The Movement for Progressive Youths of Nigeria (MOPYON) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the major achievements recorded so far by his administration in the area of infrastructure development. The group said on Friday that the decision to commend Buhari was reached at their National Caucus Meeting held recently....
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Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for global ceasefire to enable the world focus on the fight against COVID-19. Guterres made the call in his message as the United Nations celebrates its 75th anniversary, which is celebrated yearly on Oct. 24. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has promised to compensate victims on the #EndSARS protests in the Territory. The Minister made the pledge while speaking to traders at the Kabusa Junction and Apo/Waru areas in the Abuja Municipal Area...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Mercy Corps Nigeria has supported over 600,000 Nigerians and also plans to empower another 3000 numerable internally displaced persons (IDPs) on poultry farming in Borno state. Country Director of Mercy Corps Nigeria , Mr. Ndubisi Anyanwu disclosed this in an interactive session with journalists at the...
The Judicial Inquiry to investigate Police Brutality and other related extra judicial killings in Plateau has called for the submission of complaints to commence its assignments. In a statement by the Secetary of the panel, Mr Cornelius Shobial, in Jos, the body invited the general public to submit ten...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 138 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), with two deaths recorded in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official website on Thursday....
Does it not amaze you how people can begin a protest for a cause and it just becomes something so big? We’ve seen this happen in other countries like Libya, Egypt, and others. We see that the ongoing protest in the country has spiraled into diverse directions and has...
In April last year, Kofi Bartels, a 34-year-old radio journalist in Nigeria’s Rivers State, was filming three police officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) beating another man when they and three of their colleagues turned their attention to him. In a series of tweets, he described being beaten...
Ghana on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EgyptAir for the establishment of a new flag carrier, AvationGhana has revealed. The choice of Cairo-based EgyptAir as the preferred strategic partner follows series of engagement with senior management team of the airline and the committee of aviation experts...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has called Nigerian youths to discontinue the street protests and constructively engage government in finding solutions. ” Your voice has been heard loud and clear and we are responding,” President Buhari said Thursday evening in his broadcast to the nation on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Leader of the pro-Biafra group, the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB,Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has washed his hands off the allegation that heordered for the destruction of properties belonging to the people ofSouth-West geopolitical zone. Kanu said that his statement was twisted by his enemies to...
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation by 7pm, FemiAdesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity said. In his statement Femi said: “Following detailed briefing by securitychiefs on the current situation in the country, President MuhammaduBuhari will make a national broadcast Thursday, October 22, 2020 at7pm. “Television,...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Thursday condemned in strong terms the shooting of protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. President of NIPR, Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo, made the condemnation in Abuja while briefing newsmen. Sirajo said the use of arms against unarmed protesters who were exercising...
Werder Bremen players and staff have gone into a two-day voluntary quarantine after a team mate tested positive for COVID-19, the club said on Thursday. Werder Bremen, who host Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Sunday, will retest everyone again on Friday. “In order to have more security for the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is cooperating with the online encyclopedia Wikipedia to spread reliable information about COVID-19 across the globe. The UN health agency and the Wikimedia Foundation announced this on Thursday. The hundreds of thousands of volunteer editors who are continuously updating Wikipedia will have free access to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Amid the raging #EndSARS protests across the country, an American-based Nigerian Socio-Economic Development Practitioner has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to extend the tenure of incumbent Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, who will clock 35 years in service early next year. In an...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has confirmed an attempted attack on the medium security custodial centre in Abakaliki by protesters on Tuesday. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NCS Command’s in Ebonyi, Nneka Iyasei, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday. Iyasei said that the protesters attempted to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation on the alleged attack and killings of peaceful protesters by security agents in Lagos state. The caucus made the call in a statement issued by its leader, Rep....
The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has announced indefinite postponement of its 26th summit which was scheduled to hold on Oct. 26 and 27. A statement from the Board of Directors of NESG, on Thursday said that the postponement was necessitated by prevailing circumstances in the country. “The 26th Nigerian Economic Summit...