The Government of Sudan has vowed to support the efforts to achieve peace and stability in Somalia in cooperation with all Somali parties and the regional and international partners. Sudan welcomed the recent agreement reached between the African Union (AU) Commission and the federal government of Somalia to extend...
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged the world body’s support for victims of terrorism. “The United Nations will continue to support member states’ efforts to address the needs of victims of terrorism,” he told a high-level event to mark the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the...
Uganda authority has suspended the operations of 54 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for non-compliance with the law. Stephen Okello, the executive director of the National Bureau for NGOs, said these organizations had broken various rules ranging from operating without permits to failing to file annual returns. Okello said, “23 NGOs...
Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has released her highly anticipated Extended Play revord, EP ‘Water & Garri’. The five-track project features appearances from an international cast including Nas (United States), Brandy (United States), Amaarae (Ghana), Tay Iwar (Nigeria), and Rich King. The 5-track EP is a follow-up to the award-winning...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi- Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu has directed the State Ministry of Health to embark on cholera sensitisation campaign across the 21 Local Government Areas to curtail the spread of the disease. The Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Jaafar Muhammad, disclosed this at the flag-off of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The 36 state’s governors under the aegis of The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have denied alleged disbursement of N243.8 billion from the Paris Club refunds to states in the month of August. The NGF Secretariat disclosed this in a statement issued by its Head,...
The Plateau State government has returned undisclosed number of the surviving victims of the Jos attack to Ondo State on Friday. About 28 people were reportedly killed in the attack. The Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mr Sonni Tiyoden, disclosed this when he accompanied the survivors to the Ondo...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yobe – Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI have arrested one Yusuf Saleh, a suspected Boko Haram Urea Fertilizer supplier at Bayamari village in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State. The suspect was nabbed by the vigilant...
The University of Jos has suspended academic activities and closed its hostels. The suspension order was due to the intensified killing of students around the university area shortly after the relaxation of a 24-hour curfew in Jos. According to a press statement signed by the University Registrar, Monday Danjem,...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A group known as “Karu Elites for Engineer A.A Sule” has canvased on the need to re-elect the Governor of Nasarawa State Engr. Abdulahi Sule for a second term The group stated this today at Karu as part of their efforts to gather more...
The Western Naval Command on Friday confiscated four trucks used for illegal bunkering at Idimu area of Lagos State. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. Jason Gbassa, said this while addressing newsmen during a visit to the site of the illegal operation. Gbassa, who said...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has said that the collaboration between FinTech and the capital market will effectively create a digital economy as well as increase financial inclusion and cashless payments. The Chief Executive Officer, NGX, Temi Popoola, CFA, who was represented by the Divisional...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A group, Social Action International has called on President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to embrace transparency by ensuring that all aspects of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) forensic audit report is made available to the public with all sense of responsibility Recalled that...
President Muhammadu Buhari alonside eminent Nigerians and other dignitaries were at the solemnisation of holy matrimony of his son, Yusuf and Zahra, daughter of the Emir of Bichi held at Bichi, Kano State, on Friday. Yusuf who is the Talban Daura, married Zahra Nasiru Bayero, daughter of the 2nd...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo on Friday said the party will emerge victorious in the November 6 election. Addressing party supporters and faithful at the APGA 2021Governorship Campaign Council at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Akwa, Soludo said...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shiite in Sokoto, Shiekh Sidi Mainasara has insisted that the Nigeria police lied, as it killed 3 of their members and shot additional 15 others on Thursday during their annual Ashura procession within...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed Samaila Burga, as his Principal Private Secretary. Recall that the governor on Tuesday, sent to the Bauchi State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation, the names of 17 commissioner-nominees including former persons who served in his cabinet...
Clashes between fishermen and herders in Cameroon’s Far North region over the past week have killed 32 people and forced thousands to flee to neighbouring Chad, the UN said Thursday. “A total of 19 villages were burned,” in the violence in the Logone-Birni district near the border, according to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Kano for the wedding ceremony of his son, Yusuf Buhari. This is according to a brief statement by his media aide, Bashir Ahmad. Yusuf is getting married to Zahra Bayero, the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State...
The Police Command in Osun, on Friday, confirmed the killing of five persons by unknown gunmen in Ile-Ife. The Spokesperson of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, who gave the confirmation, said that the victims were on motorcycles on their way to their farm when they were ambushed and killed....