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WASHINGTON — The global economy will come “perilously close” to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world’s top economies — the United States, Europe and China — the World Bank warned on Tuesday. In an annual report, the World Bank, which lends money to poorer countries for development projects, said it had slashed its forecast for global …

Ms Lauretta Onochie, the Chairman, Governing Board, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has pledged to improve the credibility and quality of its projects. Onochie spoke at a ceremony to celebrate her recent appointment organised by the Buhari Support Organisations (BSO), on Tuesday in Abuja. She declared: “The days of portfolio contractors and splitting contracts have ended,” adding that the commission …

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized, according to his wife Michelle Bolsonaro. He was admitted on Monday for abdominal “discomfort” related to injuries from a 2018 knife attack during a political rally, Michelle Bolsonaro wrote in a post on her official Instagram, the CNN reports. An ally of the former president told CNN Brasil that the former President …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Igueben Area Customary Court President, Mrs. Precious Aigbonoga and a former member of Edo State House of Assembly Hon. Festus Edughele have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Edo State. Sources disclosed that the duo were separately abducted on Monday, January 9, 2023. It was scooped that while the …

…Revs up surveillance, sensitization, others to curb infections …Urges residents’ collaboration, adherence to preventive measures Edo State has recorded 18 new cases of Lassa fever in the last week, raising the total number of persons who are currently on admission in the state to 23. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, who disclosed this while briefing journalists …

Kindly share this story: Independent National Electoral Commission has raised the alarm over the rising security situation across the country and its impact on the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke at the validation of election security training resources held in Abuja on Monday noted that the forthcoming election faces serious threat of cancellation should the …

*Security agencies intensify search for others Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Hon. Chris Nehikhare, has said that six more of the 31 victims kidnapped at the Igueben train station have been rescued. The commissioner disclosed this during a press briefing in Benin City, noting that two more suspects on the wanted list of the police have been arrested as investigation …

Six persons, including a 65-year-old man, a nursing mother with her baby, a 6-year-old girl and two siblings; aged two and five years old who were among those kidnapped by suspected herdsmen at the Igueben Train Station have been rescued. A statement released today by Chris Osa Nehikhare, Hon. Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, said confirmed the rescue operation. Nehikhare …

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy on restriction on daily cash withdrawal takes off across the country today, Monday, January 9. The PUNCH reports that in this arrangement, the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations is N500,000 and N5 million, respectively. Individuals or organisations that have a compelling need to withdraw above the approved …

The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on youths to be courageous and resist the temptation to sell their votes in the upcoming general elections. The Secretary General, CAN Youth Wing FCT chapter, Mr. Joseph Daramola, made the call at a mega youth conference in Abuja on Sunday. He said Nigerian youths were battered psychologically and emotionally hence, they are …