The Zonal Commanding Officer (ZCO) of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in charge of the FCT and Niger, Assistant Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed, says there is no mystery about “ember months“. Mohammed made his view known on Monday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the […]
The pound has fallen to a record low against the dollar as markets react to the UK’s biggest tax cuts in 50 years. In early Asia trade, sterling fell close to $1.03 before regaining some ground to stand at about $1.07 on Monday morning, UK time. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has promised more tax cuts on […]
Almost a year after The Guardian report on foreign airlines departing Nigerian shores empty, the situation has changed, but for the worse. Today, more airlines are departing without exportable goods, much to the pains of stakeholders and loss of foreign exchange earnings worth billions of dollars yearly. The Guardian findings showed that besides mails that […]
With his forces retreating in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again threatened to turn to nuclear weapons, most likely what are often called tactical nuclear weapons. In a speech last week, he warned that, “In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has so far arrested over 400 suspected oil thieves nationwide. The NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Ahmed Audi, made the disclosure when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. “We have arrested over 400 suspects that were found vandalizing our pipelines […]
It was a day of mixed fortunes for Nigeria in their third group match at the ongoing World School Basketball Championships holding in Serbia. Bishop Dimieari Grammar School (the boy’s team) suffered their second consecutive loss falling to Turkey 52 to 83 in four sets (13-23, 17-24, 11-22, 11-14). John Wilberforce was the star player […]
Power lines have been downed and houses washed into the sea after Storm Fiona battered Canada’s coastline. One woman is missing after being washed out to sea in Newfoundland. Fiona was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Friday. Such weather events are rare in Canada, and police said the storm was “like […]
The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba, has described the launch of the Nigeria Integrated Financing Framework Report on Sustainable Development (NIFF) as historic. Agba said this while reacting to the NIFF launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York. NIFF has […]
The southern hemisphere’s big beasts have had their final, full-on, pre-World Cup scrap. The Rugby Championship, set to be shortened in the run-up to France 2023, was lifted by New Zealand for the fifth time in the last six years. A tight tournament has thrown up as many questions as answers, but here are five […]
The voting portal for the 2022 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) will be opened on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 21:00 (CAT), to the public. Mr Mike Dada, AFRIMA’s Executive Producer, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Dada said the voting was to globally decide the winners of each of the 39 […]