Zambia President Lungu Orders Military Deployment Ahead Of August 12 Elections
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has ordered the deployment of the military to suppress electoral violence ahead of the 12 August general elections – amid criticism by the opposition and other groups. “I have allowed the Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force and Zambia National Service to help the Zambia Police in dealing with the security situation,” […]
#TwitterBan: We’re Monitoring Repression Closely In Nigeria, Says Commonwealth
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Rt. Hon Patricia Scotland QC, has said the Commonwealth was closely monitoring developments around the suspension of Twitter and allegations of repression of the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, media freedom, as well as disregard for the rule of law in Nigeria. The statement by the Commonwealth […]
Fauci Warns ‘things are going to get worse’ With COVID
As the country grapples with a surge in the delta variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that lockdowns the country saw last year are likely to not return, though he warned “things will get worse” during an interview on ABC’s “This Week.” “I don’t think we’re gonna see lockdowns. I think we […]
Nigerians Burn Through N1.77tn On National Calls, SMS
Nigerians expended about N1.77tn on national calls and short messages in 2020. This is as indicated in the analysis of data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently released in a document titled ‘2020 subscriber/network data report’. NCC set total outgoing local and national traffic at 150,825,830,687.40 minutes. The average tariff charged by the […]
30 Of The 65 Confirmed Private Jets Possessors Likely To Pay Customs Duties – NCS spokesman
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has announced that 30 of the 65 private airplanes confirmed so far were likely to pay required duties to the Federal Government. The Customs Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja, yesterday, explained that some of […]
Benin Republic To Decide Sunday Igboho’s Asylum Claim This Week -Lawyer
There are solid signs that the Republic of Benin will make the result of an asylum application by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, known this week. It was gathered that the bail application for Igboho was postponed by his legal counselors in light of his clinical report and the […]
Bauchi NUJ Revolts Assault On Journalist
The Bauchi state police commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, has condemned last Thursday’s assault on a Bauchi journalist by police officers, which led to a planned boycott of its activities by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state. Newsmen report that the NUJ, Bauchi council, had planned to boycott all activities of the police following […]
Oyo State: Gov. Seyi Makinde Assures Residents Of Potable Water
The Oyo State government has guaranteed residents of the state potable water, saying it had acquired 1,194 metric tonnes of aluminum sulfate at the cost of N400 million to increase the supply of potable water in the state. Governor Seyi Makinde gave the assurance at the second stakeholder’s engagement on the 2022 budget, organized by […]
Resident Doctors To Embark On Nationwide Strike On Monday
Doctors under the umbrella of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) yesterday announced they would embark on a nationwide strike from Monday, August 2 over the failure of the federal government to meet their demands which include implementing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with them after over 100 days. The doctors at […]
Tinubu Is Hale And Hearty, Requires No Hospitalisation – Aide
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty and does not require hospitalisation. This is according to his media adviser, Tunde Rahman, via a statement issued on Saturday, amid reports that the APC leader is out of the country undergoing a surgical operation. Although Rahman confirmed that his […]
