Monthly Archives: August 2019
Government launch HS2 review
The government is launching a review of high-speed rail link HS2 - with a "go or no-go" decision by the end of the year,...
Siasia banned for life by FIFA
Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia on Saturday appealed for calm over his life ban by the world football governing body, FIFA, on Friday.
Siasia...
Homeless children housed in containers
More than 210,000 children are estimated to be homeless, with some being temporarily housed in converted shipping containers, a report says.
The Children's Commissioner for...
Boris ‘conditions’ deal to Merkel
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain...
Property market likely to dip
Britain’s drifting property market would probably take a hit from a disorderly Brexit, with average prices slipping about 3% nationally in the ensuing six...
‘Save Simon now’
A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese...
Scotland budget deficits falls low
Scotland’s budget deficit has fallen to a seven-year low but remains much larger as a share of the economy than the average deficit for...
Aussie upholds conviction on cardinal
An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children.
The decision brought...
Nigeria’s President Buhari assigns portfolios to 43 ministers
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has today in Abuja assigned oaths of office and portfolios to 43 ministers.
Here is the full list of the ministers...
The “debt-trap” narrative around Chinese loans shows Africa’s weak economic diplomacy
By Olakunle Agboola - Hugging the shores of the Indian Ocean, Kenya’s Mombasa port is one of the biggest and busiest harbours in East Africa.
Almost 1,800...
