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Schools, libraries and parks were closed Monday in Valencia in eastern Spain after heavy rains prompted a red alert and fears of a repeat of deadly floods that hit the area last year. Spain’s national weather agency, AEMET, warned of a “very complicated situation” in the Mediterranean region. The overnight downpours caused localised flooding and […]

Millions in India’s eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate pavilions. The ancient and divine now increasingly interact with the digital and futuristic as wildly popular artificial intelligence apps help generate new design ideas. […]

  An economist, Ken Ife, has cautioned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) against engaging in an industrial war that it cannot against the Dangote Group.     PENGASSAN and the private refinery have been at loggerheads over the unionisation of workers.     He stated this on Channels Television’s […]

  The Federal Government is currently working towards certifying China’s C919 jet for the country’s carriers. The Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Ona Najomo told Reuters the agency is considering the months-long certification process for the jet to operate on domestic routes. Chinese planemaker COMAC is producing the narrow-body […]

  TotalEnergies will sell 50% of a solar portfolio in North America to investment firm KKR, the energy major said on Monday. The firm added that it will receive $950 million from the sale and bank refinancing, according to Reuters. The sale includes six utility-scale solar assets and 41 distributed generation assets, mostly in the […]

  Social media platform X said on Monday it plans to appeal an Indian court order that would allow over two million police officers nationwide to issue arbitrary takedown requests via a secretive online portal called the Sahyog. “We will appeal this order to defend free expression,” X said in a post on the platform, […]

  OPEC+ will likely approve another oil production increase of at least 137,000 barrels per day at its meeting next Sunday. A Reuters report quoting three market sources said the new cuts are due to rising oil prices to encourage the group to try to further regain market share. OPEC+ has reversed its strategy of […]

  British pharmaceutical giant GSK on Monday said chief executive Emma Walmsley will step down after nearly nine years at the helm, to be replaced by its chief commercial officer. Luke Miels will take over from Walmsley on January 1, GSK said in a statement. Earlier this month, GSK said it planned to invest $30 […]

  German airline Lufthansa said Monday it would slash 4,000 jobs, mainly in Germany, by 2030 in a bid to cut costs after a fall in earnings. Europe’s biggest airline group said the move would essentially target administrative posts and not operational functions. Lufthansa’s carriers also include Eurowings, Austrian, Swiss, and Brussels Airlines.   READ […]

The CEO of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, whose picture is attached below, is a billionaire as he earns over 134 million naira every month as his own salary. 1.6 billion annual salary in a yearWorking for MTN has transformed the life of this Osun state-born prince from Modekeke, and working for MTN has made him […]

The Dead Horse Rider’s Guidebook How to Manage the Obvious Without Ever Admitting It So you’ve discovered you’re riding a dead horse. Congratulations!Instead of dismounting like a rational human being, here are tried-and-true strategies that governments, corporations, and everyday people have used for centuries to keep the illusion alive. 1. Change the Rider If the […]

Dead Horse Theory A satirical metaphor that reveals how some people, institutions, and even entire nations deal with an obvious problem as if it were an unsolvable mystery! Instead of admitting the truth, they ignore it… and become masters at justifying it! ⚫ The idea is simple: If you realize you’re riding a dead horse… […]