Today we light a candle (or at least queue up Spotify) for Ray Charles Robinson—better known as Ray Charles. The man basically invented soul in the ‘50s, mashing up blues, gospel, and R&B into hits like “Hit the Road Jack” and “Georgia on My Mind.” Without him, half your “Sunday vibes” playlist wouldn’t exist. If…
By Princewill Kingston Hosting the African Sub-Sovereign Government Network (AfSNET) summit in Cross River state in which about 40 to 70 sub-sovereign leaders across Africa will converge with their business delegations, investors, and policy experts, would bring enormous economic benefits to the State, Governor Bassey Otu has stated. PillarToday learnt that AfSNET Conference is Africa’s…
CALIFORNIA (CONVERSEER) – Today, 16th September, we are bringing you top business and tech stories as Google hit $3 trillion, Musk buys $1B of Tesla, Trump wants to cancel quarterly reports, and more. Today’s stories: Scientists test gene editing to remove Down syndrome Trump pushes to kill quarterly earnings reports Apple TV+ dominates Emmys with…
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Nigeria plans to invest $60 billion in gas infrastructure over the next five to seven years to drive industrialisation and strengthen its position in the global energy market, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) announced at the Gastech conference in Milan. The initiative aims to raise natural gas output to 12…
OUAGADOUGOU (CONVERSEER) – The Burkinabe government has announced a mutual visa exemption agreement with Italy for holders of diplomatic and service passports. Effective 19th August 2025, Burkinabe nationals with these documents can enter Italy for short stays of up to 90 days without a visa, while the same privilege has been extended to Italian officials…
