s popular General Entertainment Channel Zee World (DStv channel 166 and GOtv channel 125) will be keeping its viewers glued to their seats and screens with a dance show like no other. Dance Naija Dance, Zee World’s reality dance competition aims to reveal the best dance crew in Nigeria. …
Real Madrid star, Vinicius Junior has been named the world’s most valuable player by a leading study. CIES Football Observatory calculates each player’s worth by aggregating their on-pitch performance with factors such as club, age, and remaining contract length. In the report released for the start of 2022, Brazilian winger Vinicius has come out on top. The 21-year-old is worth a whopping £138.5million, according to the formula used by CIES. That places him above Manchester City playmaker Phil Foden (£127m) and Erling …
Photos have been released for the first time in years showing a group of the world’s rarest species of gorillas with babies in Nigeria. Seven Cross River gorillas including infants were pictured at the Mbe Mountains Community Forest in Cross River by the Wildlife Conservation Society in May and June. The WCS in Nigeria, an international non-governmental organization, said the pictures were captured by camera traps in the mountains. According to the World Wide Fund …
The world’s first self-proclaimed gold-plated hotel is now open for business in Veitnam. The hotel which has 24-carat plating across lobbies, an infinity pool and rooms with even cutlery, cups, shower heads and toilet seats receiving the golden treatment, took about $200m and 11 years to build. Coffee is served in a gold cup and bath time is taken in gilded splendour. “Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel” which sits by Giang Vo Lake in the centre of the Vietnamese capital, has 400 …
The second-worst Ebola outbreak in history is over as confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Congo’s health minister Eteni Longondo on Thurday June 25. Eteni Longondo noted that this has been the longest and most complex Ebola epidemic in the history of the country. The 23-month long battle against the outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo resulted in the death of 2,280 people and also drew on 16,000 front-line workers, technological innovation and a new vaccine. Efforts to curb …