Adidas says it plans to continue releasing shoes designed in collaboration with Kanye West without the Yeezy brand, after terminating its partnership with the U.S. rapper in October. Bosses at the German sportswear brand reiterated it was the “sole owner” of certain design rights and upcoming colour ways, that intended to make use of them next year. The company announced it was ending production of its Yeezy branded products with “immediate effect” at the end of October. But on a Wednesday call to discuss quarterly earnings, Adidas’ chief financial officer Harm Ohlmeyer said plans to “leverage the existing inventory” were currently…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions from buildings and construction hit a new high in the world, leaving the sector off the track to decarbonise. Released at the latest round of climate talks at COP27 in Egypt, the 2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction found the sector accountable for over 34 per cent of energy demand and around 37 per cent of energy and process-related CO2 emissions in 2021. According to the new report, in spite of an increase in energy efficiency investment and lower energy intensity, the building and construction sector’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions have rebounded from…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Abeokuta South local government area of Ogun, located at Iyana Mortuary area of the state capital was gutted by fire in the early hours of Thursday. The facility was allegedly set on fire by suspected hoodlums who scaled the perimeter fencing into the commission’s premises. The hoodlums, numbering about eight, were said to have soaked loaves of bread with petrol and threw same into the building from different points to light up the facility. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said the security guard on duty, Azeez Hamzat, made a distress call to the police…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has introduced an Electronic Booking Device as a one stop shop to ease its activities. The corps said the device is not a Point of Sale (POS) machine as wrongly assumed by some members of the public. The FRSC does not use POS machines but a digitised e-ticketing device to enhance ease of doing business, the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He added that the device was being used for on-the-spot synchronisation of traffic offenders’ information into the national database. “The device is a…
The Niger Government has constituted a committee to investigate circumstances that led to the death of former Commissioner for information, Danladi Ndayebo, at the IBB Specialist Hospital. The Niger Secretary to the Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane made this known while addressing a news conference in Minna. Ndayebo, a former Commissioner of Information during Babangida Aliyu administration, died on November 7, following a motor accident along Minna-Suleja road. Matane said that the state government received information of some level of alleged non-professionalism in the management of the deceased by IBB Specialist Hospital Minna. He said that it was alleged that the deceased was…
The Kremlin in Moscow, has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin, would not attend next week’s G20 Summit in Bali. However, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would travel for the meeting of the 20 major industrialised nations on the Indonesian island. Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov disclosed this to the Russian state news agency TASS, on Thursday. Earlier, an Indonesian official had also hinted that the Russian president would not be attending the Bali meeting. Putin had long left open his participation in the meeting, scheduled to hold between November 15 and 16. dpa
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has warned of “highly unequal access” to vaccines against COVID-19 and other diseases in rich and poor countries, calling for global market changes. According to the WHO for example, the vaccine against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, has only been introduced in 41 per cent of low-income countries. WHO said in a report published on Wednesday, that this was compared to 83 per cent of high-income countries. “Affordability can also be an obstacle, as sometimes middle-income countries actually pay more than wealthier ones due to price differences. “The right to health…
Many airports across China have cancelled the majority of their flights due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. China’s state newspaper, Global Times, reported on Thursday. The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, which had a particularly bad outbreak of cases, cancelled over 1,000 flights. More than 700 flights were also cancelled at two major airports in the capital Beijing. The government is implementing strict measures to contain the spread of the virus such as flight cancellations, lockdowns, forced quarantines and mass testing. In spite of the country’s zero-Covid policy, which has put a heavy strain on its…
The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in conjunction with its Sub-Saharan Africa broadcast partner, SuperSport, has announced a continent-wide talent search to find Africa’s next WWE Superstar. The campaign was announced in an interractive media briefing in Lagos, to herald Lagos as the host city for a multi-day tryout in February 2023. James kimball, WWE Head of Tarlent Operations and Strategy led the delegations from the U.S. to meet with their Supersports team led by Marc Jury, the Chief Executive of Supersports. According to Kimball, the search for Africa’s Next WWE Superstar “is now open to Nigerians and citizens of other…
The African Development Bank (AfDB), says its interventions have contributed to creation of more than 440,000 jobs in Nigeria, with women and youths accounting for 60 per cent. Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the president of AfDB said this at the African Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) Immersion Fund Roundtable in Lagos. The roundtable with the theme, “Enhancing the Capabilities of MSMES in Africa: The Role of Direct Foreign Investments (DFIs)’’ was organised by Access Bank PLC. Adesina was represented by Mr Lamin Barrow, Director-General of the Nigeria Country Department of AfDB. Adesina said the bank had supported more than 20,500 MSMEs,…