Author: David Great

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom for a routine medical checkup, an aide said. The Nigerian president returned to the country three days ago from Seoul, South Korea where he attended the first World Bio Summit will be away for two weeks. In a terse press release, Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity said, “President Muhammadu Buhari leaves for London, United Kingdom, October 31, 2022, for routine medical check-up. “He returns to the country in the second week of November, 2022.” CBN has my backing in replacing naira notes – Buhari Chronicle…

Twitter, which was acquired last week by billionaire Elon Musk, plans to let go of a quarter of its workforce as part of what is expected to be a first round of layoffs, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Celebrity lawyer Alex Spiro, a long-time Musk legal representative, led the conversations about the job cuts, according to the report. Twitter had over 7,000 employees at the end of 2021, according to a regulatory filing and a quarter of the headcount amounts to nearly 2,000 employees. Musk denied a New York Times report about…

Global employment growth will “deteriorate significantly” this quarter, hit by the economic turmoil caused by the Ukraine war and by the impact of tighter monetary policy on consumption, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday. There are already signs that a recovery in global hours worked that was seen in early 2022 went into reverse in the second and third quarters, the UN body said. Overall, there were 40 million fewer full-time jobs between July-September than in the fourth quarter of 2019, which is used as the benchmark level before the COVID pandemic, it added. “On current trends, global…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate has urged Nigerians to disregard his party’s draft manifesto that is being circulated on social media and in the media. Obi, in a message on his social media account, explained that the complete manifesto will be released by him when it is ready. In a tweet on Monday morning, Obi said, “We have not formally released our manifesto. I will do so personally. It seems an earlier draft copy under review has made its way into the public space. “Until I release the approved and final draft, please disregard what is being circulated,”…

It’s 157 years since the US constitution banned chattel slavery – in which one person is the legal property of another – but left in place an exemption for convicted prisoners. Throughout most of the US, slavery or involuntary servitude are still legal as punishment for a crime. But on 8 November, voters in five states – Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont – will decide whether to remove these exemptions from their state constitutions and ban slavery entirely. The outcome could enable prisoners to challenge forced labour. Some 800,000 currently work for pennies, or for nothing at all. Seven…

Brazilian leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election, but the far right incumbent did not concede defeat on Sunday night, raising concerns that he might contest the result. The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) declared Lula the next president, with 50.9% of votes against 49.1% for Bolsonaro. The 77-year-old Lula’s inauguration is scheduled for Jan. 1. It was a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and a punishing blow to Bolsonaro, the first Brazilian incumbent to lose a presidential election. “So far, Bolsonaro has not called me to recognize my victory,…

A Lagos Federal High Court, has convicted and sentenced a mother of five, Chinyere Zainab Raman, to 10 years imprisonment for engaging in human trafficking and promoting prostitution. Justice Abimbola Awogboro, who presided over the court passed the verdict on the mother of five, after pronouncing her guilty of charges of promoting the prostitution and exploitation and trafficking one Chioma Osademen, to Libya for prostitution. The convicted woman, was brought before the court 2019, by the operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). She was accused of buying the victim, Chioma Osademon, for the…

Real Madrid are in pole position to sign England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19, from Borussia Dortmund next summer. (Fichajes – in Spanish) Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who was linked with a move to Manchester United in the summer, is intent on staying at the Nou Camp club and the 25-year-old Dutch international will not listen to any offers in January. (Sport – in Spanish) Juventus want to bring in Serbia midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, 27, from Lazio and Italy centre-back Alessandro Bastoni, 23, from Inter Milan in order to convince Tottenham manager Antonio Conte to join them. (Calciomercato – in…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said that the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to launch new designs and replace high-value naira notes had his support and is convinced that the nation will gain a lot by doing so. Speaking in a Hausa radio interview with the famous journalist Halilu Ahmed Getso, and Kamaluddeen Sani Shawai to be aired Wednesday Morning on Tambari TV on Nilesat, President Buhari said reasons given to him by the CBN convinced him that the economy stood to benefit from reduction in inflation, currency counterfeiting and the excess cash in circulation. He said…

A first-half header from Marcus Rashford, his 100th goal for Manchester United in all competitions, was enough to earn his side a 1-0 victory over West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday. After making a slow start to the match, United burst into life in the 38th minute when Rashford powered a bullet header into the net on the end of Christian Eriksen’s sublime cross to give the home side the lead. Veteran forward Cristiano Ronaldo, making just his third league start of the season, wasted a golden chance to double United’s lead early in the second half,…