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FG’s 6% GDP growth target in four years impossible, says KPMG
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
A multinational consulting firm, KPMG, has stated that the economic goal of President Bola Tinubu to grow the Gross Domestic Product growth rate of the country by six...
International aid rolls in to fight unyielding Canadian wildfires
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
Allies around the world have promised to increase their help to Canada in its fight against hundreds of blazes that have swept through the country in its worst-ever...
Sudan sides agree 24-hour ceasefire from Saturday, Saudi Arabia and U.S. say
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
Sudan’s warring sides have agreed on a nationwide ceasefire for 24 hours from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Saturday, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. who have been brokering...
Subsidy Removal: RMAFC Backs Tinubu, Says N8.4tn NNPC Contribution To FAAC Withheld since Jan 2022
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) have reiterated its support for the removal of the petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. Mohammed...
Nigeria’s Falconets face Burundi in FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
The Falconets, Nigeria’s national under-20 women’s football team, have been drawn to face Burundi in the second round of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s...
Bayern Munich sign Austria midfielder Konrad Laimer
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
Austria international Konrad Laimer has joined Bayern Munich on a free transfer from RB Leipzig. According to the Bavarian club announced on Friday, the midfielder’s...
Tinubu signs bill unifying judicial officers’ retirement age to 70
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
President Bola Tinubu has assented to a fresh amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria unifying the retirement age of judicial officers in the...
Makinde flags off N9.6 billion road project in Ibadan
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, has flagged off the dualization of 8.3km Akobo, Ojurin/Odogbo Barracks, Olorunda Abaa Junction in Lagelu Local Government Area, at a...
Two Children ‘Still Critical’ After France Knife Attack
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
Two children have been fighting for their lives after being stabbed by a man in a park in the French Alps, the government said Friday. “There are still two children...
Japan Revises Law To Ease Deportation Of Failed Asylum Seekers
Folasade OgunrindeJun 09, 2023
Japan has enacted an immigration law on Friday allowing the government to deport failed asylum seekers, despite pushback from opposition parties and rights groups. Until...
