By Ibrahim Kado Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri has relaxed the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed on the state by 12 hours. This contain in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Fintiri, Humwashi Wonosikou, in Yola on Monday. The state government said the curfew was relaxed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. after meetings with security […]
By Christian Njoku The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) has said that the anti-graft agency does not witch-hunt any Nigerian. This was disclosed by Bolaji Owasanoye SAN, Chairman of ICPC, during a Whistleblowing and Whistleblower Protection town-hall meeting, organised by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, (AFRICMIL) in Calabar. […]
Pakistani investigators on Monday pointed the finger at the extremist Islamic State group as the death toll from a suicide bombing at a political rally climbed to 46, officials said. A suicide bomber blew himself up among the crowd at the rally of an Islamic political party on Sunday in Bajaur, a mountainous area […]
Russia has signed agreements for military cooperation with over 40 African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday in St Petersburg. “For the purposes of bolstering the defence capability of the continent’s countries, we are developing partnership in the military and military-technical spheres,” Putin said during the second and final day of the second Russia-Africa […]
By Okeoghene Akubuike The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says global growth is projected to fall from 3.5 per cent in 2022 to 3.0 per cent in both 2023 and 2024. This is according to the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update Report for July 2023: “Near-Term Resilience, Persistent Challenges” released on Tuesday. The […]
Warning By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 29, 2023 (NAN) The world is entering a “humanitarian doom loop” as Russia has not offered any free grain to the United Nations (UN) food relief agency so far, an official says. The Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said this at a […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba Ms Nicole Kouassi, UN Acting Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator has said that humanitarian operations, development support, and peace programmes have continued even in the wake of the military coup in Niger. Kouassi said this while briefing journalists on Friday in New York on the humanitarian situation in the country. She was […]
By Naomi Sharang The Senate says it will on Monday begin the screening of the 28 ministerial nominees proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Spokesperson of the Senate, Sen. Adeyemi Adaramodu (APC-Ekiti), disclosed this while addressing newsmen after the list of the nominees was read in the upper chamber on Thursday. Adaramodu said that although the […]
By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, July 28, 2023 (NAN) The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned Wednesday’s alleged killings at Ogbete Main Market, Enugu by a security agent. “NUJ urges the relevant authorities to seek more diplomatic ways of solving the problem, to avoid its recurrence.” the NUJ stated its position on Friday in […]