Biden Rejects New Republican Infrastructure Offer
US President Joe Biden and Republicans entered the weekend sharply at odds over how to craft an infrastructure deal that could satisfy their camps, imperilling the odds of a bipartisan deal. Democrat Biden shot down a new proposal from the main Republican negotiator on infrastructure, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, that increased spending by about $50 […]
UN Warns Famine Imminent In Ethiopia’s Embattled Tigray Region
The United Nations humanitarian chief has warned that famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as well as the country’s north and there is a risk that hundreds of thousands of people or more will die. Mark Lowcock said the economy has been destroyed along with businesses, crops and farms and there are no […]
NCC Provides 100 Mattresses To NYSC FCT Orientation Camp Kubwa
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has donated a hundred pieces of branded mattresses to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) FCT Orientation Camp, Kubwa. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta said the gesture was to assist the NYSC in replacing some of the items stolen by hoodlums during the October 2020 End SARS […]
UNICROSS Students Protests As Phone Thieves Stab Undergraduate To Death
Students of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) in Calabar on Friday protested against the stabbing to death of a student by phone robbers. It was gathered that the deceased identified as Ford Nkasi, a final year student of Visual Art Department, saw a gang robbing a female student of her smartphone and confronted […]
Twitter Ban: First Lady Deactivates Her Twitter Account Following Shutdown Order By FG
Nigerians can no longer access popular microblogging and social networking service Twitter after the Federal Government shut it off at the stroke of midnight on Saturday, June 5, 2021. The government had announced on Friday, June 4 that it was indefinitely suspending the operations of the social media giant because it was being used for […]
Anonymous Hacker Threatens Nigerian Government Website, Ministry Of Information, Others Over Twitter Ban
An Anonymous band of unknown individuals have vowed to begin hacking the Nigerian Government websites. The company of hackers have threatened to take control of more government websites, such as that of the Ministry of Information and Culture. It said this was its way of disputing the indefinite ban of Twitter in the country by […]
EFCC Writes To Banks, Requesting Asset Declaration Forms Of Top Executives
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has written to banks demanding the asset declaration forms of their top executives. The chair of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, had in March issued a June 1 ultimatum for bankers to start declaring their assets. Mr. Bawa had said the directive was in line with the Bank Employees, […]
Federal Government Suspends Twitter’s Operations In Nigeria
The federal government has suspended the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, declared the indefinite suspension in a statement disseminated in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. […]
US To Swiftly Boost Global Vaccine Sharing, Biden Says
President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will swiftly donate an initial allotment of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas through the United Nations-backed COVAX program, promising infusions for South and Central America, Asia, Africa and others at a time of glaring shortages abroad and more than ample supplies at home. The doses mark […]
France Suspends Military Ties With Mali Over Coup
France is halting joint military operations with Mali over last week’s coup in the West African country. It said the suspension would continue until it received guarantees about a return to civilian rule in Mali. French forces have been supporting troops from Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, and Burkina Faso to fight militants in the Sahel […]
