The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything looks very dark,” […]
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Friday described the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by state governments as a settled deal. He believes those resisting the collection of VAT by states in place of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would fail, despite the court order directing parties in the dispute to […]
The Kogi State Government has accused politicians of being responsible for some security breaches in the state, including the recent attack at the Kabba Correctional Centre. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, stated this on Friday while briefing journalists in Lagos on the security situation in the state. Fanwo said that […]
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held an extraordinary summit Thursday in Ghana’s capital Accra on the crisis in Guinea, stepping up pressure on the military junta to steer the country to constitutional order. The summit was the second by leaders of the 15-nation sub-regional bloc since the military […]
In the home stretch of Canada’s federal election, the Conservative Party is within striking distance of Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Tacking to the centre under a new leader, they hope they can topple the two-term prime minister. A few days before Justin Trudeau called a snap election, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole sent a message […]
China has applied to join a key Asia-Pacific trade pact as it attempts to strengthen its position in the region. The move comes the day after a historic security deal between the US, UK and Australia was unveiled. The pact that eventually became the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), was […]
Taiwan’s government called on the European Union to quickly begin trade talks after the bloc pledged to seek a trade deal with the tech-heavyweight island, something Taipei has long angled for. The EU included Taiwan on its list of trade partners for a potential bilateral investment agreement in 2015, the year before President […]
Alhaji Shehu Yamusa III, the Emir of Keffi in Nasarawa State has said that lack of finance was the major factor hindering women participation in politics in Nigeria. Yamusa, who is also Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, made this known when the delegation from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Supporting Advancement of Gender Equality (SAGE) International […]
Global economic growth is estimated to hit 5.3% this year with the recovery from the pandemic, its fastest rate in nearly five decades, according to a UN report released Wednesday. “The recovery, however, is uneven across geographical, income and sectoral lines,” the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in the […]