archiveOctober 23, 2019

  South Africa’s headline consumer inflation slowed to 4.1 per cent year-on-year in September, from 4.3 per cent in August, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday. On a month-on-month basis price-growth was flat, at 0.3 per cent, the same rate of increase as in the previous month. Core...

Nigerian Correctional Service said it has set up a “high powered panel” to investigate the allegations in an investigative report made by undercover journalist Fisayo Soyombo. The first instalment of the three-part investigation by Soyombo exposed how Nigerian policemen “pervert the course of justice in their quest for ill-gotten money”....

  A quarterly survey report titled Inflation Attitudes Survey Report for Q3 2019 released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown that Nigerians would rather have a lower interest rates than lower inflation. The Survey report which was released on Tuesday, measured Households’ perception/expectations of price changes in...

  The Church of Ireland, Methodist Church of Ireland and Presbyterian Church in Ireland all stated that they will only celebrate marriages between a man and a woman. The Catholic Church expressed its concerns at the “redefinition” of marriage, but did not comment directly on whether it would hold same-sex...

  The Governor of Osun State, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola will on Thursday inaugurate a total of 35 commissioners/special advisers designate earlier confirmed by the State House of Assembly. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ismail Omipidan, indicated that the inauguration ceremony would hold at the White...

The umbrella body for oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta region, Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) has assured President Muhammadu Buhari of the support of all stakeholders in the region in his quest to probe the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The body said the support...