The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has published the names of foreign embassies owing ground rent in Abuja. According to the list, a total of $5.36m is being owed. In a memo titled Final Notice on Payment of Outstanding Ground Rent in the FCT, …
Read More »G.O.P. Backlash to Border Deal Reflects Vanishing Ground for a Compromise
Republicans in Congress who have spent months demanding that any aid to Ukraine be paired with a crackdown against migration into the United States got what they asked for when a bipartisan group of senators released a $118.3 billion agreement that would provide both. On Monday, many of them rejected …
Read More »Lawmakers With Disabled Children Find Common Ground in Divided Congress
One year into his first term in Congress, Senator Eric Schmitt, Republican of Missouri, has sought to find his lane while learning how multilayered relationships in Washington can be. Mr. Schmitt, a towering figure at 6-foot-6, is a hard-right conservative and staunch defender of former President Donald J. Trump. He …
Read More »Bombers to ‘keep pushing’ over ground commitment
Essendon has expressed interest in moving more of their home games from Marvel Stadium to the MCG, as their contract with the Docklands ground comes to an end in 2024. The Bombers first moved to the MCG from their spiritual home, Windy Hill in Essendon in 1992, before uprooting and …
Read More »P&G to dissolve ground operations in Nigeria and revert to an import-only business model
As Nigerians moan over the exorbitant price of drugs like Augmentin due to the exit of maker GSK from Nigeria, it appears more troubles are on the horizon as Procter & Gamble is also set to leave Nigeria. Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) stated it plans to …
Read More »Celta Vigo’s Iago Aspas throws pitchside VAR monitor to the ground in draw vs Sevilla
Arsenal are not the only team unhappy with VAR this weekend. Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas angrily threw a pitchside monitor to the ground after a late penalty decision for the Galicians was overturned against Sevilla in LaLiga on Saturday. Aspas had set up Swedish centre-back Carl Starfelt to give …
Read More »Rebekah Vardy ‘is rushed to hospital after horror accident on her horse where she was dragged along the ground
Rebekah Vardy was reportedly been rushed to hospital after an accident on her horse. The wife of Leicester City striker Jamie was thrown from her saddle and dragged along the ground after her left foot got caught in a stirrup. Rebekah, 41, was taken to accident and …
Read More »Israeli air force strikes 600 targets in a day as IDF expands ground assault into northern Gaza
The Israeli Air Force has said it attacked 600 targets in Gaza, including weapons warehouses, hiding places, and gatherings of Hamas operatives and anti-tank positions in a 24-hour period. In one incident, a fighter jet targeted a building ‘with over 20 Hamas terrorist operatives inside,’ the military said. In another, …
Read More »Vols’ ground game proves enough to hold off UK, Leary
8 hours ago AP LEXINGTON, Ky. — – Joe Milton III passed for a touchdown, Jaylen Wright and Dylan Sampson rushed for scores and Charles Campbell kicked four field goals to help No. 21 Tennessee outlast Kentucky 33-27 on Saturday night. Sampson’s 12-yard TD run midway through the fourth quarter …
Read More »Gaza’s Tunnels Loom Large for Israel’s Ground Forces
In an interview, he recalled the final days of the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul, where Islamic State fighters hid in a series of tunnels in 2017. “Our Iraqi soldiers were clearing out, using bulldozers, ISIS fighters who were literally dug into the rubble,” he said. “It was …
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