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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has opposed releasing an ethics committee report on allegations against former Congressman Matt Gaetz, who was recently nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Attorney General. Johnson’s remarks on CNN Sunday come amid growing bipartisan calls for the report’s disclosure.   “It should not come out,” Johnson said, referencing Gaetz’s resignation from Congress. “He …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported that the economic reforms initiated by Nigeria’s federal government have yet to yield significant positive results, 18 months after their implementation. In its latest outlook for sub-Saharan Africa, the IMF excluded Nigeria from the list of countries making reform progress, grouping it among nations struggling to meet desired economic outcomes.   According to …

A slowdown in productivity growth in Europe has became one of the key reasons behind a widening per capita income gap with the United States, according to the IMF’s latest productivity report. ADVERTISEMENT A thriving business sector, with young high-growth firms on the rise, especially in the tech sector – are key if Europe is to speed up its productivity …

Former Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has cried out after a recent report by UNICEF shows more children are out of school when compared to other regions in Nigeria   . In his post, Bashir stated that the UNICEF report showed that 15.23 million children were out-of-school in Northern Nigeria when compared to the South that has only 2.58 children that …

The Naira is forecasted to depreciate to N1,993 per US dollar by 2028.  A report by BMI Research, a subsidiary of Fitch Solutions, forecasts significant constraints on the import of critical medical supplies into Nigeria due to the weakening of the Naira and structural challenges within the healthcare system.  The report projects that by 2028, the Naira will exchange at NGN1993/USD, a rate it …

A data review for the second quarter debt portfolio of the country released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the debt owed by every Nigerian on the average stood at N619,501.   According to the data published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt stood at N134.297 trillion as of the second quarter of 2024 (June, …

  No fewer than 133.1 Nigerians would face a global hunger crisis in 2025 according to the Cadre Harmonisé report on food and nutrition insecurity analysis . The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, in a statement said the report was prepared by the federal government and supported by partners, such as the World Food Programme, WFP, and the United Nations …

A women’s rights group has demanded that Imane Khelif’s Olympic gold medal be ‘taken away’ after an alleged report claimed to have evidence that the Algerian boxer was ‘biologically male’.      Khelif and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting were at the centre of a ‘gender row’ controversy at the Olympics after both were given the green light to compete despite failing gender eligibility tests at last …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, is still under investigation of the anti-graft agency though a preliminary report has been submitted to President Bola Tinubu.    President Tinubu suspended Edu in January 2024, following a national outcry over an alleged N585 million scandal.   EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed …

Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after a presidential race in which voter perceptions of the economy have played a central role. ADVERTISEMENT Friday’s report will include some of the most distorted monthly employment figures in years, with job growth having been held down temporarily in …