Новости за 27.07.2024

RIO DE JANEIRO — Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations agreed Friday to strive toward effectively taxing the super rich, a joint ministerial declaration said. "With full respect to tax sovereignty, we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed," the declaration said after the two-day meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has made a proposal to impose a 2% minimum tax on billionaires a top priority of its presidency of the Group of 20... Читать дальше...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has disbursed $148m to 29 authorised dealers as part of steps to stabilise the foreign exchange market amid the recent free fall of the naira. A statement posted on the apex bank website on Friday said the sales were made to the dealers on Monday, July 22 and Tuesday, July

For the first time in a decade, the veteran wide receiver, who signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Giants on May 9, has no guaranteed job in sight.

Top seed Andrey Rublev of Russia succumbed to fourth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (6), 6-4 Friday to bow out in the semifinals of the Plava Laguna C

The best-graduating student of the MB; BS 2024 set from the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (2022/2023 Session), Dr. Odunsi Temidayo, tells temitope adetunji how her mum and love for humanity shaped her career path Can you share your journey to becoming the best-graduating student in 2024? Unlike the typical story of setting a

Following the collapse of a two-storey building that claimed the lives of five construction workers at Arowojobe Estate, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, the General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, Gbolahan Oki, has banned people, particularly labourers from sleeping at construction sites in the state. Oki gave the directive in a statement

The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Friday, said the allowances of stranded scholars who have been owed for over 13 months were adjusted due to foreign exchange fluctuations. Recall that the Federal Ministry of Education announced a slash in allowances for foreign scholars, who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others.

The Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Isa Ali, disclosed on Friday that members receive about N400 million to execute constituency projects through Zonal Intervention Projects and Special Intervention Projects. The lawmaker, who represents Billiri/Balanga Federal Constituency, made this disclosure while fielding questions during a town hall meeting organised to keep constituents informed of

Controversial artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has advised his fans against participating in the forthcoming hardship protests for Nigeria. In a video he posted on social media on Thursday, the singer expressed his reluctance to join any demonstrations, stating that he was currently doing well and preferred to focus on his own success.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Darius Acuff Jr. became the first five-star basketball recruit in the class of 2025 to make his college decision Friday afternoon. The point guard picked John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks. Acuff — a 6-foot-3 playmaker from…

The Spelman College, a leader in the education of women of African descent based in Atlanta, has signed an educational agreement in collaboration with three Lagos-based universities– University of Lagos, Lagos State University, and Pan-Atlantic University, on Friday, at the University of Lagos. This was in recognition of the 50-year Sister Cities partnership between Lagos

The Federal Government says it has mobilised $2.2bn in external finance for the Nigeria health sector renewal investment initiative. This came as President Bola Tinubu approved the establishment of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. The Federal Government, in a statement signed

Oando PLC has denied allegations on social and digital media that it owns a blending plant in Malta. The energy company also denied importing dirty fuel into Nigeria through a Maltese company, Raz Hansir Oil Terminal Limited. A statement by the company secretary, Ayotola Jagun, said the allegations levelled against Oando of being a shareholder,

The Anambra State Police Command said it recovered no fewer than 20 improvised explosive devices, rifles, and other exhibits during several operations carried out in different parts of the state. The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Nnaghe Itam, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, during a press briefing on Friday, adding that police operatives and

Pharmacists have expressed concern about the increasing number of incomplete malaria treatments by patients in the country. They warned that this trend could lead to heightened resistance to medication and a surge in severe malaria cases. Dr Michael Obaro, a Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist and Malaria Scientist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, spoke

THE King is selling homemade ice cream this summer — made with milk from the herds on his royal farms.

The UFC's event at Sphere has a main event – and it's a big one.

(CNN Español) — Desde 2020, autoridades de México y Estados Unidos han detenido y extraditado a seis líderes del narcotráfico: José…

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, said the planned nationwide protest is not against hunger and economic hardship but politically motivated by opportunists.

An episode about transfers gets derailed as Joe asks Pat how to become a better player.

The passengers suffered injuries that were serious, but not considered life-threatening, while the driver succumbed to his injuries.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scores of wildfires across the United States and Canada have scorched swaths of land in California,…

S air defence system shot down of entire enemy package in exercise