Former Rebel Chiefs Named In Sudan’s New Cabinet
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced Monday a new cabinet bringing in seven ex-rebel chiefs as ministers, following a peace deal in October aimed to end decades of war. Veteran rebel leader and economist Gibril Ibrahim, of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) – which played a major role in the Darfur conflict – was […]
WHO Expresses Concern About SA Vaccine Rollout Halt
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against jumping to conclusions about the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines. This is after a South African study suggested that the AstraZeneca jab was less effective against a local variant of the virus. But experts are hopeful that the vaccine will still be effective at preventing severe cases. Head […]
Nigerian Govt. Set To Partner With Chad And Cameroonian Troops To Combat Insurgency
Nigerian Government will partner with Cameroonian and Chadian troops in ending the menace of insurgency in the northeast. This was disclosed on Monday by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who addressed journalists at the Army Super Camp 1 Ngamdu, Yobe State. “We are bringing out things, you can see Operation Tura […]
Covid-19: 100 Passengers Banned From Traveling For Six Months
The Federal Government of Nigeria has placed fresh travel restrictions on 100 passengers for flouting its directives on COVID-19. In a series of tweet on Tuesday, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 released the passport details of the defaulters, announcing they have been restricted from traveling for six months. “Presidential Task Force (PTF) sanctions 100 […]
DOJ To Ask Trump-Appointed US Attorneys To Resign
The Justice Department, as soon as Tuesday, is expected to ask US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover expected to spare two top prosecutors in Delaware and Connecticut overseeing two sensitive Trump-era investigations, a senior Justice Department official said. In a call Monday night, acting Attorney General Monty […]
Trump’s Trial Set To Rock Washington And Echo Through The Ages
The simple question posed by Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial that begins Tuesday is whether a president who loses reelection can get away with a violent coup attempt in a desperate bid to stay in power. The answer contained in the former commander-in-chief’s likely acquittal for inciting a deadly mob assault on the Capitol will […]
Amanda Gorman, In A First, Brings Poetry To Super Bowl
Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of President Joe Biden last month, again commanded the spotlight on one of the country’s biggest stages, the Super Bowl. Gorman read an original poem Sunday during the pregame festivities in Tampa, Florida. The poem, titled “Chorus of the Captains,” was a tribute to […]
Benin Probes Gun Attack On Opposition Presidential Candidate
A Benin presidential candidate was wounded after shots were fired at his car soon after he filed his papers for the April presidential election, family members and the government have said. Ganiou Soglo, a former minister and son of ex-president Nicephore Soglo, was wounded on Friday on the way to his farm in Zinvie, 35 […]
Afenifere-‘Civilization Clash May Wreck Nigeria’.
Yoruba socio-political group Spokesman, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin has said Nigeria is “seriously rocked by a clash of civilization” claiming that the clash may wreck the West African nation. Odumakin said the country is being flooded by Fulanis from neighbouring countries like the Niger Republic. Quoting a thesis by an American political scientist Samuel Huntington, who […]
New Covid-19 Cases Drops As Nigeria Records 20 More Deaths
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 506 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC). The figure was the lowest in over two months. However, the NCDC said 20 more deaths had been recorded across the country. To date, 139,748 cases have been confirmed, 113,525 cases discharged and 1,667 deaths […]
