NYSC Reviews MoU With INEC On Corps Members’ Safety During Election
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have reviewed the memorandum of understanding for a more robust welfare package and increased security for corps members and NYSC officials during elections. Major General Shuaibu, the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps, stated yesterday during the signing of the revised […]
Reps Request That CBN Enforce Coin As Legal Money
The Nigerian House of Representatives has requested the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make coins more widely accepted as legal money. The resolution was passed after Muda Umar (APC-Bauchi) moved a motion in the plenary yesterday. According to Umar’s motion, former CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi reprinted N50, N20, N10, and N5 banknotes with […]
FG Unveils Policy To Address Core Issues Faced By IDPs
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) policy was unveiled by the federal government yesterday as part of efforts to address the core causes of the issues they face in the nation. The strategy was also developed to give both preventative and long-term solutions to difficulties. Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social […]
Japan Opposes Russian Withdrawal From World War II Peace Treaty Talks Over Sanctions
Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan and froze joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril Islands because of sanctions imposed by Tokyo over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia and Japan have still not formally ended World War II hostilities because of the standoff over islands just off Japan’s northernmost island […]
Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexey Navalny Found Guilty Of Fraud, State Media Reports
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was found guilty of fraud Tuesday — a verdict that could lead to years of additional prison time for the prominent Kremlin critic. According to Russian state-owned news agency Tass, the Lefortovo court in Moscow convicted Navalny over allegations that he stole from his Anti-Corruption Foundation, as well as contempt of court. […]
At Least 117 Children Killed In Invasion – Ukraine Officials
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, at least 117 children have been killed and more than 155 others injured in the country, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine reports. It says most of the fatalities have been reported in or around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv (58) and in the north-eastern city of […]
China Plane Crash Rescuers Find Charred Personal Belongings
Rescuers at the site of a plane crash in southern China found burnt wreckage and personal belongings of those on board, but no sign of any survivors. China Eastern flight MU5735 was carrying 132 people when it nosedived 30,000ft into hills in Guangxi. The cause of the Boeing 737-800’s crash is being investigated. Recovery work […]
CBN Faces Fuel Crisis After Two Months Of Scarcity
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has come forward to intervene in the country’s crippling fuel crisis, boosting the prospect of a rapid settlement.Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, announced the action yesterday at the CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting. He said the bank will work with key government agencies to […]
Outbreak Of Violence In The North Has Claimed Over 60 Lives In Kaduna, Zamfara States
The outbreak of violence in the country’s north has claimed 60 lives in Kaduna and Zamfara states. Following a terrorist attack on Agban Kagoro in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday, twenty-five people were reportedly killed, including two military personnel, while a riot police officer allegedly shot a pedestrian and […]
A Medical Doctor, One Other Person Killed By What Is Suspected To Be Lassa Fever In Kaduna
Abubakar Saleh Moriki, a medical doctor, and Hamza Abubakar, both died of suspected Lassa fever at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) in Shika-Zaria and Kauran Wali Clinic in Zaria, Kaduna State. Moriki died in the hospital yesterday, according to a reliable source at the ABUTH in Zaria. The hospital, according to the source, has […]
