Prince William: Saving Earth Should Come Before Space Tourism
Prince William has suggested entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging in space tourism. The Duke of Cambridge said great brains and minds should be “trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live”. He also warned about a rise in “climate anxiety” among younger generations. […]
American Workers On Strike Over ‘Low-Wage Jobs’
American workers are engaged in “the equivalent of a general strike,” former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has argued, following unexpectedly low U.S. employment figures. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers released on Friday showed that U.S. employment increased 194,000 in September—about 300,000 shy of estimates. Despite record level job openings and 7.7 million out of […]
Fire Leaves 46 Dead, Dozens Injured In Southern Taiwan
The death toll from a fire in southern Taiwan that engulfed a building overnight has further risen to 46, according to officials Thursday who said at least another 41 people were injured. The 13-story building caught fire around 3 a.m. Thursday, fire officials in the city of Kaohsiung said. A fire department statement said the […]
Man With Bow And Arrows Kill Five People In Norway Attack
A 37-year-old Danish citizen is suspected of killing five people with a bow-and-arrow and other weapons in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg in a rare incident of mass killing in Norway, police said on Thursday. Two people, including an off-duty police officer, were wounded in the Wednesday evening attacks , which took place in different […]
High Rate Of Domestic Violence, Rape So Worrisome – FIDA
Domestic abuse and other related vices are rampant in Nigeria, according to the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kwara State. According to the Association of Women Lawyers, if the threat continues, Nigeria will be confronted with a hydra that will defy any quick solution. Mrs. Gloria Okoduwa, the chairman of FIDA in Kwara […]
IMF Issues Warning To Debtor Countries On Their Expenditures
Following a spike in debt loads last year as a result of the pandemic, governments must now ‘calibrate’ spending, according to the IMF. According to the International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Monitor report, global debt in 2020 “jumped by 14% to a record-high $226 trillion,” encompassing public and private borrowing. According to Vitor Gaspar, director of […]
President’s New Medical Unit Budget Of Over N20b Exceeds The Allocation For 14 Teaching Hospitals
According to an analysis of the 2022 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari plans to spend over N20 billion on the construction of a new presidential wing at the State House Clinic, which he rarely uses, an amount that far outstrips allocations for new and ongoing projects in 14 federal teaching hospitals. The president has requested N21.9 […]
COVID-19: Mortality Toll At Lowest In A Year – WHO
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the mortality toll from Coronavirus (COVID-19) has dropped to its lowest level in nearly a year. Despite a decrease in COVID-19 mortality, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus indicated at a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday that vaccine disparity had persisted. Ghebreyesus stated that the mortality toll from […]
Owo Prince Docked Over N35.5m Fraud In Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command on Tuesday, arraigned one Toluwalade John Olateru Olagbegi before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court one sitting in Ibadan on one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of Thirty Five Million Five hundred Thousand Naira (N35,500,000:00) . Owo Prince as he is called, allegedly […]
Top UN Court Sides With Somalia In Sea Border Dispute With Kenya
The United Nations’ top court has awarded Somalia control of most of a potentially oil- and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean after a bitter legal battle with neighbouring Kenya over their sea border. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Tuesday that there was “no agreed maritime boundary” and drew a new border […]
