Canada’s inflation rate was two per cent year-on-year in October, the country’s statistics agency said Tuesday, a figure in line with the central bank’s targets and likely to set up another interest rate cut. Data from Statistics Canada showed inflation had nudged higher compared to September when annual inflation was 1.6 per cent. The October data, which was consistent with analyst ...

Brazilian club Botafogo’s president, Durcesio Mello, has insisted that Neymar was far better than Cristiano Ronaldo. Comparing Neymar Jr. to Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, the club chief also claimed the Brazil superstar had ruined his career. No doubt, Neymar has often been regarded as one of the best players of his generation. However, the Brazilian’s career has been marred by injuries. Neymar ...

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has confirmed an attack by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on troops deployed at stabilisation operation pro-force and defence site in Gubio LGA of Borno State. A statement by the Director of Defence, Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said five soldiers were killed in the coordinated attack. Buba added that ten were wounded, and four were missing, while ...

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four soldiers guarding the G20 summit over an alleged plot to assassinate then President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a 2022 “coup,” a federal police source told AFP. The four “were arrested in Rio, where they were participating in the security operation for the G20 leaders’ meeting,” said the source, who added that a police officer was also ...

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has ordered the immediate arrest of individuals involved in a reprisal attack on a Fulani community following the Mera attack by the Lakurawa terrorist group. During a condolence visit to Mera in Augie Local Government Area, the governor condemned the retaliatory attack, which led to the killing of six Fulani individuals. The reprisal was reportedly targeted at ...

In delivery of more projects to his constituency, Hon Munachim Alozie, member representing Obingwa-Osisioma-Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency, has begun the construction of a new block of classrooms.The project, which is being executed at Akanu Ngwa Community School, is one of the numerous constituency projects attracted for the constituency by the federal lawmaker. The ongoing construction of the ...