Nine people died in a gold mine collapse in northern Ghana this week, police said Thursday as rescue operations continue. Accidents in small-scale gold mining, known locally as “galamsey”, are common in the West African nation and President Nana Akufo-Addo vowed a crackdown to curb its environmental damage. The latest incident in the remote mining […]
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has called for global support to develop the resources in the Niger Basin area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Niger Basin area hosts over 160 million people who depend on the River as a means of sustenance and survival. The Nigerian leader made the call […]
By Polycarp Auta The Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said the use of bicycle as means of transportation will reduce road traffic crashes and traffic congestion in the state. Mr Alphonsus Godwin, the Sector Commander of the corps in the state, said this at a cycling rally organised to mark […]
Google has removed its head of diversity over a 2007 blog post that said Jewish people had “an insatiable appetite for war and killing”. In a post about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that resurfaced this week, Kamau Bobb also claimed Jewish people had an “insensitivity” to suffering. The post has now been deleted. On Thursday, a […]
By Bukola Adetoye The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has released 14,468 passports for applicants in Lagos State to collect. The Lagos Passport Controller, Lagos Passport Command, Mr Sunday Fagbamigbe, confirmed the figure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Lagos. Fagbamigbe said the figure covered applicants in the three passport […]
Over two hundred thousand bags of onions worth over N2.5 billion have been destroyed by fire at the Ramin Kura local onion storage facility in Sokoto State. President Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria, Aliyu Umar revealed this to newsmen when he visited Ramin Kura for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage done to […]
The US has announced and immediately suspended tariffs on about $2bn (£1.4bn) of imports in retaliation for taxes on its tech firms. The 25% tariffs apply to certain goods from the UK, as well as Austria, India, Italy, Spain, and Turkey. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the delay would allow more time for discussions […]
By Aminu Garko The Niger Police Command has said that late Prof. Godswill Obioma, the NECO Registrar, was not murdered by unknown gunmen in Minna. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Tuesday. Abiodun said that the story going on that the late Obioma […]
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday engaged Stakeholders in the Cotton, Garment and Textile (CTG) industry on how to revamp the industry towards economic diversification and sustainable growth. The stakeholders, representing different associations within the industry, commended the apex bank for its support and commitment towards growing the sector. The […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedos Ghebreyesus, says smokers have up to a 50 per cent higher risk of developing severe diseases and death from COVID-19. Ghebreyesus said this in a message to commemorate World No Tobacco Day, globally marked on May 31 annually, to highlight the health risks associated with […]