A woman in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe is receiving medical attention at Kwekwe Hospital after attempting to take her own life by consuming poison upon discovering that her husband had secretly married another woman. The husband, Forbes Degwa, a senior manager at a local company, reportedly paid Lobola for his second wife without informing his first…
A Magistrates’ Court in Akure, Ondo State, has ordered the remand of 32-year-old Sunday Abilewa at Olokuta Correctional Centre for the alleged murder of his 68-year-old father. Abilewa was arrested by officers from the Ondo State Police Command and charged with murder. According to the Prosecutor, Inspector Abdulateef Suleiman, the incident occurred on December 31,…
On Thursday, January 23, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Olayemi Cardoso projected that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow by 4.17% in 2025, with inflation expected to ease. Currently, Nigeria’s inflation rate stands at 34.80%, but Cardoso expressed optimism that it will decline as the reforms initiated by President Bola Tinubu begin…
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued a warning on Thursday, January 23, cautioning against retaliatory trade wars sparked by U.S. tariff threats under President Donald Trump. Okonjo-Iweala urged countries not to mirror the U.S.’s actions, describing such a scenario as “catastrophic.” Her remarks followed Trump’s threats of a trade war with Russia over…
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday, January 23, that his foundation will provide funding to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement for a second time. This funding aims to keep the climate body operational in light of the…
