Author: Amina Mohammed

As official figures showed, youth unemployment in China ticked up to 17.1 per cent in July, the highest level this year as the world’s second-largest economy faces mounting headwinds. China is battling soaring joblessness among young people, a heavily indebted property sector and intensifying trade issues with the West. Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is responsible for economic policy, on Friday called for struggling companies to be “heard” and “their difficulties truly addressed”, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The unemployment rate among 16- to 24-year-olds released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) was up markedly from…

The Premier League’s highly anticipated season began with Manchester United narrowly defeating Fulham 1-0 on Friday. Today’s Premier League fixtures are set to continue with Liverpool kicking off against Ipswich at 12:30 pm. The Reds will be aiming to secure three points against the newly-promoted Ipswich side. At 3:00 pm, several exciting matches are scheduled. Arsenal will host Wolves at the Emirates Stadium as they seek to keep up their momentum in the title race. Everton will take on Brighton at Goodison Park, Newcastle will face Southampton at St. James’ Park, and Nottingham Forest will go head-to-head with Bournemouth at…

A white woman with a history of harassing children and using racial slurs was convicted of manslaughter on Friday in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor last year in Ocala, Florida. Susan Louise Lorincz, 60, killed Ajike “AJ” Owens with a single shot from a .380-caliber handgun as Owens knocked on her apartment door on June 2, 2023. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said at the time Lorincz and Owens were in a long-standing “feud” over Owens’ children playing. The all-white, six-person jury found Lorincz guilty of manslaughter despite the 60-year-old asserting that her actions were in self-defense. Lorincz,…

Manchester City will be without Rodri for the start of their Premier League title defence after Pep Guardiola revealed that the Spain midfielder has been ruled out of Sunday’s opener against Chelsea. The influential 28-year-old has only just returned to training after being forced off at half-time during Spain’s 2-1 win against England in last month’s Euro 2024 final. While England trio Phil Foden, John Stones, and Kyle Walker hope to feature at Stamford Bridge after their post-Euros break, Rodri has not been cleared to return to action. Asked on Friday if Rodri could be involved against Chelsea, Guardiola told…

Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the 20 Local Government Areas in the state and their 37 Local Council Development Area appendages “are working effectively well.” Sanwo-Olu who spoke on Tuesday, when he commissioned a twin housing project in the council Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, also said he has no better job than to continue to “encourage and support” council chairmen for more good jobs. The two projects commissioned were the 170-unit Raymond Estate and Sterling Heights delivered by the council chairman, Dele Oshinowo, to regenerate and urbanise Ajelogo — a notorious slum situated in the heart of the…

Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife have been kidnapped. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Kpajie ABK Offiah, an Onitsha youth and a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who was travelling with them, was shot dead by the kidnappers. According to reports, they were on their way to Abuja for the wedding of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s daughter taking place on Saturday, August 17th, when they were kidnapped at the Kogi axis of the route. Confirming the incident, the Press Secretary to Governor Soludo, Christian Aburime, said…

…urges Police IG, AIG, others to caution erring officers The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 5, and the State’s Commissioner of Police to look into the case of some suspected rogue policemen from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Abuja who are believed to have been paid huge sums by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to harass, attack and kidnap PDP chieftains across the three (3) senatorial districts of the State. In a statement by the Deputy Director General…

Four more bodies have been recovered from the site of a massive garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital Kampala, bringing the death toll to 34, police said Friday. The collapse at the landfill in the northern district of Kiteezi at the weekend buried people, homes, and livestock in mountains of fetid waste. An MP for the area has warned that the number of those missing could still rise. “With the recovery of four bodies on Thursday, the death toll has reached 34,” Kampala Metropolitan police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP. The recovery of victims was continuing, he said, despite part…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says three drug kingpins and 16 other offenders have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 302 years in prison. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Friday, said they were sentenced for trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs. They were convicted for trafficking cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, and opioids among others. To Babafemi, the 19 convicts lead the list of 414 drug traffickers and dealers convicted by the Federal High Court across Benue, Bauchi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Gombe, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, between July 1st and 31st, 2024,…

Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, the Super Falcons, have retained their 36th position in the latest global ranking by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. The Falcons also maintained their position as the top-ranked women’s football team in Africa, according to the ranking released on Friday, 16th August 2024. This ranking follows their disappointing performance at the recently concluded Women’s Summer Olympics football event in Paris, France. The Falcons failed to progress to the quarterfinals after suffering three consecutive defeats, losing 1-0 to Brazil and Spain, and a heavy 3-1 defeat to Japan, finishing at the bottom of Group C.…