Libyan authorities have raided a clandestine jail in the southeastern city of Kufra, freeing at least 156 African migrants. The raid occurred as the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) revealed on Monday that more than 1,300 Europe-bound migrants had been returned over the past week to the war-torn...
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Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday called on Nigerians to live in peace with one another irrespective of their belief, tribe, religion and regions. He stated this in Sokoto while assenting to the state’s Hisba law passed by the State House of Assembly last Thursday. The concept...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says fake news on social media, if not tackled, can cause great damage to the world. The Information Minister, who disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s News Night, said: “The mix of fake news using social media platforms has...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday, fixed March 15 to hear a suit challenging the ongoing process of linking the National Identification Number (NIN) with Mobile lines. The court presided by Justice Mohammed Liman, also ordered service of hearing notices on respondents to the suit The...
The Senate Committee on Public petition, Ethics and Privileges has issued a warrant of arrest on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ayo Akinyelure issued the order following the management’s failure to honour the invitation of the Senate panel to account...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government is aware of official reports of large scale fraud and counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines already in circulation. He said this in Abuja yesterday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He said since the nation’s vaccine needs...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with the security challenges facing the Nation as the top of the agenda. Lawan while speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting said that...
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has asked herdsmen in the state to either respect the state laws or go to Bauchi state to carry their AK47 guns. His comment comes a week after the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, defended herdsmen who go about carrying AK47. According to governor...
Canada’s parliament has passed a motion calling China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region an act of “genocide”. Monday’s vote by the House of Commons effectively puts pressure on the country’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Government to follow suit. The House voted 266-0 in...
Protesters have again gathered in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, despite the ruling junta’s threat to use deadly force against people who join a general strike against the military’s takeover three weeks ago. More than 1,000 protesters assembled on Monday near the US Embassy, despite barriers blocking the way, but...
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations U17 final competition fixture would be conducted on Wednesday, 24 February 2021. A statement by the Confederation of African Football, CAF says the AFCON U17 will be played in Morocco from 13 March until 31 March 2021. The draw, which will be conducted...
542 new cases of COVID-19 has been recorded across Nigeria by the Nigria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), bringing a total of confirmed cases nationwide to 152,616. According to the daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic, the cases were recorded as follows: Lagos-99, Kwara-91, Ebonyi-48, Ogun-44, Kaduna-42, Oyo-33. Others...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A former Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has lamented that Fulani people are not being treated fairly by Nigeria. He stressed that the herders crisis across the country can only be addressed when they are given justice. Mallam Yuguda who stated this while...
The Federal Government has said that Nigeria would receive four million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine very soon. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing in Abuja. He said...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has hinted that Nigeria might soon exit the second wave of the coronavirus disease. Speaking during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday, the Minister said the country has been recording a decline in the number of COVID-19...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has rescued a teenage girl identified as Ada, who was chained by the neck, limbs and locked up by her parents at Umuokoro Obinkita Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia state. NSCDC Abia command said the successful operation followed a tip-off...
…as Sector boosts GDP by 12.45% By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Nigeria’s telecommunications industry, regulated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is one of the sectors whose performance lifted the country out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2020, contributing 12.45 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)....
The Federal Government has directed TV stations to in line with National Broadcasting Code, deploy sign language interpreters during their major news casting. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the directive on Monday in Abuja during a virtual meeting with the officials of the Centre...
The FCT Administration (FCTA), Task Force on Enforcement of COVID-19 Protocols, on Monday in Abuja sealed two commercial outlets in Karu, over violation of COVID-19 protocols. Mr Ihkaro Attah, Head, Media and Enlightenment of the taskforce, who led the exercise, said the operation was necessitated by several calls from...
Britain’s Prince William has said his grandfather, Prince Philip, is ok as he remains under observation in a London hospital. Philip, who is married to Queen Elizabeth II, was hospitalised on Feb. 16, after feeling unwell with an unspecified illness. Buckingham Palace has confirmed the illness is not connected...