Former justice minister Katsuyuki Kawai pleaded guilty at a Japanese court on Tuesday to a bribery scandal and said he would step down as a lower house lawmaker, local media reported. At the Tokyo District Court, Kawai, a right-hand man to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, admitted that he...
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The Senate President Ahmad Lawan and other stakeholders in the education and labour sector has condemned the discrimination against graduates of polytechnics in the country, describing it as undesirable. Senator Lawan and the stakeholders spoke during the opening session of a two-day public hearing on a “Bill for an...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent felicitations to renowned economist and philanthropist, Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu, on his 58th birthday. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday, Buhari joined family and friends to rejoice with the entrepreneur, whose interests had continued to create opportunities for...
China’s foreign ministry summoned the head of the European Union’s delegation to Beijing in protest after the bloc imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over the treatment of the mostly Muslim Uighur people. Nicolas Chapuis was summoned for talks on Monday, the ministry said in a Tuesday statement, during which...
Rangers International Football Club of Enugu beat visiting Nasarawa United FC of Lafia 2-0 in the ongoing Nigeria Professional football League (NPFL) on Monday. Godspower Aniefiok put Rangers in front in the second minute of the Match Day 17 fixture with a powerful header to Osas Okoro’s cross. Chinonso...
The Federal Government has flagged off the construction of six water facilities in Ogoniland, Rivers State. Flagging off the projects in Bori, Khana LGA of Rivers State, Minister of Environment, Mohammad Abubakar, said eight additional water projects would be inaugurated in the area. Abubakar said the first phases of...
The Kenya National team, Harambee Stars, went into residential camp on Sunday, March 21, 2021, ahead of the final round of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers against Egypt and Togo. Local-based players, who had been on duty for their respective clubs in the FKF Premier League, reported...
Four people were killed when a man detonated a homemade bomb in a village government office in southern China, authorities said, in a rare act of violent social protest. A 59-year-old man suspected of being responsible for the explosive device was also killed in the explosion, local police said...
The Pan-Northern Nigerian socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum and the Christian Association of Nigeria has challenged security agencies to immediately fish out and arrest members of the Fulani Nationality Movement. The groups told newsmen that security agencies should swing into action by the investigating threat by the hit squad....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Nanpan Yaniyang at the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. Yaniyang was brought before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe on Monday on four counts bordering on stealing and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N17,449,000 and $6,300. He...
The Federal Government has highlighted some of the measures it is taking to ensure Nigeria does not slip into a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. As some countries in Europe experience a fresh wave of infections, Dr Osagie Ehanire says the country will continue to sustain its testing...
Attacks by suspected jihadists in villages in Niger’s Tahoua region on Sunday left 137 people dead, the government said, in a massacre that has underscored the huge security challenges facing new President Mohamed Bazoum. “In treating civilian populations systematically as targets now, these armed bandits have gone a step...
The Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) says 40 per cent constituency funds should be channelled in to the provision of safe water, giving priority to rural communities. The National Amirah, FOMWAN, Dr Halima Jibril made the call, while briefing newsmen in commemoration of the World Water...
Officials from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have visited a camp in northern Mozambique, where internally displaced persons have been recounting horrific stories of beheadings and rape. The officials met some of the residents of the camp which houses the estimated 670,000 internally displaced persons (IDP’s)...
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on Arms and Ammunition has summoned the Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim to appear and clarify issues on purchase of arms by Nigerian Army on Wednesday. The committee also summoned Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emiefele to appear and...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has said his colleagues are worried about the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Recalled that Governor Ortom was attacked by suspected herdsmen at the weekend. Speaking after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Monday, Ganduje said...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria PASAN has embarks on an indefinite strike to press home their demand on the implementation of the financial Autonomy Act 2018 and presidential order 10, 2020 Addressing press in Abuja, PASAN National President, Comrade Usman Mohammed said the Union had exhausted all attempts...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced an additional $168.5 million in development assistance to continue support for the goals outlined in a 2015 bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Nigerian governments. This funding increases the total U.S. assistance to the Nigerian people to $2.16 billion under...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq says women’s participation in governance is critical for sustainable development. The Minister made this known in Abuja at the 65th UN Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. “Achieving this will entail concerted...