UN chief Antonio Guterres Says Pandemic Is Used As ‘Pretext’ To Crush Dissent
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday criticised countries that are using the pandemic to justify cracking down on dissent, reining in the media and suppressing criticism. Speaking at the opening of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s main annual session, Antonio Guterres charged that authorities in a number of nations were using restrictions meant to […]
FG Poised To Do Much More Through ESP – Presidency
The Presidency has said that Nigeria’s prompt exit from recession is a key indicator of the success of the ongoing Economic Sustainability Plan approved by the Federal Government. This indication was given over the weekend by Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in the Office of the Vice […]
Five Days After, Kagara Students, Others Still Held Captive By Bandits
Despite speculations, which went viral about possible negotiations to free the abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, in Niger State, the 27 schoolboys, 15 members of staff of the school, and their family members are still in captivity five days after the raid. Besides, some 40 travellers, who were kidnapped eight days ago at […]
US Plane Scatters Debris Over Denver Homes After Engine Failure
A Boeing jet has scattered debris over a residential area near Denver after one of its engines failed on take-off. The Boeing 777, with 231 passengers and 10 crew on board, was able to return safely and land at Denver airport. No injuries were reported. Police in the town of Broomfield posted pictures of what […]
Sheikh Gumi Denies Negotiating With Bandits To Release Kidnapped Kagara Schoolboys
Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, who last week met some of the bandits that kidnapped 42 people including 27 students of the Government Science Secondary School Kagara in Niger State, and advocated “blanket amnesty” for them, has denied involvement in any negotiations for the release of the kidnapped persons. Gumi told THISDAY in a […]
PM Johnson Says All UK Adults To Be Offered Covid Vaccine By July
All adults in the UK will be offered their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of July, the prime minister has pledged. More than 17 million people have been given a jab since the UK’s Covid vaccine rollout began in December 2020. But Boris Johnson said he now wants the programme to […]
Kaduna: Four Killed, One Injured As Bandits Attack Kajuru LGA
Four people have been killed and one person injured after bandits attacked some communities in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. According to the state Commissioner for internal Security and Home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the bandits first attacked Ungwan Sha’awa in the area where they killed one Ubangida Dogo in his house and injured […]
Military Aircraft Crashes On Abuja Runway
A military aircraft has crashed a few yards off the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. In a tweet on Sunday, Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation confirmed the incident. The minister tweeted: “A military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure en-route Minna. […]
Taiwan Deploys Missiles After Chinese Jets ‘Enter Its Air Zone’
Taiwan’s air force has activated its missile system after eight Chinese fighter jets flew into the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone, in an uptick in tensions as Taipei announced a new defence minister and intelligence chief. Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said on Friday four Chinese J-16s and four JH-7s, as well as an […]
WTO to UK: Don’t Wait For Surplus, Send Vaccines To Poorer Nations Now
The UK should donate vaccines to developing countries now rather than waiting until it has a surplus, the new head of the World Trade Organization has told the BBC. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said it was “in the interest” of wealthy countries that all nations access vaccines. It comes after PM Boris Johnson said the UK would donate […]
