A suicide bomber killed five people including Taliban security forces on Tuesday, in an explosion outside a bank in northern Afghanistan, police said. Seven people were also wounded in the attack which targeted a queue of people waiting to collect their salaries from a bank in the city of Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province….
US President Donald Trump signed executive orders to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from March 12, ramping up a long-promised trade war despite warnings from Europe and China. “Today I’m simplifying our tariffs on steel and aluminium,” Trump said Monday in the Oval Office. “It’s 25 per cent without exceptions…
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after US President Donald Trump warned “all hell” would break loose unless Hamas releases every Israeli hostage by the weekend. The truce, in place since January 19, largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip and saw five groups of Israeli…
Gucci owner Kering reported a sharp drop in 2024 earnings on Tuesday, days after parting with its flagship brand’s creative director in a bid to revive the struggling fashion house. The French luxury group, whose other brands include Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga, said its net profit fell 62 percent to 1.13 billion euros…
Asian markets struggled Tuesday as traders keep a nervous eye on Donald Trump’s next moves after he signed off on tariffs for steel and aluminium imports and warned of more measures to come. All three main indexes started the week on the front foot thanks to a rally in tech firms. But Asia struggled to…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly vandalising and stealing transformer cables at Wuro Dole in the Girei Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Yola, the state capital. He said the arrest followed credible information from…
The World Health Organisation launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates. The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan, the WHO said, with further shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia,…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, Daniel Bwala, on Tuesday said he criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the past because he was in the opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party. Bwala made this disclosure while speaking on Arise TV’s The Morning Show. “I criticised Tinubu’e election and administration in the past…
The Jigawa State Police Command has welcomed 448 newly passed-out police constables who underwent six months of rigorous training at the Police College Kaduna. According to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ahmad Abdullahi, while welcoming the new constables in a statement made available to newsmen in Dutse on Tuesday by the Command’s Public…
Nigerian sprinter and 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association 100m outdoor champion, Success Umukoro, is the fastest Nigerian female athlete so far this year after clocking a fast 7.13s on her way to winning the women’s 60m at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Saturday, Sports Extra reports. She produced the fastest time for Nigerian women and…
The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has compulsorily retired Hudu Idris, a Registrar at the Upper Shari’a Court in Gwarzo, for accepting bribes. He was also demoted by one grade level before his immediate retirement. Additionally, the JSC has terminated the contract of Bala Gwarzo, a casual watchman at the same court, with immediate effect….
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede has disclosed that “exceptional” students below the age of 16 can register for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as the board had opened the Exceptionally Brilliant Window for such candidates. He noted that while the examination body had enforced the minimum age requirement for any…