UN:Fighting Hampering Aid Delivery To Ethiopia’s Tigray
The United Nations has said that fighting “in many parts” of Ethiopia’s Tigray is complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite a deal granting the UN access to territory under federal control. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations in the northern region a month ago against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Last […]
#EndSARS:IGP Panics Over Botched Suit Against Panels, Moves To Avert Sanction
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has spent the last 24 hours struggling to convince top shots in the Presidency that he was unaware of the lawsuit that came up on Thursday, asking a court to stop the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality […]
Tonnes Of Cocoa Beans Trapped At Nigerian Ports As New Export Rules Takes Effect
There are strong indications that Nigeria’s efforts to claw back some of the foreign-exchange earnings lost to falling oil prices are causing delays in exports ranging from cocoa beans to cashew nuts, and adding to a problem the central bank sought to address in the first place. Nigeria is the world’s fifth-biggest producer of cocoa […]
First Shipments Of Coronavirus Vaccine Will Fall Short
State health departments and governors’ offices across the United States of America are finally being told by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Operation Warp Speed how many doses of the coronavirus vaccine they will initially be receiving once the vaccine becomes authorized, and it’s not enough. With the Pfizer vaccine emergency use […]
Pentagon Blocked Biden’s Intelligence Transition Team From Meeting With Agencies
The Trump administration prevented President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team from meeting with its counterparts at Pentagon intelligence agencies this week, according to a former senior intelligence official familiar with intelligence transition discussions. The slowdown means the Biden team has not been able to meet with officials from the military intelligence agencies within the Defense Department […]
Judge Orders Government To Fully Reinstate DACA Program
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to fully restore an Obama-era program designed to shield young, undocumented immigrants from deportation, dealing what could be a final blow to President Trump’s long-fought effort to end the protections. The program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was created by President Barack Obama in […]
NGF Members To Meet Buhari Over Security Challenges, Back Police Reform
Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have agreed to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari as soon as possible to address the security challenges in the country. This formed part of the resolutions reached at a meeting held on Wednesday, which deliberated on issues affecting the country, particularly on the issue of national security and […]
Murder: Court Dismisses Maryam Sanda’s Appeal
An Appeal Court in Abuja has dismissed the appeal filed by Maryam Sanda for lacking in merit. The court upheld the judgement by the FCT High Court which had sentenced her to death by hanging for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, son of the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello, […]
#EndSARS: Presidency Expresses Shock As Police Move To Stop Judicial Inquiries
An official within Nigeria’s presidency on Thursday expressed shock after the Nigeria Police Force launched a legal bid to arrest the ongoing proceedings by judicial panels set up by state governments to investigate allegations of brutality against the law enforcement agency’s personnel, which triggered the #EndSARS protests that later snowballed into an orgy of violence […]
#EndSARS Protests Hit Lagos Again, Trends On Twitter
The EndSARS hashtag has again topped Nigeria’s Twitter Trends as reports suggest the resumption of protests in parts of Lagos with demonstrators mainly older women and some youths marched by Tejuosho Road in the Yaba area of the city. The last time the #EndSARS was the number one trend on Twitter, the country witnessed a tremendous expression […]
