Brexit: Johnson To Detail Tough Stance In EU Trade Talks
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday outline a hardline stance in post-Brexit negotiations with the European Union, arguing Britain does not need to follow various EU rules to strike a trade deal. In a keynote speech detailing his vision for the country’s future, days after its historic departure from the bloc following nearly half […]
Dozens Of Koalas Dead At Australian Plantation
Dozens of koalas have been euthanized and some 80 more are being treated for injuries and starvation after their habitat was logged, prompting an Australian government investigation Monday. Victoria’s environment department said the state’s conservation regulator was investigating a “very distressing incident” at a bluegum plantation near the coastal town of Portland that resulted in […]
China Stocks Crash On Virus Fears After Long Market Break
Chinese stocks crashed on Monday with some major shares quickly falling by the maximum daily limit as the country’s investors got their first chance in more than a week to react to the spiralling coronavirus outbreak. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dived 8.73 percent, or 259.83 points, to open at 2,716.70. The Shenzhen Composite Index, […]
Democrats Make Final Pitch In Iowa Before First US Vote
Democratic candidates made their frantic, final campaign pitches Sunday in Iowa, on a mission to persuade undecided voters one day before the state’s nominating contest officially starts the US presidential election season. Iowa, a largely rural state of three million people, has traditionally served as a vital launching point — or burial ground — for […]
Honeywell Records 6% Increase In Revenue
Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (HFMP) recorded a revenue growth of 6 per cent in nine-month period, from ₦55 billion to ₦58.2 billion, when compared with the same period in 2018. According to the company, the growth in revenue was driven by corresponding growth in sales volume by 5 per cent while efficient management of input costs […]
China’s Virus Death Toll Spikes, More Than SARS
China’s death toll from a new coronavirus jumped above 360 on Monday to surpass the number of fatalities of its SARS crisis two decades ago, with dozens of people dying in the epicentre’s quarantined ground-zero. The 57 confirmed new deaths was the single-biggest increase since the virus was detected late last year in the central […]
Why We Removed Ojezua As APC Chair – Imuse
Acting Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Col David Imuse (rtd), explained at the weekend why the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party removed Anselm Ojezua as chairman of the party. Addressing party faithful at Opoji in Esan, South West Local Government Area, where he received defectors from […]
Igbo Leaders In PDP Plotting To Discredit, Toppple Buhari
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said that Igbo leaders in the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are plotting to topple the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari. He warned them against desecrating the Supreme Court with the ultimate aim of toppling the Federal Government. In a statement the governor personally […]
IMF Decries Bad Roads, Absence Of Scanners At Ports
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief and Senior Resident Representative for Nigeria, Mr Amine Mati, has identified absence of national single window platform, scanning machines for customs operations as well as poor logistics and road infrastructures as the major constraints of Nigerian ports. Speaking after taking a tour of the Lagos ports at weekend as […]
Tension As Soldiers Invade Nnamdi Kanu’s Community
Residents of Afaraukwu Ibeku community, in Umuahia North Council of Abia State, the home town of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, scampered to safety as over 100 fierce-looking soldiers invaded the community. The IPOB leader’s parents, Eze Okwu and Ugoeze Kanu, will be laid to rest on February 14, […]
Gas Explosion Injures 7 In Anambra
At least seven persons were injured and property worth millions of naira were destroyed on Sunday after a cooking gas cylinder exploded and kindled a fire at No. 23, Emmanuel Church road, Inland Town Onitsha. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident which occurred at about 10:30a.m., destroyed two rooms in a flat […]
It’s a Dream Come True –Ighalo Speaks After Joining Man U
New Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo, has expressed happiness after joining the Red Devils on transfer deadline day (Friday). The 30-year-old also gave special thanks to God almighty, his agent, and his coach for allowing him to play for Man United. DAILY POST had reported that Manchester United signed Ighalo on loan from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua until […]