By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said the ongoing Miss Africa Pageant will further unite Africa, discourage indecent dress culture, promote tourism, while empowering the Africa women. To this end, over 61 delegates from different African countries, have arrived Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the court for “an order of perpetual injunction to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami from unlawfully shutting down telecommunication networks in any part of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has mourned the demise of retired Lt.-Gen. Mohammed Wushishi. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi served as Chief of Army Staff from October 1981 to October 1983 during the Second Republic. He died on Saturday at a London hospital at the age...
By SAM ADZEGEH- As expected, thousands of mourners and sympathizers stormed the Mbaade, Mbagen countryside to pay last respects to late Chief Denen Tofi Anyia on Saturday, December 4. Popularly known as ‘Do well God will help you Tofi’, the late business mogul, educationist, philanthropist and community leader, died...
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is here to stay as its contributions to national development are indisputable. Dare spoke in Abuja on Saturday night at the premiere of an advocacy movie produced by the NYSC entitled “A...
Gambians were waiting Sunday to find out the winner of the first presidential election in the West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. Results from only around 15 of the country’s 53 electoral districts have so far been published online by the state broadcaster since...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, says defection of Lagos4Lagos Movement, a splinter group within the party, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cannot change the main opposition’s misfortune in the state. The APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in an...
Y EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has said only about three per cent of Nigeria’s population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 largely due to poor access to the vaccine by developing countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in Madrid, Spain at...
Nollywood veteran actor Emeka Ike, has said he was set to launch his Nollywood TV on the pay-per-view digital Satellite decoder, TStv. Ike, a multiple award winner, who has starred in over 300 movies made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos....
The Agbara-Seme border section of Lagos-Badagry expressway project will receive N15 billion of NNPC tax credit fund, Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has said. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday that the intervention funding would fast track the ongoing reconstruction...
At least 13 people died and 98 others were injured after Mount Semeru in Indonesia’s East Java erupted, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday. “Two bodies have been identified, while others are still in the process,” according to the BNPB’s spokesman Abdul Muhari. All those injured,...
CNN fired veteran anchor and correspondent Chris Cuomo, the cable news channel said Saturday, amid an investigation into his involvement with helping defend brother Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor, against sexual misconduct allegations. Chris Cuomo had been suspended from CNN over the matter just days before his...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have neutralized scores of Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists who infiltrated Kala Balge Town mounted on gun trucks and motorcycles on Friday, 3 December 2021. The insurgents attacked troops deployed at...
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the death of one Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki Area of the state. A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said that although no formal report had been made to it, the Commissioner of Police,...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Conservator-General, National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim Goni, has said that 60 per cent of the country’s valuable forest estate has been lost to degradation and most of those left, are currently under threat. Goni disclosed this in a statement by Emmanuel Ntuyang, the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has presented its 2022 Draft Budget of 393,612,400 Units of Account (UA) before the ECOWAS Parliament, in Abuja. The budget is targeted at tackling, COVID-19 pandemic, security and infrastructure challenges, , promoting democracy and good governance in the sub-region. The...
Sudan’s military will exit politics after elections scheduled for 2023, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters in an interview on Saturday, adding that the deposed former ruling party would have no role in the transition. Following a military takeover led by Burhan in late October that upended Sudan’s transition...
Gambian President Adama Barrow had a narrow early lead after Saturday’s presidential election, according to provisional results from the first few constituencies to be verified by the electoral commission. In a test of stability and democratic progress, the small West African country is holding its first election since former...
Panelists at the ongoing 2021 African Economic Conference (AEC) say tackling illicit fund outflows, improving management of indigenous resources and investment in human capital can help rebuild Africa following the COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists who are economic policy makers said that urgent reforms were needed to help rebuild the...
Barcelona suffered their first defeat under Xavi Hernandez on Saturday as a 1-0 loss at home to Real Betis inflicted another blow on their hopes of catching La Liga’s top four. A surprise defeat at Camp Nou damages Barca’s bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League, four days...