Economy CBN intervenes to stabilize FX market as crude oil prices tumble April 7, 2025 Damilola Global crude oil prices have taken a significant hit, sliding by over 12% to around $65.50 per barrel, in the wake of sweeping new trade tariffs imposed by U.S. President…
Nigeria News Police intercept Lagos protesters from accessing House of Assembly April 7, 2025 Damilola Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday intercepted protesters from getting into the Lagos State Assembly complex, where they planned to tender a letter containing their demands and…
Nigeria News Tragedy on Otedola Bridge: Private vehicle plunges off expressway April 7, 2025 Elizabeth Jenrola Oso In the early hours of Monday, chaos struck once again on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as a private vehicle veered off the Otedola Bridge and plunged to the ground below,…
UK NEWS Trump imposes tariffs on penguin islands near Antarctica April 7, 2025 Fatimah Idera Donald Trump imposed tariffs on islands mostly inhabited by penguins so that countries could not use them as loopholes, an official revealed. Trump announced a 10% baseline tariff for all…
UK NEWS UK could shut dozens of public bodies to streamline government April 7, 2025 Fatimah Idera Britain said it could consider closing hundreds of arms-length government agencies, as it looks to reform the state to cut costs and improve productivity in what it called “a new…
Nigeria News Protesters defy police warnings, rally in Lagos against Cybercrime, emergency rule concerns April 7, 2025 Damilola In defiance of police warnings and increased security presence, members of the Take It Back Movement (TIBM) took to the streets of Lagos on Monday to protest against cybercrime and…
UK NEWS Average UK house price fall as market feels tax break hangover April 7, 2025 Fatimah Idera UK house prices have suffered their steepest decline in a year as the market cools after a buyer rush to beat changes to stamp duty changes in England and Northern…
UK NEWS UK moves Hartlepool nuclear plant into higher safety attention level April 7, 2025 Fatimah Idera Britain has moved the Hartlepool nuclear power station in northeast England operated by France’s EDF into enhanced regulatory attention for safety, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on Monday.…
Nigeria News ECOWAS: Africa loses $88.6b annually to corruption, illicit financial flows April 7, 2025 New Daily Prime The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has disclosed that Africa loses a staggering $88.6 billion annually to corruption and illicit financial flows (IFFs). This amount represents 3.7 per…
Politics Foreign trips: PDP criticises Tinubu, Shettima, says not prepared for governance April 7, 2025 New Daily Prime The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Adolphus Wabara, has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for their recent foreign travels,…
