Photograph Source: G. Edward Johnson – CC BY 4.0 The central slogan of our times should not be #handsoff but rather #handson, i.e. we need the democratic control of the economy, including firms, budgets, industrial policy and development. The wealth-generating power in the hands of oligarchs, super-wealthy individuals, mega-banks and financiers is what we need…
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been charged with treason following his arrest at a public rally where he called for electoral reforms ahead of the country’s general elections scheduled for October. Lissu, who chairs the main opposition party CHADEMA, was arrested on Wednesday night, with regional police accusing him of incitement. The opposition has…
Kwara State Government has said it will begin the third round of its ‘Big Catch-Up’ (BCU) vaccination for children between two and five years on April 12. The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Nusirat Elelu, stated this on Friday in Ilorin while speaking at a one-day Stakeholders’ Engagement Meeting. Mrs…
A new report claims that Intel’s new CEO has invested in hundreds of Chinese technology firms, including at least eight companies linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army. According to Reuters, Lip-Bu Tan was appointed last month as the new CEO of Intel, the largest computer chip maker in the United States and a company that…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and five other security agencies to file their defence in a suit filed by a businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, to stop her planned arrest for alleged fraud. Other security agencies listed in the fundamental rights enforcement suit…
U.S. President Donald Trumps special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Friday, April 11 as part of renewed efforts to broker peace in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The high-profile meeting took place in the citys presidential library and was broadcast on Russian state television.Video footage released earlier by…
