Gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest along Okigwe-Umunneochi Road, between Imo and Abia states, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened on Friday. The abducted priest, Chinedu Nwadike, is the deputy registrar of the Spiritan University, Abia State. He was abducted alongside a Catholic seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor, while they were on their way to Enugu State. The Director of Communication of the Enugu Catholic Diocese, Benjamin Achi, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES, Monday morning.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, surged from 18.60 per cent in the previous month. Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 19.64 per cent in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, surged from 18.60 per cent in the previous month. It is the highest since September 2005. The NBS said that on a month-on-month basis, the
As Kenya is moving closer on Monday to knowing the outcome of its closely-fought presidential election after days of anxious waiting, a former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has highlighted what he described as “urgent lessons” that the Independent National Electoral Commission must learn from the Kenya polls. The PUNCH reports, Monday morning, that Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto was leading with slightly more than 51 per cent of the votes against his close rival Raila Odinga –
Firefighters were battling strong winds Monday as a huge forest fire burnt out of control in southeastern Spain while another blaze in the north was stabilised, officials said Saturday. Both fires broke out late Saturday, with more than 350 firefighters engaged against the wildfire in the northern Aragon region that has so far devastated an area of 6,000 hectares forcing at least 1,500 people from their homes. But as they managed to steady the Aragon blaze after successfully preventing it from entering
A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges on Monday, adding six years to her earlier 11-year prison sentence, a legal official said. The trial was held behind closed doors, with no access for media or the public, and her lawyers were forbidden by a gag order from revealing information about the proceedings. In the four corruption cases decided on Monday, Aung San Suu Kyi was alleged to have abused her position to rent
Survey reveals common practice in Japanese nurseries where parents are handed child’s soiled nappies to take home. “Why should I take them home?” added the woman, whose two-year-old daughter attends a day care centre in Kyoto, where the city government has had the policy in place since 2011, according to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. Baby Job – an Osaka-based child support company that supplies nappies to public childcare providers – surveyed all 1,461 municipalities that run day care
Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed repeatedly at a public appearance in New York state, and his supporters are to blame for the attack, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has said. Freedom of speech did not justify Rushdie’s insults upon religion in his writing, Nasser Kanaani said in a press briefing on Monday. Iran has no other information about Rushdie’s alleged assailant except what has appeared in media, he added. Vice News reported on Sunday that, before his arrest, the suspect Hadi
Australian PM Anthony Albanese says he will investigate reports that his predecessor, Scott Morrison, secretly assumed three roles in the ministry. Mr Morrison became joint minister for the health, finance and resources portfolios in the two years before he lost power in May, local media report. Mr Albanese said he would seek legal advice about the decisions, calling them “unacceptable” and “just weird”. The former prime minister has declined to comment. On Monday, Governor-General
An Indian rocket that went awry on its maiden flight has cast a cloud over the country’s plans to place smaller satellites into orbit and gain a foothold in the multi-billion-euro global launch market. The 34-metre Small Satellite Launch Vehicle or SSLV was the latest and the cheapest entrant in India’s stable of three operational rockets and designed to carry satellites weighing between just five kilograms and 500 kilograms. Somanath, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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