Since the formation of the European Union (EU) in 1993 following the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty by all members of the European Community (EC), the 27 member states have achieved many things. Some of the achievements of the EU include peace and harmony, a cross-border harmonization agreement and, of recent, agreement and cooperation by member states … Read more
On Monday, May 15, 2023, Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual. The 27-year-old Akwa-Ibom chef cooked for a straight 100 hours non-stop to surpass the previous record set by an Indian chef, Lata Tondon in 2019, who cooked for … Read more
Walmart’s 2021 annual financial report shows that the American multinational retail corporation made more than a half trillion dollars in revenue, making it no. 1 largest company in the world by revenue generation. Walmart closely followed by another American multinational e-commerce firm Amazon, one of the world’s valuable companies. Although, Walmart generated $102 Billion more … Read more
The most valuable brands in the world are a diverse group of companies that span a wide range of industries. From tech giants like Apple and Amazon to consumer goods companies like Coca-Cola and Nike, to financial institutions like Visa and Mastercard, these brands have all managed to build a strong and loyal customer base … Read more
We can explore the concept of communism from an economic angle as well as from a political perspective. What is Communism? Communism refers to a social system in which there is a common ownership of the means of production and distribution – Leo Dare and Anthony Oyewole Communism is based on class struggle concerned with … Read more
World Cup 2022 is here! 32 teams from 31 countries are competing in the world’s biggest football fiesta in Qatar started on Sunday, November 20 and will come to an end on Sunday, December 18, 2022. The host country, Qatar, was defeated in the opening, becoming the first host of FIFA World cup to lose … Read more
One of the popular sayings among citizens of countries where they’ve lost confidence in their leaders and the electoral system is that “election results have been decided before the actual casting of the ballot”. It sounds complicated, but they say so because of the persistent rigging of elections. For instance, some Nigerians believe that their … Read more
Located in Earth’s largest and most populous continent (Asia), the Sultanate of Oman is one of the 22 members of the Arab League which can be found in the Arabian Peninsula. The country practices what is politically known as diarchy: a combination of two systems of government: unitary and an absolute monarchy. As complicated as that may sound … Read more
A country that pays little or no attention to human capital development cannot possibly reduce poverty to the minimum. A conducive environment and enabling policies are needed for people to achieve their potential. Singapore is ranked as the best country in the latest World Bank’s Human Capital Index. The Asian country scores 0.9, the highest … Read more
Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa are the only three African countries that make the list of the 50 world’s largest economies. The three countries pulled a combined $1.4 trillion of GDP. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF data), the nominal GDP of Nigeria as of April 2022 was $511 billion, Egypt stands at $436 billion … Read more