As part of the measures to address the insecurity challenges in the South-West geopolitical zone, Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams. Iba Adams, who paid a private visit to Makinde, said that discussions centred on...
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Europe’s medical regulator on Thursday said the AstraZeneca vaccine is “safe and effective” and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, after more than a dozen countries paused rollouts over health fears. The closely-watched announcement comes after the WHO and Britain’s health watchdog both said the vaccine was...
Thirty people, including 11 civilians, have died in two days of fighting between government forces and a militia in the Eastern DR Congo province of Ituri, the army said on Thursday. The area, located in the territory of Djugu, around 60 kilometres (35 miles) from Ituri’s capital Bunia, is...
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Government and people of Republic of Tanzania in mourning the passing of President John Pombe Magufuli, aged 61. In a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday, Buhari believed that Magufuli’s legacy...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says there was an increase in active internet subscribers from 151.5 million in the third quarter to 154.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. It said this on Thursday in Abuja in its just published “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per...
A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said. The suspect, described as a sex addict was charged Wednesday with murdering eight people in spas around the US city of Atlanta, in triple attacks that have deeply...
Brent crude was down 74 cents, or 1.1%, at $67.26 a barrel by 0745 GMT after dropping 0.6% on Wednesday. U.S. oil was also down 65 cents, or 1%, at $63.95 a barrel, having fallen 0.3% the previous session. Both contracts are down around 3% over the last five...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to declare Chief Ifeanyi Ararume as the winner of the December 5, 2020, bye-election for the Imo North Senatorial District of Imo state. Delivering judgment, Justice Taiwo Taiwo held that Chief Ararume remained the...
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has launched a project to support development of domestic debt markets and financial systems in four West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) countries: the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. The Bank had earlier approved a grant of UA1.5 million, or about $2 million...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to embark on immediate electoral reform that will guarantee free, fair, and transparent elections in 2023. The National Chairman of the opposition party, Uche Secondus, disclosed this at a meeting held...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mocked US President Joe Biden over his “killer” comment but said that Moscow would not sever ties with Washington over the spat. Speaking at an event marking seven years since Russia’s takeover of Crimea, Putin said Moscow would continue working with Washington but...
Samia Suluhu Hassan is a soft-spoken, Muslim woman thrust from the obscure role of vice president to become Tanzania’s first female leader after John Magufuli’s sudden death. Under the constitution, Hassan, the country’s 61-year-old vice president, will serve the remainder of Magufuli’s second five-year term, which does not expire...
Five commissioners in Niger State are to appear before the Committees on Finance and Appropriation of the State House of Assembly. This was the position taken by members of the House on Wednesday at the legislative chamber of the Assembly in Minna, the state capital. Those asked to appear...
The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo has said that the only way to effectively address the massive infrastructural deficit that the country faces is by Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement in one form or the other. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the opening of a 2-day...
Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have supported the continued rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine across the country. They insisted that the vaccine was safe for use, stressing that no side effects had been reported by those who have so far received the jabs in Nigeria. Concerns...
The Kogi Government on Thursday condemned the inhuman and degrading treatment meted out on Blessing Abbah, a widow by a gang of youths in Ogugu community, in Olamaboro Local Government Area. The Director-General of the Office of the Public Defender and Citizens’ Rights Commission (PDCRC), Mr Abdullahi Zakari, made...
Spain’s parliament would give final approval to a law legalising euthanasia Thursday, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering. The legislation, which will take effect in June, follows growing public pressure generated by several high-profile cases, including that of...
The Nigerian Navy has released the list of successful candidates for the Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) Course 28. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. It said candidates who attended the Selection Board interview in Lagos from...
Music producer, rapper, and fashion mogul Kanye West is now the richest African American in the United States. Bloomberg reports that West is officially worth $6.6 billion, making him the richest Black man in America’s history. Around the same time last year, West became a certified billionaire with the...