Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops To 21.34% In Dec 2022
Nigeria’s inflation rate eased to 21.34% in December 2022 from 21.47% in November 2022, first drop in about 11 months. The National Bureau of Statistics showed a decline of 0.13% between November and ...
18 Jan 20231min
UK Government To Revise Police Law Towards Handling Protests
The United Kingdom government plans to revise the law to give police more powers to crack down on protests, after demonstrations that have seen some people blocking roads or marching slowly. The amend...
16 Jan 202354s
Belarus, Russia To Start Defensive In Nature Air Force Drills
Belarus says the joint air force drills it will begin with Russia on Monday are defensive in nature, but the exercises are taking place as concerns grow that Moscow is pushing Minsk to join the war in...
16 Jan 202352s
Richest 1% Accused Of Bagging Two-thirds Of $42 Trillion In New Wealth
Oxfam says the world’s top 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth created since 2020, in a new report released to coincide with the annual meeting of the World Economic ...
16 Jan 202355s
UK Court Foils Attempt To Cancel UK-Mozambique Gas Deal
A court in London has dismissed an attempt by Friends of the Earth to get the British government's financial support for a gas project in Mozambique to be declared unlawful. The environmental group ha...
16 Jan 202349s
Ugandan President Urges Overseas Travel Ban For Parliament Members
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni over the weekend called for a ban on overseas travel by Members of Parliament and civil servants to save money for priority areas. He made the remarks while commissio...
16 Jan 202357s
British Charity To Appeal Against UK Ruling On Rwanda Asylum
A British charity will on Monday morning seek permission from the High Court in London to appeal against a controversial government plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Asylum Aid will argue th...
16 Jan 202349s
World Bank Blames Technical Problems For Oil Production Decline
The World Bank stated that technical problems, insecurity, rising production costs, theft, lack of payment discipline in joint ventures, etc. were responsible for the 40 percent decline in Nigeria’s o...
16 Jan 20231min
