Olena Semykina, the owner of a village shop in east Ukraine, voted for President Volodymyr Zelensky five and a half years ago, hoping the fresh-faced political newcomer would end the fighting unleashed by Russian proxy forces in 2014. The screech of an artillery shell over her leafy village in the war-battered Donetsk region and the plumes of dark smoke billowing on the horizon suggested that her hopes for his first term had fallen short. “We expected the war to end, like he promised. But the war hasn’t ended. There’s even more fighting. It seems to me that it’s become even…
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Asian and European markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street, boosted by a strong round of United State data that reassured investors over the health of the world’s top economy, while focus turns to the release of key inflation figures. With the much-hyped earnings report from bellwether chip titan, Nvidia, now in the rearview mirror, traders are once again able to concentrate on economic matters and the Federal Reserve’s plans for interest rate cuts. Thursday did not disappoint, with figures showing Gross Domestic Product expanded more than initially thought in the second quarter, while jobless claims dipped.…
Fire gutted part of a three-storey building at the Lagos State Government Staff Quarters in Odunsanmi Street, off Wempco Road in the Ogba area of the state. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Oke-Osanyintolu said that LASEMA received distress calls through the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency lines at about 2.39 am. He said that the agency activated its response team from the Alausa command and control centre. “Upon immediate response, it was confirmed that one of the two-bedrooms in Flat 5, of Block 21, a two-winged, three-story…
UEFA has announced the new Champions League format, which will come into effect starting from the 2024-25 season. The football governing body in Europe highlighted that the revised format prioritises selection based on playing “merit,” leading to top teams facing each other more often. According to a statement released on UEFA’s website on Monday, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, said, “I am really pleased that it was a unanimous decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, with the European Club Association, European Leagues and national associations all agreeing with the proposal made. Another proof that European football is more united than ever.”…
The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission has again shifted the local government election in the state to January 18, 2025. ODIEC Chairman, Dr Joseph Aremo, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the commission’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday. The election, which was to be conducted on December 16, 2023, was postponed to February 17, and later postponed to July 13 and finally postponed indefinitely before the announcement of the new date. “Election was never cancelled but rescheduled due to non-compliance of political parties with the electoral guidelines and processes,” he said. Aremo, who assured residents…
A 32-year-old man named Olúwaṣeun Shorinola has taken his life in the Kémta area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, PUNCH Online reports. The Ogun State Police Command, through its spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to our correspondent via electronic message on Thursday. PUNCH Online gathered that the incident occurred at about 10 pm on Wednesday. The command’s spokesperson informed our correspondent that the deceased’s wife found him hanging from a wall. Odutola said, “On August 28, 2024, Temitope Oguntade reported at the Kémta Police Division that she received a call from Tajudeen Aremu that her immediate brother was found…
Despite the efforts of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to achieve nationwide electrification and boost economic development, the nefarious activities of vandals are sabotaging progress, plunging the masses into darkness, reports DARE OLAWIN The deliberate destruction of power infrastructure, including transmission lines, substations, and distribution equipment, is hindering the country’s ability to provide reliable electricity to its citizens and undermining the government’s initiatives to drive growth and prosperity. As the authorities strive to ‘light up’ Nigeria, the scourge of vandalism poses a significant threat to the realisation of this vision. The Federal Government said it had succeeded in raising power generation…
The king of New Zealand’s Indigenous Maori people died Friday while recovering from heart surgery at age 69, with aides saying he had “passed to the great beyond”. King Tuheitia passed away peacefully surrounded by family, a spokesperson said, just days after celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coronation. He had been in hospital recovering from heart surgery. “The death of King Tuheitia is a moment of great sadness,” the spokesperson added in a statement. “A chief who has passed to the great beyond. Rest in love.” The Kiingitanga — Maori King movement — was founded in 1858 to unite…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, said the perceived marginalisation of the Igbo could be blamed on the fact that the five South-East states are governed by different political parties, rather than one. Therefore, he said the ruling APC was determined to capture most of the South-East states, starting with Anambra, which is governed by the All Progressive Grand Alliance. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ganduje spoke while receiving the leadership of the Kano State Correspondents’ Chapel of the NUJ led by its Chairman, Aminu Garko. “The North, South-East political zones are…
About 74.2 per cent of respondents to the inflation expectations survey conducted by the Statistics Department of the CBN believed that the apex bank should have reduced the interest rate in July. This is in contrast to 12.4 per cent who thought that the interest rate should be raised, while 13.4 per cent preferred that the rates remain unchanged. The survey results were released by the CBN recently on its website. At its last meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN raised the benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 26.75 per cent, the fourth increase in seven months.…