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UMUAHIA- The Abia government has expressed concern at the bold, provocative attempt by some youths in the commercial town of Aba to ignite terror and  violence through cult-related activities and killings. Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, Special Adviser to the Abia governor on media and publicity made the government position known on Wednesday in a statement made

Delhi should be top priority on PM Modi’s road map for country’s development, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

The Russian Interior Ministry is planning to launch an electronic database of LGBTQIA+ Russians, with anonymous sources telling independent Russian news outlet, Meduza , that the plans had been in motion since last year. This follows the Russian Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw the “international LGBT movement”, which they labelled an “extremist organisation” in 2023.

Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday, an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which President Donald Trump’s administration is shutting down. From a list of nearly 1,400 federal sites provided by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), more than 350 were unavailable on Monday afternoon. These included

Since 2021, governments across Europe have been putting HFSS (High Fat, Salt and Sugar) reduction regulations high on the agenda. The reason? To help curb the growing obesity epidemic. “The number of overweight and obese people has been growing in recent years,” said a spokesperson for Eurostat, a branch of the European Commission. “Many people

You may have read about how the Newcastle United owners ‘could’ be forced to sell the club. This story has come about due to an amendment put forward to change...You can click here to read the full article. Source...

DA­REECE PO­LO Se­nior Re­porter da­reece.po­lo@guardian.co.tt The Gov­ern­ment and Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert are be­ing urged to step in to reg­u­late how banks dis­trib­ute for­eign ex­change, with at least one econ­o­mist sug­gest­ing leg­is­la­tion to lim­it the amount of US dol­lars banks can utilise for in­vest­ments in for­eign mar­kets as a short-term mea­sure and busi­nesses call­ing for

Safety concerns and soaring costs spell end of the road for 15 major projects...