Supermarket chain Morrisons has accepted a £6.3bn ($8.7bn) takeover bid by a US investment group led by the owner of Majestic Wine. Last month, the supermarket group turned down an offer worth £5.5bn from a different firm, saying it had significantly undervalued the business. Morrisons chairman, Andrew Higginson, said the new offer was […]
Demolition experts are preparing to demolish the remainder of the partially collapsed condominium along the ocean in South Florida, fearing that it is unstable and could fall on its own in the face of high winds from an advancing tropical storm. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the building was “tottering,” as officials on […]
The Lagos State Government has sealed an illegally operating container terminal in Ibeshe in the Ikorodu axis of the State. According to a statement signed by the spokesperson, Mukaila Sanusi, the operation was carried out on Friday and led by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako. He said the […]
True to its promise, the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), late on Saturday morning, July 3, 2021, stormed the Ojota area of Lagos for the Yoruba Nation’s rally. Hundreds of Yoruba Nation agitators turned out for the rally even though the scheduled venue, the Gani Fawehinmi Park, had been […]
US jobs growth picked up speed in June as the economic reopening continued, official figures show. Employers created a larger-than-expected 850,000 jobs last month, driven by new posts in bars and restaurants, retail and education. Despite the boost in hiring, the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.9%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics […]
A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. The REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be behind the attack, said John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs. He said the criminals targeted a software […]
The death toll from the partial collapse last week of a residential building in Surfside, Florida, rose to 22 on Friday as officials ordered the evacuation of a nearby building after it was deemed unsafe. The city of North Miami Beach said the nearby Crestview Towers building was found to be structurally and […]
Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, has dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the arrest and “extradition” of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to Nigeria. Also, an Official in the Kenya Ministry of Interior said that the ministry is not aware of the “extradition” of Nnamdi […]
