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The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has pledged to strengthen Nigeria’s electoral laws and ensure that individuals found guilty of electoral offences face prosecution and imprisonment if he wins the 2027 presidential election. Obi made the commitment on Wednesday during an NDC town hall meeting in Akwanga Local Government Area…
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Abuja, Nigeria — The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a $45.8 million biosecurity and response system for five of Nigeria’s major international airports, aimed at strengthening the country’s ability to detect and respond to infectious disease threats. The approval was announced by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, during…
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The European Commission has approved Hungary’s €5.4 billion Security Action For Europe (SAFE) defence loan application, officially concluding the first round of Brussels’ landmark financing programme to bolster Europe’s military readiness. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar trimmed the application amount from €16.4 billion to €5.4 billion after he took office in April, with the official…
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The Federal Government has defended its proposed $21.7 billion external borrowing plan, insisting that the funds are intended to finance productive assets and infrastructure rather than ordinary government consumption. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, made the clarification after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in…
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The European Commission has approved €319 million in Austrian state aid for semiconductor giant Infineon Technologies to help fund a €1.1 billion upgrade of its factory in Villach. The investment will enable the company to ramp up production and establish what it says will be the world’s first high-volume manufacturing facility for next-generation gallium nitride…
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Building a satellite usually takes years, specialist facilities and substantial funding. But at an airfield outside Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, young engineers from 15 countries faced a different challenge: building a miniature satellite model small enough to fit inside a drinks can, then sending it into the sky. Their creations, known as CanSats, carried sensors, electronics…
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Transport Minister Óscar Puente has said an “inexplicable” decision by a central control centre in Madrid is at the centre of the investigation into Wednesday’s high-speed train crash in Castilla-La Mancha, rather than the actions of the train drivers. At least 68 people have died and 58 are receiving treatment in hospital, according to regional…
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The price of Europe’s benchmark natural gas contract broke above €100 per megawatt-hour on Wednesday afternoon, a level last seen in December 2022 at the height of the energy crisis that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The milestone came only hours after the EU’s energy chief, Dan Jørgensen, said the bloc was facing a…
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New York will become the running capital of the world this Sunday. On November 1, nearly 60,000 people will line up at the start of the NYC Marathon, one of the world’s most iconic races. But what’s getting people running? Running is entering a new golden age. The NYC Marathon is the second largest marathon…
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The Nord Stream pipeline will not bring Russian gas into Europe after the war in Ukraine comes to an end, the European Commission has said, pushing back against a joint attempt by Washington and Moscow to revive the controversial project. The underwater pipeline, which links Germany to Russia across over 1,200 kilometres, is under EU…
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