US Planning To Send Patriot Air Defence Missiles To Ukraine
US media reports says the US is planning to send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, President Joe Biden is likely to announce the move this week, according to unnamed officials. Ukraine has bee...
16 Dec 202250s
Elon Musk Sells $3.6bn of Tesla Shares
Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has sold another 22 million shares, worth $3.58bn (£2.9bn), in the electric car maker Tesla. The shares were sold on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week, according to ...
16 Dec 202257s
U.S Federal Reserve Hikes Rates Again, Warns Of More Rises
The US central bank has hiked interest rates again, and warned more rises will be necessary to rein in the rapid pace of price increases. They agreed to lift the bank's key interest rate by 0.5 percen...
16 Dec 20221min
Rwanda President Slaps Down At US Pressure Over Rusesabagina
Rwandan President Paul Kagame says nobody is going to bully us when it comes to internal Rwandan affairs, in response to the US request to release government critic Paul Rusesabagina. Mr Kagame was as...
16 Dec 20221min
United Nation Records 4.4 Million Nigerians Affected By Flood
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs says that over 4.4 million people have been affected by the floods since July 2022. The OCHA Flash also noted that at least 2.4 million ...
16 Dec 20221min
Nigeria Leads In Yam Production But Fails In Yam Exports
The Federal Government says Nigeria is nowhere in the map of countries that export yam despite being a leading producer of the crop. It, however, stated that this must be addressed, stressing that it ...
16 Dec 20221min
Nigeria’s Crime Commission Recovered Over N30bn From Suspended Accountant-general
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that it has so far recovered over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly siphoned by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federatio...
16 Dec 20221min
Nigerian Government Approves New Whistleblower Bill
The Federal Government approved a new whistleblower draft bill. It also lamented that the existing whistle-blowing policy launched on December 21, 2016, was losing momentum. The Minister of Finance, B...
16 Dec 202257s
