France’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires in Paris after two French embassy staff members were detained, interrogated and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran on Sunday evening, in what Paris described as a flagrant violation of diplomatic immunity. The French Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires on Tuesday, two…
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — eWAKA (www.eWAKA.tech) today announced the company’s Co-founder and CEO, Céleste Tchetgen Vogel, has been selected as a 2026 Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow. Vogel was recognized for her work to electrify Africa’s last mile, giving riders clean vehicles they can own and a better way to earn. Chosen from…
I have, for hours now, sat diligently in front of my laptop to write this emergency ToryDiary in the wake of Burnham’s Cabinet appointments. Since his election victory in Makerfield, rumours have been afloat over who will take which brief in his rehashed Number 10 operation. Would Shabana Mahmood remain as Home Secretary? Perhaps Ed…
From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 26.5 per cent, opting to sustain its tight monetary policy as inflationary risks continue to weigh on the economy. The decision was reached at the end of the Bank’s 306th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held…
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Kwechiri Unity Forum, has dragged the Minister of Works, David Umahi, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, and father of Mary Habila to court over the death of Ms Habila. According court documents sighted on Monday, the CSO filed the suit through its legal team, led by Eziafa…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has said that the difficult economic reforms undertaken by the Federal Government and the apex bank are earning Nigeria increasing recognition on the global stage, describing them as necessary measures that are beginning to yield positive results. Cardoso stated this on Tuesday while briefing journalists…
