New York [US], March 30 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has claimed that at multiple meetings, wherever he goes to attend them, including the G20 meeting in India, the world leaders express support for him and implore that you can’t let the former US Pre…
Pakistan: More misery for masses as petrol price likely to rise by PKR 10 per litre
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 30 (ANI): People in Pakistan could face a fresh burden of inflated petrol rates in the upcoming fortnightly review of petroleum prices, Geo News reported on Saturday. According to industry officials, the price of petrol is p…
Big win for CBN as Nigeria records $1.5bn inflow in less than a week
The forex inflow comes after the CBN increased interest rate at the MPC meeting earlier in the week. There are indications that the monetary policy strategies deployed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have started yielding positive outcomes as the …
PDP sets dates for NEC, BoT meetings
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the schedule for the 98th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting. The meetings are slated to take place on Thursday, Ap…
Traditional Assamese Gamosa sees surge in demand ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Rongoli Bihu
By Hemanta Kumar Nath Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 30 (ANI): With the Lok Sabha elections and the Rongali Bihu just around the corner, there has been a surge in demand for the traditional Assamese Gamosa, one of the state’s most recognisable cultura…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Draws Comparison Between Looi And Butter Robot From Rick And Morty
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday responded to quirky robot Looi with a reference to the popular animated sitcom Rick and Morty. About Looi: Looi is a desktop robot from Tangible Future that magnetically connects with a smartphone and uses the phone screen…
Soft landing for Italy’s economy: Why is inflation lower in Italy than the rest of Europe?
There’s perhaps no better example of a ‘soft landing’ than the current state of the Italian economy. While Italy’s economic activity has significantly decelerated from the elevated post-pandemic growth rates observed in 2021 and 2022, it has done so ju…
Banditry: Bitrus, Shettima, Yusuf back Kukah, demand tough stance
Following the recent exponential rise in the rate of banditry and kidnapping in the country, Nigerians have been speaking against the development. One of the vocal voices against the ugly trend is the Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kuka…
The week that was: Cocoa price squeeze as UK equities’ struggles continue
By Ali Lyon Will chocolate prices leave us bitter over Easter?In the spirit of this being the Easter weekend, and in an attempt to a rail against one NHS boss’s pointless and pious advice against people eating ‘a whole Easter egg in one go’, we start t…
Interview: Steve Vai + Joe Satriani Share Stories From Longtime Friendship
Following the release of their new song, “The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1,” guitar legends Steve Vai and Joe Satriani joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights to celebrate their first official recording together. “The thing is, I would say where Steve and I…