2023: ObiDatti consolidates lead in Bloomberg’s poll
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency report With the political campaigns about to kick off, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the upcoming 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has continued to maintain a clear lead as the preferred choice…
Chinese man who killed Buhari won’t miss favorite food in prison
The Chinese businessman, Geng Quanrong, who is charged for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Ummukulsum “Ummita” Buhari, will be served Chinese food by prison authorities. The 47 year old textile businessman made headlines in the past week after being arrested…
Green tech: French firm tests plant-based asphalt on new road
A company in France, Eiffage, is in the lead to displace another important fossil commodity, asphalt, with a plant based option it calls biophalt. It is now working to use biophalt to resurface a one-mile stretch of road in Haute-Garonne,…
Football legend, John Obi Mikel, retires @ 35
Former Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel announced his retirement after a long and decorated career on Tuesday, saying “all good things must come to an end”. “I look back at the past 20 years of my career, and…
Galloping inflation: CBN shoots lending rate to 15.5%
Nigeria’s central bank on Tuesday hiked its main lending rate by 150 basis points to 15.50%, its highest level yet and more than forecast, forging ahead with efforts to rein in inflation and ease pressure on the currency. Analysts had…
Saudi crown prince becomes prime minister
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s prime minister and his second son Prince Khalid as defence minister, a royal decree reported by agency sources showed on Tuesday….
International doctors warn of starvation in besieged northwest
Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity, high food prices and the impact of climate change, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said on Tuesday, calling for the region to be included in United Nations funding plans next year….
British Labour Party pledges renewable energy investments
The Labour Party in the United Kingdom has declared intention to float a state energy firm that would transition the country into renewable sources, agency sources reported. Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to create a publicly-owned renewable energy company…
Poland, Denmark commission Baltic Pipeline exit from Russian gas
Government representatives from Poland, Denmark and Norway have opened the new Baltic Pipe, a pipeline which will take natural gas from Norway via Denmark to Poland, Deustche Welle reported. Baltic Pipe is meant to be Poland’s gas lifeline after Russia…
Black Monday caused by grid collapse
Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed on Monday leaving many parts of the country without power, electricity distribution companies said. The grid has collapsed at least four times this year, which authorities blame on technical problems. Last month workers from the…
