Singapore
28 Nov
A World Bank consultant and former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research (NISER), Prof. Olu Ajakaiye; President of Nigeria Association of Macroeconomic Modelers (NAMM), Prof. Adeola Adenikinju; a former consultant to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
3 Nov 2023
Public healthcare institutions in Singapore were under cyberattack on Friday but there was no evidence that data had been accessed, a government-owned agency said. The so-called distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which make websites or network resources unavailable by flooding them with malicious traffic, began on Wednesday, national health IT agency Synapxe said in…
1 Sep 2023
Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, earning a landslide victory in the city-state's first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade.
22 Aug 2023
Three candidates were nominated Tuesday to run next week in Singapore's first contested presidential vote in more than a decade, officials said. While the role is largely ceremonial, there are stringent requirements for the position, which formally oversees the city's financial reserves and holds the power to veto certain measures and approve anti-graft probes. Incumbent…
16 Aug 2023
Singapore authorities have seized assets worth nearly US$750 million in sweeping raids against a suspected international money laundering ring, police said Wednesday.
28 Jul 2023
Singapore on Friday hanged a 45-year-old citizen for drug trafficking, the city-state's first execution of a woman in nearly 20 years, officials said.
14 Jul 2023
Singapore's powerful anti-graft body issued an arrest notice for one of the city-state's richest people, his company said Friday, widening a probe into rare high-level corruption.
15 Jun 2023
Singapore will "progressively deploy" more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials.
6 Jun 2023
Singapore's horse racing community spoke of its anger and heartbreak Tuesday with the city-state's only racecourse set to close, signalling the end of the sport there after more than 180 years.
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general elections, Peter Obi, has charged African leaders on deployment of globalisation in solving the problems of the continent. Obi made the call on Monday while speaking at Cambridge University, United Kingdom (UK) on "Roles of African leaders in Promoting Global and Social Responsibility",…
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima who was scheduled to represent President Bola Tinubu at a Summit in Dallas, Texas has aborted the trip following a technical fault with his aircraft. Shettima was to represent the President at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit organised by the Corporate Council on Africa. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to…
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned two separate money laundering suits filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against British national, James Nolan, and two other companies for judgment.