New York, Jan. 19, 2021 (ANI/NAN) Niger and six other nations lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because they have not paid their dues, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. The other countries losing their UNGA voting rights are Iran, Libya, the Central...
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Crisis is brewing in Achara Community, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State as one of the villages, Umuagwuene, says it is the oldest and will resist any attempt to change its traditional seniority position. Speaking with newsmen in Nsukka, after a general meeting of the village on Monday,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it intercepted 5, 307.966Kg of various illicit drugs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 2020. NDLEA Commander in the FCT, Mr Lawan Hamisu, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Hamisu also...
Alhaji Kazeem Rabiu, the Chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), Egbe-Idimu Local Government Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, has described the nonchalant attitude of residents toward the second wave of Coronavirus as worrisome. Rabiu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil, a spokeswoman for Biden said.Trump signed an order Monday lifting the restrictions he imposed early last year in response to the pandemic from Jan....
One person was feared dead while scores of vehicles got burnt in a tanker explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.The incident occurred around 8:15 am on Tuesday on the Presidential Boulevard Road around Guarantee Trust Bank opposite Lawson Group School, Kuto, Abeokuta.The explosion, which reportedly involved...
Up to 70 per cent of adults in the European Union should be vaccinated against the coronavirus by summer, according to the European Commission. The Brussels-based body plans to publish a corresponding proposal on Tuesday, dpa learned in advance. By March, the commission wants an interim goal of 80...
The Kano state government has directed all civil servants to stay at home from Tuesday, untill further notice, following the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba. The state government also imposed...
Gunmen had kidnapped Prof. Aliyu Mohammed of Department of Agriculture, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, and killed his son, Abdulaziz. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the don, who is also the Wazirin Wusasa, was abducted Sunday night at Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna State. Mr Usman Aliyu, son...
The Centre for Ethical Rebirth Among Nigerian Youths (CERANY) has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing retired Brig.-Gen, Buba Marwa as Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Mr Chuks Akamadu, President, CERANY, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He described the appointment as timely, urging...
Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, and NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, have held a phone conversation over the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, the president’s office said on Tuesday. The Afghan presidency in a statement said the two sides on Monday discussed “the Afghan peace process...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ehanire said: “The Ministry of Finance has released...
Years of crisis at both the national and subnational levels had necessitated the search for a system of governance that could bring peace, unity, stability and trust to the polity. The consensus among the people was that key political offices should not be held by only one group or...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 1,617 new cases of the CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,172,234 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was...
Police operatives in Kaduna State have arrested two suspected kidnappers along Ganagira-Soba road in Soba Local Government Area of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan also disclosed that troops had...
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has commended the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole for its success in dislodging Boko Haram terrorists in Marte Local Government Area of the state. The troops on Saturday laid ambush against the insurgents when they attempted to attack troops’ location at the outskirts of...
The United Nations on Monday marked the Martin Luther King Jr. Day with top officials urging more investments towards world peace, equality and social justice. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality and social justice for all remains an inspiration,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a tweet. “Decades after...
The Police Command in Plateau have killed two suspected kidnappers in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of the state.ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. According to him, the criminals were killed after a gun...
Kano Investment and Diaspora, in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth Development ((LINKS) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have secured a N10 billion intervention fund from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to revive companies impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the sensitization meeting on Kano Turnaround Project,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Zamfara chapter, had received 8,000 letters of complaint over non-payment of pension refund, deducted from members’ salaries, Mr Bitrus Gyang, NLC State Secretary, said. Speaking to journalists in Gusau, on Monday, Gyang explained that the complaints ranged from lack of updated records, wrong computer...