The Federal Government is seeking a $ 1 .2 bn external borrowing from China to finance agricultural programmes in the 2021 budget . A request for approval has also been transmitted to the National Assembly . The Minister of Finance , Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed , who appeared …
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The world is watching with baited breath on Tuesday as Americans head to the polls to decide the outcome of the Presidential election after a year of unprecedented global chaos and violence in the US. Around the globe, there were mixed feelings of fear and excitement at the prospect of …
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A protest has been held in Bangkok after the Thai government announced it has banned Pornhub and 190 other websites showing pornography. Digital minister Puttipong Punnakanta said the block was part of efforts to restrict access to porn and gambling websites, adding that such content is illegal under the country’s …
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First Results of the 2020 Presidential Election: Dixville Notch, NH: Biden: 5 Trump: 0
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New Zealand gets first gay deputy PM and a foreign minister with a Maori facial tattoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bij03t3dtKU Nanaia Mahuta, the first woman to become New Zealand foreign minister, has a moko kauae – a traditional female Maori tattoo on the chin Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was re-elected last month …
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Scientists have found the Voeltzkow’s chameleon in its natural habitat in northwestern Madagascar, the first time the species were rediscovered in over a century. Several living specimens of the evasive reptiles were spotted during a targeted expedition, researchers from Germany and Madagascar announced in a research paper published on Friday. …
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No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the Newsextra24 reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels. Newsextra24 that besides the presidential election, …
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Two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an “Aladdin’s lamp” for $93,000 — and even conjured up a fake genie — have been arrested in India, an official said Sunday. Laeek Khan approached police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh after he realised the lamp did not …
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The United States Government working with the Nigerian government rescued an American citizen abducted last week in Niger but held hostage in Nigeria, according to multiple sources. The daring high-risk US military raid took place early Saturday morning in Sokoto State in Nigeria, sources familiar with the operation revealed. The …
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This is a warning to Nyesom Wike – American citizen Susan Mount Cries out An American Citizen has called Wike out for the crimes he committed by sending out military men to Oyigbo to kill and torture them Listen to what she said https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_NuDGgQ0sY @GovWike a message for you! Meanwhile …
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