Protesters burned tyres and pillaged a government building in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday after police fired tear gas to disperse a march against the state’s failure to stop a wave of violence by Islamist militants. Activist groups called for renewed protests in response to a recent surge of...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that about 21 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, container, petrol, bulk sugar, base oil, frozen fish, bulk gypsum and bulk urea. NPA disclosed this in its publication, ‘Shipping Position’, which was...
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday he dismissed the chief of police, Lieutenant-General Khaled Mahdi Ibrahim Al-Emam, and his deputy. Lt.-Gen. Anan Hamed Mohammed Omar was appointed as the new police chief and Maj.-Gen. Muddathir Abd al-Rahman Nasr al-Din as his deputy, Hamdok added in a post...
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO) has promised that the wellhead in the Santa Barbara South field in Nembe, Rivers State which blew up on November 5, would be secured in 48 hours. The firm in a statement on Friday said its officials were closely monitoring all activities...
Arsenal got back on track with a 2-0 win over Newcastle on Saturday as Eddie Howe suffered his first defeat as manager of the Premier League strugglers. Mikel Arteta’s side saw their 10-match unbeaten run in all competitions come to a painful end in last weekend’s 4-0 thrashing at...
South Africa has complained it is being punished – instead of applauded – for discovering Omicron, a concerning new variant of Covid-19. The foreign ministry made the statement as countries around the world restrict travel from southern African countries as details of the spread emerged. Early evidence suggests Omicron...
Two people in the UK have been found to be infected with the new Covid variant, Omicron, the health secretary has said. Sajid Javid said the UK Health Security Agency had detected cases in Chelmsford, Essex, and in Nottingham. He said the cases were linked and the two people...
Dutch health authorities said Saturday that 61 passengers from two flights from South Africa tested positive for COVID-19 and the results were being examined for the new Omicron variant. The people who tested positive were now being quarantined in a hotel near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, where the 600 people...
South Africa’s health ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new Covid variant as “draconian,” unscientific and contrary to WHO advice. The new strain, named Omicron, has been blamed for a surge in cases in South Africa, but has...
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has postponed a major conference that was to be held next week in Geneva after governments around the world imposed travel restrictions due to a new and particularly transmissible variant of COVID-19. The EU Trade Ministers’ Consultations on the Ministerial Conference of the WTO...
Aishatu Musa Dalil, 18, emerged the overall winner of the BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Competition tagged: “Hikayata”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dalil won the context with the story ” Hakkina” (My Right) and was announced the overall winner on Friday night in Abuja. She...
No fewer than 42 inmates serving various jail terms in Jos Correctional Centre are writing the ongoing November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations of the National Examination Council (NECO). ASC Longdiem Godfrey, the Public Relations Officer of the Plateau Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), announced this to News...
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has warned the Federal Government Against removing subsidies on petroleum products. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, had on Wednesday announced that the government would remove fuel subsidy in June 2022 and replace it with a monthly N5,000...
The Jigawa State Police Command have arrested 17 suspects in raids of black spots in Dutse, Gumel and Ringim Local Government Areas of the state. Police spokesperson in the state, ASP Lawan Shiisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the operations were conducted from Nov....
Ghana’s parliament on Friday rejected the government’s 2022 budget proposal due to concerns over an electronic banking levy. It was the first time the national budget has been rejected since 1981 in the West African country. Ghana’s parliament is split between the two main parties following an election a...
The Federal Government has asked civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below to resume duties on Wednesday, December 1. In a circular titled ‘Resumption of duties by Officers on GL 12 and below’ with reference number HCSF/3065/VOL.I/107, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has declared the 44th Nigerian Orthopedic Conference in Calabar the State capital. Declaring the event open during the weekend at Monty Suite Hotel with the Theme; ‘Burden Of Geriatric Ayade charged the Association to come together and think...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In his third day of the commissioning tour of southern Borno, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Hawul LGA on Thursday, during which he commissioned five projects. At the commissioning of one of the five projects which is a secondary school owned by community...
In a very strategic move, Special Forces deployed to tackle the incessant kidnapping of travellers along Kaduna-Abuja highways have eliminated scores of bandits suspected to be behind recent abductions. Video footage obtained by PRNigeria show the corpses of more than a dozen kidnappers that were killed this week.Some of...
The Federal Government has lifted the ban it placed on Emirates Airline from flying into Nigeria without conditions. The Minister of Aviation , Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement by Mr James Odaudu, Director Public Affairs in the Ministry of Aviation. The News...