The team also discovered dozens of sarcophagi, wooden masks and ancient board games Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a cache of treasures—including more than 50 wooden sarcophagi, a funerary temple dedicated to an Old Kingdom queen and a 13-foot-long Book of the Dead scroll—at the Saqqara necropolis, a vast burialContinue Reading
Some traditional rulers and high chiefs in Ogun State have lauded the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, for averting a traditional crisis over the Alaketu stool. The monarchs also condemned an attempt by some individuals to subvert the history and tradition of the Ketu nation by orchestrating theContinue Reading
By Toba Ajayi Farmers in Ilorin have called on the Kwara State Government for urgent intervention over what they described as indiscriminate bush burning in parts of the state. The farmers, who expressed worry amidst consistent bush burning in the state, spoke in Ilorin, the state capital recently. Mr BabatundeContinue Reading
Minister of Power Alhaji Saleh Mamman recently inaugurated various projects at Federal University, Wukari, which were executed by the Ecological Fund Office. The projects include 3.54 kilometre roads, drainages, culverts and several other erosion control facilities within the university community. Performing the inauguration ceremony in Wukari, the minister, who representedContinue Reading
By Kelly Reed What we eat can harm not only our health, but the planet itself. About a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that humans generate each year come from how we feed the world. Most of them are methane released by cattle, nitrogen oxides from chemical fertilisersContinue Reading
By Olalekan Abdulsalami The history of agriculture in Nigeria dates far back to the pre-colonial era. Subsistence agriculture was overwhelmingly dominant on the eve of European colonial rule in Nigeria. In this enterprise, food production featured prominently and there was self-sufficiency in the food supply. Major crops include beans rice,Continue Reading
A new report cites a “very senior Israeli official” as saying that the occupying regime would start snubbing the US if it reentered a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that was ditched by the previous American administration. “If Biden adopts [former US president, Barack] Obama’s plan, weContinue Reading
The US military airlifts groups of Daesh Takfiri terrorists to areas behind the positions of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in Jurf al-Sakhar region in the central province of Babil, says an Iraqi security expert. Sabah al-Akili told Iraq’s al-Maloumeh news website on Sunday that the move is aimed atContinue Reading
By Andrew Korybko Many questions are swirling about President-Elect Biden’s foreign policy upon his impending inauguration next week, but one of the most relevant for all of Eurasia is what his stance will be towards the US’ seemingly never-ending War on Afghanistan. Russian Special Presidential Representative for Russian Special PresidentialContinue Reading