The Management of Polaris Bank Plc has restated the Bank’s firm commitment to the right of every individual to freedom of worship in accordance with his or her faith devoid of hindrance or discrimination. A statement issued on Friday by the Bank’s Management said its “attention has been drawn to a shared screenshot of an…
The Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), African Department, Abebe Selassie, says tackling food insecurity should be the first policy priority for governments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Mr Selassie said this in his opening remarks at the News Conference on the October Regional Economic Outlook for SSA at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings held…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Prince Tajudeen Oluyole Olusi, the Leader of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, on his 86 years birthday. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Thursday described Prince Olusi,…
•Thousands of jobs coming in engineering, Film City deals •Lagos floats Sovereign Wealth Funds to accelerate infrastructure delivery Lagos State Economic Summit (Ehingbeti 2022) has been concluded, but the State is already counting the gains of the two- day event. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the event, received the approval to build the Badagry Deep Seaport, which was…
Taiwan has reopened to tourists en masse after lifting some of the world’s longest-lasting pandemic border controls. Visitors began arriving on the island on Thursday without the need for quarantine or PCR tests for the first time in more than two and a half years.Taiwanese officials welcomed the first group of visitors arriving on a…
The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries has announced reducing oil production by 2 million barrels per day, one of its largest supply cuts since the coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes at a time when many countries are grappling with soaring energy prices-fuelled inflation.So what is behind the new decision of OPEC+ to reduce oil production,…
Ukrainian leaders are pressing the United States and other Western allies for air defence systems and longer-range weapons to keep up the momentum in their counteroffensive against Russia and fight back against Moscow’s intensified attacks. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said allies were committed to sending weapons “as fast as we can…
A jury in the United States has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965m in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, over his lies that the tragedy was a hoax. The verdict on Wednesday came after three weeks of testimony in a state court in Waterbury, Connecticut,…
Iran’s judiciary chief has ordered judges to issue harsh sentences for the “main elements of riots” as protests continue over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in custody nearly a month ago, “I have instructed our judges to avoid showing unnecessary sympathy to main elements of these riots and issue tough…
