By Abdulfatah Babatunde, Abeokuta A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Tunde Lemo, says Nigeria’s economy will continue to comatose unless the governance approach shifts away from wasteful spending. Lemo, who also is a one-time Managing Director of Wema Bank Plc, spoke as a Guest on “Boiling Point Arena”, a […]
Turkish Police detained 148 suspected drug traffickers in anti-narcotics operations across 21 provinces, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. The simultaneous raids took place in provinces including Istanbul, Bursa, Sivas, Bolu, Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye, Igdir, Usak and Mugla, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Drugs seized include 300kg […]
More than 800 Israelis and 500 Palestinians have died amid heavy fighting and bombardment following the largest attack by the Palestinian Hamas group against Israel in decades. Israeli Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, said on Monday authorities would impose a total blockade on the Gaza Strip. Gallant added that government would cut electricity and block food […]
From Our Correspondent in Abuja A member of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly (NASS), Rep. Ibrahim Almustapha-Rabah (APC-Sokoto) says federal lawmakers are fully committed to securing Nigeria. Almustapha-Rabah, who represents Rabah/Wurno Federal Constituency, gave the assurance in a chat with newsmen, on Monday, in Abuja. “All of us at the National Assembly are […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has warned financial institutions to follow provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) when lending to governments and their institutions. Akume made the call in a keynote address at a Stakeholder Dialogue, on Saturday, in Lagos. A statement by Bede Anyanwu, Head of […]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, on Sunday, discussed the military escalation between the Palestinians and the Israelis in the Gaza Strip. During a phone conversation, the two presidents highlighted the danger of the absence of a political prospect. They also discussed the exacerbation of the current conditions, which threaten civilians’ […]
An Israeli lawmaker, Ofer Cassif, says his party warned about events like Saturday’s Hamas attack on Israel if the government continued its illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. Hamas launched a multipronged assault at dawn with thousands of rockets fired at Israel and the Gaza-based group’s fighters infiltrating Israeli towns and illegal settlements, on Saturday. The attack […]
Death toll from Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Western Afghanistan climbed to at least 2053, officials of the ruling Taliban said on Sunday. Al Jazeera reported that men were digging through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in desperate attempts to pull victims from the wreckage left by powerful earthquakes. Ruling Taliban officials […]
By Our Correspondent Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says his administration would begin the construction of a $100 million African Film City project in Epe in October. Sanwo-Olu announced the proposed groundbreaking of the project on his verified official X handle. He said that he shared the “exciting news” at a news conference on […]
An ongoing cholera outbreak in Ethiopia has so far claimed 300 lives, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its latest situation update. According to the latest health cluster bulletin for Ethiopia released on Friday, the outbreak, has spread into 113 districts across 10 regions in Ethiopia. The chollera broke out since Aug. 27, 2022. […]