•Keir and Victoria Starmer Victoria Starmer, whose husband Keir is the new UK Prime Minister, works in the public health service, is hardly photographed and kept a low profile on the campaign trail. But in the coming days, many Britons will begin to recognise the face of the elegant 50-year-old brunette who has been married […]
•US migrants The administration of US President, Joe Biden, today, proposed new regulations aimed at protecting labourers working in extremely high temperatures, as heat waves intensified by climate change increasingly blanket the nation. The rule would be aimed at mail carriers, delivery people, construction workers, landscapers, restaurant s...
•Dangote Refinery When Dangote Refinery, early this year, rolled out its diesel and supplied marketers at a substantially reduced price of N1,200, Nigerians chanted, “Bravo to Dangote”. This was because the N1,200 price represented about 30% reduction from the previous market price of N1,600. The refinery thereafter announced a fur...
•Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday announced he had awarded opposition parties in his coalition, 12 out of 32 ministries. The largest opposition the Democractic Alliance (DA) won six ministries including education, public works and environment, while six other posts went to smaller parties, reports AFP. The Afr...
•AFCON trophy The next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said yesterday. “I am confident that the CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and the best AFCON in the history of this competition,” he […]...
•Thomas Cannon and Leicester City teammate are celebrating after Cannon scores goal Leicester City have appointed former Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper as their new manager, the newly-promoted Premier League club said today. “Leicester City Football Club can today confirm the appointment of Steve Cooper as our new first-team manager ahead...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all banks to start charging a 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions within the country, excluding 16 listed banking deals. The levy shall be applied at the point of electronic transfer origination, then deducted and remitted by the financial institution. The deducted amount ...
•Monday Okpebholo Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September governorship election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to explain the whereabouts of the N5 billion approved by the federal government as palliatives to cushion the hardship of civil servants in the state. In an inte...
•PHOTO (L-R): Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha, NLC President Joe Ajaero, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and TUC boss, Festus Osifo in Abuja today The federal government says although the Tripartite Committee On National Minimum Wage is yet to conclude its negotiations, workers will not lose anything as the new minimum wage will take effect...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has directed the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the implementation of the new incremental tariff on Band A customers. The lower chamber agreed upon this at the house resolution during a plenary session today, reports Channels TV. According to them, the resoluti...

