Italy aims to use its presidency of the Group of 20 major global economies to try to ensure further debt relief for poor countries, the Treasury said in a statement on Monday. Finance and Central Bank deputies are set to hold a virtual meeting on Jan. 25-26. Italy took over the annual rotating presidency of […]
Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore than usual. One sailor was killed in the raid, an Azerbaijani citizen, while those kidnapped are from Turkey, according to the respective governments and a […]
…. Agency working on empowerment programmes in coastal communities says Jamoh The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has declared its intention to work in partnership with the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the fight against piracy and other crimes in the country’s maritime domain. Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in […]
Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial IATA Travel Pass – a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with any government requirements for COVID-19 testing or vaccine information. IATA Travel Pass enables Emirates […]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the federal government is portraying itself as the “defender of herders” in the country. Falana stated this on Sunday while featuring on “The Platform”, a Television Continental (TVC) programme. The human rights lawyer, who lamented the state of insecurity in the country, called on the federal […]
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Sunday, has vowed that attempts by northerners to turn the South-West into a war zone will be resisted. He said this in a press statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Aderemi, on Sunday, titled, “Insecurity: ACF, Miyetti Allah are Jokers- Aare Gani Adams’. The […]
Foreign direct investment inflows to Nigeria fell by 21.21 per cent in 2020 to $2.6bn amid the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said on Sunday. UNCTAD, in its 38th Global Investment Trends Monitor, said Egypt remained the top recipient of FDI in Africa, despite a significant decline in […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk to publish details of the proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The non-governmental organisation also wants the minister to provide details about the mechanisms and logistics for the payments, […]
Some US leaders, including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, have written President Joe Biden, urging him to support the candidacy of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation. In an open letter addressed to the newly sworn-in president, the US leaders said Okonjo-Iweala’s ascension to the office of the DG […]
The Nigerian police have introduced a software, ‘rescue me app,’ to aid the timely arrival of officers at crime scenes anywhere in Nigeria. The commissioner of police in Jigawa State, Usman Gonna, told reporters that the police developed the application to tackle insecurity through technology. He said the application would improve the response time of […]