ECOWAS: Osinbajo Departs Nigeria For Ghana
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will leave Abuja, the nation’s capital this morning for Accra, Ghana to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali. Prof. Osinbajo, who is representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit, will join other leaders in the sub-region to discuss […]
Kogi Women Kick Against Amnesty For Rape Offenders
To check rampant rape cases, women in Kogi State have appealed to the State Government to stop giving amnesty to rape offenders. They said the government should rather sentence them to death or life imprisonment. Women of Kogi Central senatorial district made the call on Tuesday in Okene at a sensitization workshop organized by the […]
Sani Reacts As US Impose Visa Ban On Nigerian Politicians
Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has reacted as the United States, US, imposed visa sanction on some Nigerian politicians. Sani said the visa restriction would help Nigeria ensure credible and transparent elections. Recall that the US had yesterday imposed a Visa ban on some politicians involved in rigging the last Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections. The […]
China’s Four COVID-19 Vaccines Ready By November
China said its four COVID-19 vaccines may be ready for use by the public as early as November. An official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Guizhen Wu gave the timeline in an interview with state TV late on Monday. China has four COVID-19 vaccines in the final stage of clinical […]
NBS: Nigeria’s Total Public Debt Increased By ₦2.4 Trillion In Q2
Nigerian States and Federal Debt Stock data as at 30th June 2020 reflected that the country’s total public debt portfolio stood at ₦31.01trn. Further disaggregation of Nigeria’s total public debt showed that ₦11.36trn or 36.65% of the debt was external while ₦19.65trn or 63.35% of the debt was domestic. The total States and FCT domestic […]
Neymar’s Fate To Be Known This Week After Red Card
Neymar’s punishment for being one of five players sent off following a brawl at the end of Paris Saint-Germain’s defeat to Marseille will be revealed on Wednesday, the French Football League (LFP) said Monday. The world’s most expensive footballer was shown the red card in stoppage time of the 1-0 loss at the Parc des […]
President Trump Casually Dismisses Climate Concerns
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West during a briefing with local officials in California. Trump, who flew into Sacramento in central California on the third day of a reelection campaign swing, pushed back against […]
US Eases China Travel Warning, Citing Virus Progress
The United States on Monday eased its warning against travel to China, acknowledging that the nation had made progress against Covid-19 despite frequent US criticism of its pandemic role. The State Department still urges Americans to reconsider travel to China, but it upgraded its advice from a blanket warning not to go to the country. […]
Gov Ortom Denies Asking For Return Of Confiscated Weapons
Governor Samuel Ortom has denied reports that he requested a return of confiscated weapons. Ortom who made the clarification in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, urged Nigerians to disregard the report. Akase said, ‘We read a news item published on Opera News site in which the faceless writer attempted to […]
FG Announces Reopening Of All Domestic Airports
The Nigerian government on Monday announced the reopening of all domestic airports in the country. By this announcement, local flight operations would fully resume across the country. Read Also: FG Approves Last Evacuation Flight From US This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) […]
Flight Disruption: Arik Air Apologises To Passengers
The management of Arik Air on Monday, apologised to its customers whose travel plans were disrupted by the picketing of operations by some Aviation unions on September 14. The operations of Arik Air on Sept. 14 was shut down by the Aviation unions over alleged non-payment of staff salaries since April, after placing 90 per […]
US Imposes Visa Ban On Corrupt Politicians In Nigeria
The United States of America has imposed visa ban on politicians, who it claimed undermined the conducts of the November 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States. This move is in the run-up to the September and October 2020 governorship polls in Edo and Ondo respectively. Read Also: US To Ban Visas For Employees […]