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  The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has disclosed that the Commission was considering a gradual implementation of the global sustainability disclosure standards developed by the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). A statement by the Commission said Dr. Agama, who spoke at an investors’ roundtable on the […]

Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested on Sunday against “shameless” lawmakers seeking an amnesty that could benefit former president Jair Bolsonaro, while pushing to shield themselves from criminal charges. Bolsonaro was sentenced last week to 27 years in jail for plotting a coup and within days, the conservative-majority Congress had fast-tracked an amnesty bill that […]

  The European Union on Monday ordered France to recover 1.8 million euros ($2.1 million) from Ryanair, after concluding the low-cost Irish airline had wrongly received state aid from the entity managing Carcassonne airport. The European Commission, the EU’s antitrust watchdog, opened a probe in 2012 to determine whether Ryanair and the airport’s former manager […]

  Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has asserted that President Bola Tinubu’s administration represents a greater threat to democratic governance than any previous military regime in Nigeria. While hosting former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar at his residence over the weekend, El-Rufai condemned the Tinubu administration, labeling it “a disgrace to the very principles of democracy.” […]

The only woman in the leadership race for Japan’s ruling party vowed Monday to improve the gender balance in her cabinet to “Nordic” levels and to ensure “peaceful” coexistence with foreigners. Sanae Takaichi would be Japan’s first woman prime minister if she wins the October 4 contest to head the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and […]

  The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested six suspects in an ongoing response operation in Benue State following a deadly attack on Police Tactical Teams by suspected armed herdsmen and local militias at Agu Centre, Katsina-Ala/Ukum Local Government Area of the State. Force PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement, said that the attack […]

A man accused of murdering a schoolgirl in northern France over three decades ago goes on trial on Monday, in one of the country’s oldest cold cases to reach court in recent years. The killing of 17-year-old Nadege Desnoix in 1994 in the Aisne region had for years remained unsolved until DNA evidence led to […]

  The Chinese city of Shenzhen began preparing to evacuate 400,000 people while residents of the northern Philippines sought shelter from gale-force winds Monday as Super Typhoon Ragasa continued on a collision course with southern China. The typhoon made landfall on the Philippines’ Calayan Island, part of the sparsely populated Babuyan chain, at 3 pm […]

  The imposition of a new fee by President Donald Trump has sent panic, confusion, and anger down the spines of workers on H-1B visas from India and China, as they are being forced to abandon travel plans and rush back to the U.S. A Reuters report said tech companies and banks sent urgent memos […]

France and other countries prepared to recognize a Palestinian state as the UN’s centerpiece diplomatic week gets underway Monday, following a rash of Western governments in symbolicly endorsing statehood and sparking Israel’s wrath. Recognition by Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal on Sunday of a Palestinian state piled pressure on Israel as it intensifies its war […]

  The Yauri Local Government Area has imposed a curfew from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. following a violent clash between youths involved in gold mining in the Garin Katta community. The violence erupted after a misunderstanding among the miners, resulting in the loss of lives and destruction of property. But the exact number of […]

  The fight against oil theft in the Niger Delta continues with troops sustaining pressure on criminal networks operating in the region. Over the past two weeks, security forces have dismantled nine makeshift refineries, arrested 17 suspected vandals, and seized more than 45,000 litres of stolen petroleum products. READ ALSO: Troops Seize Over 32,000 Litres Of […]