RICHARD NORTH In 2009, at the fag-end of the Brown government, a new system of water quality monitoring of discharges from the 7,000 sewage treatment works owned by Britain’s water and sewage companies was introduced. This included the 11 major regional water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, all but one of them privately…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four persons over alleged assault and public humiliation of a resident accused of running a fake transfer, recording the incident and sharing same on the internet. In a statement shared on X on Friday, the command said at about 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, one Boluwaji Temidayo…
New Germany head coach, Jurgen Klopp has delivered a stern warning to the German Football Association, DFB, during his introduction as the new manager. The former Liverpool manager is embarking on his first venture in international football, following a highly successful tenure at the club level. At his unveiling, Klopp spoke to the media and…
After decades of documenting oil spills, gas flaring and environmental degradation, communities across the Niger Delta are shifting their focus to an equally pressing question: how to heal landscapes and livelihoods damaged by nearly 70 years of oil exploration. The conversation took centre stage at a one-day Community Assembly organised by Oilwatch International under the…
RABAT, Morocco, July 24, 2026/APO Group/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a €100 million loan to Gotion Power Morocco to finance the development of an integrated cathode-to-cell lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery gigafactory in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Free Trade Zone. The Bank also plans to mobilise up…
Did it really matter to those bemoaning the ‘threat’ so loudly here that it ultimately did turn out to be wholly imaginary, though? PCS gone mad The PCS, our main civil service union, momentarily confused itself with the CPS, and put out an eerily similar statement to the MCB on the ‘plot’, also presenting it as part…
