India Surpasses UK economy, will be world’s fifth in 2019 The United Kingdom(UK) risks slipping from being the world’s fifth-biggest economy to its seventh-largest next year, when it is due to leave the European Union, with France and India on course to overtake it, accountancy...

UN says $2.6trn stolen annually Due to Corruption The United Nations (UN) says one trillion dollars are paid in bribes annually, with another $2.6 trillion stolen due to corruption. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, while counting the costs of corruption, said values and economic development were...

Climate Change is Real, Says Gov Sani-Bello …Speaks on Niger Govt Proactive Measures Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has said that climate change is real noting that concrete steps should be taken to protect and preserve the environment. Governor Sani-Bello stated this while speaking with journalists...

Iran Soon to Pass Law against Terrorism Financing Iran’s parliament approved a tweaked draft law against funding terrorism on Wednesday which officials hope will bring Tehran closer to global standards and help remove it from investment blacklists as it faces renewed U.S. sanctions. The official news...

African Countries Urged to Accelerate Drive Towards Integration Participants to the 13th African Economic Conference called for African countries to leverage the full range of their strengths and resources to accelerate the region’s drive towards continental integration. Themed “Regional and Continental Integration for Africa’s Development” the...

Africa’s Obese Population Fastest Growing Globally – FAO The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has raised the alarm over what it termed “fastest rising incidences of obesity in African”, noting that an estimated 672 million people are affected globally. The Director-General of FAO, Mr Graziano da...