…as Obama, Clinton slam Trump U.S. Senator Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, imploring Americans to elect Joe Biden in November and accusing President Donald Trump of failed leadership that had cost lives and livelihoods during a pandemic. Making history as the first Black woman and Asian-American on a major […]
The leaders of Tuesday’s military coup in Mali have had talks with opposition leaders who have welcomed the ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. They blamed him for failing to stop a jihadist insurgency and the country’s economic failure. The opposition coalition said it noted the commitment by the soldiers to move towards a […]
Investors lose billions to policy Smuggling still thrives One year after the Federal Government ordered the closure of the country’s 4,477 kilometres land borders to protect prises (NASME), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and other groups. Recall that on August 20, 2019, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian Army, […]
Rahamaniyya Oil CEO, Bashir, to spend 10 months in custody A United Kingdom Court has jailed the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited, Abdulrahman Bashir, after he was found guilty of breaching multiple orders of the court in a pending suit instituted by Sahara Energy Resources Limited. Justice Butcher of England and […]
Senate, yesterday, threatened to give zero budgetary allocation to agencies of government that failed to appear before its Committee on Finance and National Planning at the ongoing five-day stakeholders’ interactive session on the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). Issuing the threat at the opening session of the interactive hearing, […]
…seeks punishment for violence perpetrators The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described elections in Nigeria as theatres of war, where bloodshed and mayhem has become a normal occurrence. President of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, who made this known yesterday in Abuja at a ‘Roundtable for Electoral Reforms,’ stressed the need for perpetrators of election […]
…says ‘if we don’t save the North now, we’ll lose it’ We are faced with the problem of killings day and night which are greater than ever, except during the civil war. We have not faced this type of challenge before: killings day and night. At no time has life been so tough except during […]
University students drawn from across the country, yesterday took over the streets of Abuja to protest the continued closure of schools despite the reopening of certain sectors from the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The student leaders of the various public universities, who accused the government of double standard, said if activities could resume […]
The World Bank has said that it is looking at ways to reduce the amount of debt owed by poor nations – rather than simply delaying payments — to attract more investors in the wake of the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and recession. The bank’s President, Mr. David Malpass, who disclosed this yesterday in a […]
Researchers from Denmark said exposure to increased levels of air pollution could lead to the development of asthma in children. According to the findings of their study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), asthma was also more likely to be found among children whose parents have the condition, or where the mother smoked during […]