Attack On Northern Schools Are War Crimes – Amnesty International
Amnesty International has described the attack on schools in the Northern part of Nigeria as war crimes and a hindrance to education. The right group said this while condemning the abduction of students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School in Jangebe, Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State just few days after Kankara boys […]
FG Reopens Third Mainland Bridge
The Federal Government has announced the reopening of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing announced the reopening on Saturday. In a tweet, Fashola said the bridge reopened from midday of Saturday. He wrote: ‘Third mainland bridge rehab completed. Fully opens to traffic at 12noon today. Thank you […]
Top 4 Finish This Season Would Be Huge For Liverpool – Klopp
Liverpool’s Coach, Jurgen Klopp has stated that finishing in the top four of the premier league would be very huge for the reigning English champions. With 13 games left to go, Klopp is aware it will be easier said than done and is concerned about the buffer that clubs such as Chelsea and West Ham […]
Nurses In Zimbabwe ‘Reluctant To Take China Vaccine’
Reports say medical workers in Zimbabwe have been reluctant to take Covid-19 vaccinations received from China. Some of the reasons given so far are mostly centered on lack of clarity over whether China’s Sinopharm vaccine protects against a virus variant that emerged in neighboring South Africa which is believed to be deadlier. Read Also: Zimbabwe […]
Parliamentary Election Campaign Begins In Ivory Coast
Campaigns for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ivory Coast began in earnest on Friday, ahead of the elections scheduled for March 6. This is coming exactly four months after a presidential election marred by violence in the West African country. The opposition party in the country had earlier boycotted the presidential poll, calling for ‘civil […]
We Will Stand With Ukraine Against Russia On Crimea – Biden
US President Joe Biden on Friday said the United States will ‘never’ accept Russia’s annexation of part of Ukraine under any circumstance. In a statement to commemorate the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Crimea, Biden said; ‘The United States does not and will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of the peninsula, and we will […]
Khashoggi Murder: Biden Imposes Visa Ban On 76 Saudis
President Joe Biden on Friday announced a visa ban on 76 Saudi nationals over their roles in the murder of the late journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. The ban was an aftermath of a United States intelligence report which accused the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, of approving and giving tacit support to the 2018 gruesome […]
Nigerian Journalists Calls For Sheikh Gumi’s Arrest
Nigerian journalists under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Friday, called for the immediate arrest of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for saying journalists are criminals for calling bandits criminals. The union expressed dissatisfaction with Gumi’s remarks during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday where he tagged journalists as criminals for calling […]
Insecurity: Resign Now, Ganduje’s Aide Fires Buhari, Govs
The Special Adviser on Media to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Salihu Tanko, who was recently reinstated has again berated the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government at all levels, calling for their immediate resignation. Recall that Salihu was last year suspended by Ganduje following comments he made on social media in the […]
Osinbajo, Emefelie Disagree Over Cryptocurrency Ban
Nigeria’s Vice president Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, disagreed with the Governor of Nigeria’s apex bank’s policy that technically placed a ban on cryptocurrencies in the west African country. Osinbajo on Friday, Feb 26, 2021, called for a regulation of the crypto industry other than of an outright ban like the CBN is currently promulgating. […]
Sheikh Gumi Reacts To Abduction Of Schoolgirls In Zamfara
Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has reacted to the most recent abduction by bandits, this time he said the bandits behind the kidnap of the Zamfara schoolgirls were not the bandits he recently met but a splinter group. Gumi however told newsmen, that he may also help in reaching out to bandits who carried out […]
Reactions Trail Abduction Of Over 300 Schoolgirls In Zamfara
There have been reactions in Zamfara State over the resolution of northern governors not to negotiate with bandits. Many say the resolution, which contradicts Governor Matawalle’s negotiating with bandits stance is the reason over 300 schoolgirls in Jangebe, were abducted recently. Many are of the opinion that the constitution of Nigeria does not in any […]