•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a warning message to Nigeria and other West African nations regarding trends in borrowing practices. Traditionally, nations often relied on loans from the Paris Club, a group of creditor countries, reports The Nation. However, the CBN has observed a significant shift towar...
•Some of the Chief justices of the Supreme Court The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has sworn in 11 new Justices to the bench of the Supreme Court, charging them, not to allow their ambition to becloud their sense of judgement. Some of the Justices are Jummai Hannatu Sankey, Chidiebere Nwaoma Uwa, […]
•Tinubu and Atiku As the impact of high cost of living continues to bite harder, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to allow the reforms of Javier Milei of ArgenÂtina serve as a lesson to him. The former vice president noted that Argentina and Nigeria closed the last quarter of […]
•Bayer Leverkusen’s German midfielder Robert Andrich (3rd R) celebrates scoring goal A long-range shot from Robert Andrich took Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 home win against Mainz yesterday, setting a new German record of 33 games unbeaten. Andrich’s goal was helped by a goalkeeping mistake from Mainz’s Robin Zentner, who allow...
•Biden and Putin The United States will announce new sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in prison of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, coinciding with the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said. “At President Biden’s direction, we will be announcing a major sanctions package on Friday of this week [&...
•(L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani Ministers from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met in the Burkinabe capital yesterday to discuss creating a confederation, our correspondent saw. The three military regimes formed a defence and economic pact, th...
•NLC President, Tinubu & TUC President The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced by the cost of […]...
•Oscar statue A new Oscar for best casting will be added to the Academy Awards from 2026, organisers announced yesterday. It will be the first competitive new golden statuette added to Hollywood’s most important award show in more than two decades, reports AFP. “Casting directors play an essential role in filmmaking, and as the Academy [&helli...
•Abbas House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas yesterday swore in 12 of the 15 members-elect who were presented their certificates of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday. The 12 new members won last Saturday’s by-elections and court-ordered rerun polls to fill vacant seats in the Green Chamber, r...
Canada is one of the most popular study destinations for international students but it has issued some new rules for 2024 student visa. If you are actively planning to study in Canada, you should be aware that the Canadian government has recently announced some changes to the study permit. The new rules also affect the […]