Rep. Toby Okechukwu, the Deputy minority leader of the House of Representatives, said that the roads infrastructure in Nigeria would be hard to fix, if the bills on funding were not assented to by the President. Okechukwu said this when Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), presented a letter of honorary fellowship […]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday waded into the controversy around Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup, insisting sport should not be politicised. “I think we must not politicise sport,” said Macron, whose national team are defending the title they won in Russia in 2018. The 2022 World Cup, which kicks off on Sunday, has […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of River State on Wednesday apologised to former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, over the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in September 2020. Wike tendered the apology to Oshiomhole at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the […]
The Senate has resolved to provide legislative support to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the redesign of the N1,000, N500 and N200 naira notes. The upper chamber made this resolution after a heated debate on a motion moved by Senator Uba Sani on CBN’s policy to redesign the three naira notes. Majority of […]
Technology giant Amazon has started laying off staff, according to LinkedIn posts by workers who say they have been impacted by job cuts. This week it was reported that the company is planning to cut 10,000 jobs, or around 3% of its office staff. Amazon did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment. […]
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday, launched a new climate financing initiative designed to help countries address the current and growing impact of the climate crisis, and better cope with disasters. “We know more climate disasters are in the making. We just do not know where or when they will hit,” Karin Hulshof, UNICEF […]
Donald Trump has announced his third straight presidential bid, in an extremely rare attempt by a former US leader to recapture the White House after losing an election. The speech, which clocked in at more than an hour, was largely a mix of boasts about his presidential record and attacks on the first two years […]
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah has cautioned loyalists of politicians not to kill themselves in demonstrating support for their candidates. According to the septuagenarian priest, opposition politicians are friends jostling for their piece of the national cake and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Kukah spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday hours […]
The world’s population will reach 8 billion people on Tuesday, representing a “milestone in human development” before birth rates start to slow, according to a projection from the United Nations. In a statement, the UN said the figure meant 1 billion people had been added to the global population in just 12 years. “This unprecedented […]
Disagreement emerged at the G20 summit on Tuesday as the United States and its allies backed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Russia’s foreign minister dismissed as unwarranted politicisation. The summit on the Indonesian island of Bali was the first G20 leaders’ meeting since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in February. The […]