US Donates $6.8m To Combat Human Trafficking In Nigeria
The United States has donated $6.8 million for projects to combat trafficking persons in Nigeria. The US is sponsoring the projects through its Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) with the fund made available to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which would oversee the projects […]
French Troops Kill Islamic State Leader In Sahara
The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops, President Emmanuel Macron has said. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in 2015. The group is blamed for most attacks in the region, including the targeted killing of French aid workers in 2020. […]
Cholera: 150 Die Of Cholera In Niger
Niger State government has broken silence on the outbreak of cholera in the state as the commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Makusidi, yesterday said 150 people had died as a result of the disease in the state. He said the deaths were recorded from April to date even as he did not give reasons on […]
FG Reassures Nigerians Of Lifting Twitter Ban
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said that the FG is “exceptionally close” to lifting the more than 100-day ban on the microblogging platform, Twitter. The Minister confirmed it towards the finish of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting directed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, […]
Eastern Lawmakers Push For The Release Of IPOB Leader
Lawmakers in the National Assembly Southeast are putting plans in place for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. To make this a success, the lawmakers have set up a committee to work out a system of releasing Mr. Kanu from detention. This was made known in […]
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 299 New Cases, 3 Deaths Wednesday
On Wednesday, Nigeria recorded 299 new coronavirus infections and three deaths from the disease. In an update on its Facebook page Wednesday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the new cases were recorded in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The center said the latest figure of confirmed cases has […]
Taliban Leaders In Bust-up At Afghan Presidential Palace
A major row broke out between leaders of the Taliban just days after they set up a new government in Afghanistan, senior Taliban officials told the BBC. Supporters of two rival factions reportedly brawled at the presidential palace in the capital Kabul. The argument appeared to centre on who did the most to secure victory […]
Nigeria: 114 Escapees Recaptured After Kogi Jailbreak
The Controller General for Correctional Services, Haliru Nababa, has said 114 escapees from the Sunday night Kabba prison attack, Kogi State, have been recaptured in total. The centre, which had security officers on duty, including 15 Soldiers, 10 Police Officers and 10 armed guards of the NCoS sustained casualties as two officers were yet to […]
China’s UK Ambassador Banned From Parliament Over Sanctions
China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has been banned from the British parliament because Beijing imposed sanctions on legislators after they spoke out against alleged human rights abuses directed at the minority Uighurs in the far western region of Xinjiang. Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, and John McFall, the speaker of […]
Haiti Prime Minister Henry, Sacks Prosecutor Who Accused Him of Links To President Moise’s Assassination
Haiti’s political crisis has worsened after Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Tuesday sacked the chief public prosecutor who had accused him of links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7. Henry’s decision to fire prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude has exposed the infighting at the highest levels of what is left of Haiti’s government, […]
