Volkswagen rolls out its last beetle Volkswagen rolled the last Beetle off the assembly line on Wednesday, the end of the road for a car that ran from Nazi Germany through hippie counterculture but failed to navigate a swerve in consumer tastes toward SUVs. Serenaded by a mariachi band andContinue Reading
Africa Anti-corruption Day- Corruption, terminal disease, says AUDA-NEPAD Boss This was said by Princess Gloria Akobundu, National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer, African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria, in a statement signed by Obed Atuora, Assistant Director (Media) in the agency. According to Akobundu, Nigeria being the giantContinue Reading
Iranian boats harass British tanker, warship steps in Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop in Iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a British warship warned them, U.S. officials said. Britain’s MinistryContinue Reading
Australian scientists develop radars to warn farmers of nearby pestsContinue Reading
In another round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday, injected over 337 million dollars in the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. The CBN also intervened to the tune of 53.44 million Chinese Yuan in the Spot and Short tenored forwards of the inter-bank foreign exchange market.Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not extend the deadline for submission of list of candidates’ names by political parties for the 2019 general elections. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
The Federal Government has urged Organised Labour to accept the new minimum wage proposal, considering the capacity and ability of the government and the private sector to pay. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, made the call when he received the new Director-General of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA),Continue Reading
The United Nations and the United States expresses shock as Saudi Arabia’s confirms that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at it consulate in Turkey.Continue Reading
Peter Obi says his choice as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ennobles his people.Continue Reading
