Police To Detail Violence, Injuries At First January 6 Hearing
Democrats are launching their investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection Tuesday with a focus on the law enforcement officers who were attacked and beaten as the rioters broke into the building – an effort to put a human face on the violence of the day. The police officers who are scheduled to testify endured […]
PMB Signs N983 billion 2021 Supplementary Budget Into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Umar El-Yakub, has said. This is coming nearly one month after the Federal Executive Council approved a draft supplementary budget of N895,842,462,917 for the year 2021. Addressing newsmen at […]
FG Reiterates Commitment To Eradicating Poverty Through Agriculture
The federal government has restated its commitment to lift Nigerians out of poverty through its sustainable agricultural development programs. The director-general of the National Directorate of Employment, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu-Fikpo, said this while inaugurating the directorate’s 2021 Post Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (Post- SADTS) in Owerri on Monday. Nuhu-Fikpo who was represented by the […]
Onu: Investment In Technology And Innovation Will Curtail Youth Unemployment
The minister of science and technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that more investment in science, technology, and innovation is a sure way Nigeria and other African countries can suppress their enormous human and material resources to grow their economies and reduce youth unemployment. The minister explained this at his investiture as patron of the […]
COVID-19: NCDC Discovers 10 Delta Variant Cases
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 10 cases of the deadly Delta variant have been spotted in the country. Director-general of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekwuazu, who publicized this yesterday during a press briefing in Abuja, said most of the cases are from people coming in from Lagos and Abuja. Represented by Elsie Ilori, Ihekwuazu said […]
WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala Decries Low Rate Of Covid Vaccination In Africa
Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has lamented the low rate of Covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria and Africa, in general. Okonjo-Iweala said to fill the wide immunisation gap, WTO was ramping up vaccines’ production, with a target of 11 billion doses by the end of this year, way beyond the […]
War Set To Expand As Ethiopia’s Amhara Region Rallies Residents To Fight Tigrayan Forces
Ethiopia’s Amhara region has called on all armed residents to mobilise for battle against rebels from conflict-hit Tigray, calling it a “survival campaign”, state media reported. Amhara borders Tigray to the south, and the two regions are embroiled in a decades-old land dispute that has become central to the eight-month-old war in Tigray. Sunday’s statement […]
Tunisia’s President Accused Of ‘Coup’ After Dismissing Prime Minister
Tunisia’s president has suspended parliament and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi in a move condemned as an attack on democracy by his rivals but which others greeted with celebrations on the streets. President Kais Saied said on Sunday he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister after violent protests broke […]
Fauci Says CDC Weighing Revised Mask Guidance Amid COVID Surges
The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday. “We’re going in the wrong direction,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, describing himself as “very frustrated.” He said recommending that the vaccinated wear masks is “under active […]
7 Dead In Utah After Sandstorm Causes Series Of Car Crashes
Seven people are dead in Utah after a sandstorm caused a series of car crashes Sunday, according to Utah Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. local time on Interstate 15 in Millard County and involved at least 20 vehicles. Several other people have been transported to local hospitals in critical condition following the […]
