Eintracht Frankfurt supervisory board chairman Philip Holzer hopes that every effort was made that Wednesday’s Champions League match against Olympique Marseille remained peaceful. The “war-like’’ scenes from the first game in France don’t happen again. Holzer told Tuesday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily that “this is a matter for the executive powers. “I am convinced that […]
An appeal has gone to African statisticians and data experts to initiate a road map for the modernisation of the continent’s official statistical systems to provide reliable information for informed decision-making. Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Demeke Mekonnen, made the appeal while addressing the joint opening session of back-to-back […]
Malta plans to spend 508 million euros ($501.4 million) in 2023 to ease the impact of rising energy costs, Prime Minister Robert Abela has said. The NewsZenith reports that the island of Malta is a small independent nation-state that is located in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe. In the 2023 budget plan unveiled […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced a $5 million additional grant for Nigeria on climate resilience and to boost dry season farming. IFAD said the fund, targeted at smallholder farmers, would help to improve production. Part of it would be used to plant trees to mitigate erosion in the event of a […]
SEN. Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday in Asaba, inaugurated his campaign council, with a mandate to reclaim the state. Ovie Omo-Agege The event, which held at the party’s campaign office, along Summit road, Asaba drew a large turnout of party faithful and supporters across the state. […]
About one-third of the world economy is currently in recession due to the damaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. CBN Gov. Godwin Emefiele The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele made this known in Abuja while addressing Foreign Affairs and Aviation stakeholders […]
A damaged Korean Air plane remained stuck in the grass at a central Philippine airport on Monday after it overshot a runway in rainy weather the night before. No injuries were reported among the 162 passengers and 11 crewmembers who escaped from the aircraft using emergency slides. Dozens of flights have been canceled and Mactan-Cebu […]
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed Muslim Ummah to look out for the new Moon of Rabi Al-Thani 1444AH effect from Tuesday. Rabi Al-Thani is the fourth month in the Islamic calendar, which comes after the month of Rabi […]
Rishi Sunak, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, will become the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister after winning the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest triggered by the dramatic resignation of Liz Truss last week. Sunak’s win on Monday came days after Truss’s resignation following her disastrous tax cuts plans and policy U-turns plunged the markets into […]
A 22-year-old unemployed man, Michael Chindo, was on Monday, arraigned before an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly stealing two generators valued at N350,000. The Police charged Chindo, who lives in old Kutunku Gwagwalada, Abuja with criminal trespass and theft. The Prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainant, Mr Joseph Abiriyi […]