Volkswagen CEO says electric car shift won’t hurt margins: paper
Volkswagen does not expect the shift in production toward electric cars aimed at averting billions of euros in European pollution fines to hurt its profit margins, Chief Executive Herbert Diess said in a newspaper report on Monday. “We do not expect a deterioration in margins. Our advantage is that all our brands have the same […]
OAU gets100% funding to commence in agricultural extension programme
Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000), has assured Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 100 percent funding to enable the institute commence to commence degree programme in agricultural extension services this year. Prof. Sani Miko, the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000), gave the assurance during a news conference/ dinner in Calabar, Cross River on Friday. He […]
International Day of Girl Child: UNFPA determined to support girls
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has restated its commitment toward ensuring that girls get information and support they need to make safe, healthy transition to adulthood. The UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen by UNFPA Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. The statement was issued in commemoration […]
International Day of Girl-Child: FCT minister, Tallen, NCWD, NGOs want girls empowered
FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Tijanni, on Friday in Abuja, stressed the need to educate the girl-child toward identifying her potential dangers, sexual predators and seek help during distress. She made the call at the 2019 International Day of the Girl Child with the theme“Girl Force: Unscripted and unstoppable, empowering girls for a brighter tomorrow”. […]
Ex-envoy tells impeachment inquiry Trump ousted her based on ‘false claims’
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that Trump ousted her based on “unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Marie Yovanovitch, the ambassador who was abruptly recalled from Kiev in May, spent more […]
Turkey intensifies Syria campaign as Islamic State strikes Kurds
Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes in northeast Syria on Friday in an offensive against Kurdish militia that has raised the prospect of a humanitarian disaster and questions about U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy in the region. The Kurds, who recaptured swathes of northeastern Syria from Islamic State with the backing of the United […]
