New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a UN Human Rights Council probe reported on Monday. The report highlighted continuing extreme rights abuses in the country that have affected children and adults alike. Speaking in Geneva, Mr Mohamed Auajjar, chairman of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on...
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Monday announced the listing of two FGN savings bonds for subscription for the month of July. It stated that the first is a two-year savings bond due on June 15, 2024, at an interest rate of 8.2 per cent per annum. The second...
Some football enthusiasts in Enugu, on Monday expressed dismay over the Super Falcons of Nigeria’s 2-1 loss to Banyana Banyana of South Africa at the ongoing African Women Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the match...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The APC Governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Sen. Uba Sani, has revealed why he picked Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s deputy, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, as his running mate for the 2023 gubernatorial elections. Sani in a statement on Monday, said Balarabe had contributed immensely to the...
South Africa’s Banyana Banyana on Monday stunned champions Super Falcons of Nigeria 2-1 in the Group C opening match at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the result was similar to that of 2018 WAFCON where Banyana...
As preparations are in top gear for the 80th birthday celebration of legendary Nigerian actor, Olu Jacobs, some Nollywood actors have started to pour encomiums on him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the veteran actor will turn 80 on July 11. The actors, on Monday, took...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 50 hoodlums have attacked some members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly during a meeting on Monday. The hoodlums who were armed with dangerous weapons, stormed the venue of the meeting along Sir Kashim Ibrahim road, few meters away from...
Prof. Linus Asuquo, the Director-General, National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC), says scraping or abandoning Ajaokuta Steel Company will be a great waste. Asuquo made the observation while addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja. He said that reviving the steel company would be the best option for the country rather...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons began their title defence on a faltering note on Monday at the 12th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Rabat, Morocco by losing again (1-2) to South Africa’s Banyana Banyana. Details later………..
Popular Nigerian music star, Davido, has surprised a female fan at a Lago event, as he gifted her his shoes and N2 million naira. The singer, who sighted the lucky fan bare footed during his performance at the Infinix VIP event on Sunday night, invited her to the stage...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said significant progress is being made on the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor and on issues around the movement of goods and services. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said thThe vice president disclosed this while interacting with newsmen after the...
………As West Africa leaders commends Nigeria’s contributions By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As President Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau assumes chairmanship of the West African regional body, ECOWAS, alongside a newly composed Commission, there are high expectations regarding the output of the body and the leaders must work harder to...
Tinubu Support Organisation, has endorsed the Kaduna State Governor, Malma Nasir El-Rufai, as the best choice of running mate for the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Organisation, Aminu Suleiman, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on Monday. Alhaji Suleiman...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved the immediate composition and the proposed governance framework for the sustainable management and payment of post privatisation liabilities of the power sector transferred to Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company Ltd (NELMCO) which hitherto was without a...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State on Monday unveiled its 2nd female deputy governorship candidate, Mrs. Emana Ambrose Awana ahead of the 2023 election in the state. Mrs. Awana’s nomination as the deputy governorship candidate comes nearly 30 years after Mrs....
Angry natives on Monday set two suspected ritualists ablaze for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl to death in Ede-Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. An eyewitness from the community, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident had thrown the community into...
The latest outbreak of the Ebola disease in Congo has officially been declared over, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday. The organisation said that the outbreak affected the north-western Équateur province, with the first case recorded there on April 23. It said that in total, there...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Benin – The police authority in Edo State has confirmed the abduction of two Catholic Reverend fathers from Central Senatorial District on Benin-Auchi Expressway between Ehor and Iruekpen areas. The police spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who disclosed this in a statement, identified the Catholic priests are...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed former Beninese President, Thomas Yayi Boni as its new mediator for the transition in Guinea. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, President of the ECOWAS Commission, made the announcement at a news conference on Sunday. The news conference was to conclude the...
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard on Monday highlighted the similarities between Nigeria and her country as it marked its 246th Independence Day celebration. She stated the similarities in her message on the country’s Independence Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the U.S. celebrates its...