Global economy on precarious footing amid high interest rates, World Bank warns
. Says growth to slow to 2.1% in 2023, with prospects clouded by financial risks Global growth has…
NESREA, FRIN collaborate to reduce plastic pollution
. As stakeholders proffer solution The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), in collaboration with the…
CSOs, unemployed youths, others should protest fuel subsidy removal, urges HURIWA
. Says sudden removal insensitive to masses’ plight Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria,…
Subsidy removal: CTA urges high-impact resolutions
The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has called for high-impact resolutions to reduce the impact of fuel subsidy…
Microsoft will pay $20M to settle U.S. charges of illegally collecting children’s data
Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected…
‘Disease X’: NCDC urges Nigeria to prepare well for next pandemic
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says a peacetime health system is needed to better…
e& on track to hit 2030 net-zero targets
UAE operator e& claimed to have made significant progress towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2030, stating it had…
Subsidy removal: Labour suspends strike
. TUC demands N200,000 minimum wage . To resume negotiations June 19 after 7-point agreement with FG The…
UNEP says plastic pollution a grave threat on World Environmental Day
By Clara Nwachukwu Plastic pollution is a grave threat to ecosystems, to human health and to the climate,…
Nigeria’s NNPC winding down crude oil swap contracts, CEO says
Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC Ltd is winding down crude swap contracts with traders and will pay cash…