Algeria ‘Welcomes France’s Murder Admission’
Algeria has announced that it has welcomed France’s decision to finally admit that its soldiers tortured and murdered a key figure in the country’s independence struggle during the post-colonial era. ‘Algeria notes with satisfaction the announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron of his decision to honour the fighter and martyr Ali Boumendjel,’ an official statement […]
EPL: Liverpool Create Bad Record In Home Defeat To Chelsea
English heavyweights Chelsea maintained their unbeaten start under Thomas Tuchel by beating former champions Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday night. The defeat means Liverpool has lost five consecutive home games (league and all competitions) for the first time in their history, while they’re also the first reigning English top-flight champion to lose five home league […]
George Floyd: US House Passes Police Reforms Bill
The US House of reps on Wednesday passed a sweeping police reform package that technically bans chokeholds and combats racial profiling, five days before the trial of a white officer charged with murdering African-American George Floyd. The ‘impressive bill’ bill is named after Floyd, who died last May 25 at age 46 when then-Minneapolis police […]
Gov Emmanuel Attracts $1.4b Fertilizer Plant To Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State Governor Mr. Udom Emmanuel, on thursday announced the signing of an agreement for the citing of a multi-billion fertilizer plant in his State. Earlier in the week, Governor Emmanuel was part of a Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, that visited Morocco to set […]
Nigeria’s Unity Remains Non-negotiable, Buhari Insists
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has again reiterated that the unity of Nigeria as a federating nation remains non-negotiable and everything would be done to maintain it. According to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello President Buhari stressed this on Thursday when his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, led him to brief the president on the […]
Magu Indicted In Maina’s Trial
More trouble continues to pile up for sacked EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, a defense witness in the ongoing trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) by name Ngozika Ihuoma on Thursday, indicted the anti-graft boss when she gave her testimony. She (Ihuoma), came into the picture as a management consultant, […]
Kano Hisbah Moves To Stop Street Hawking
Kano State Hisbah Command has commenced the creation of awareness against street begging in Kano metropolis, ahead of evacuation of hawkers, to eradicate immorality and instill sanity. The Deputy Commander, Women’s wing of the command, Ummukulthum Kassim, made this disclosure on Thursday in Kano during an operation. According to her, the command had received a […]
I’m Not Power-Hungry – Matawalle Gives Condition To Resign
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said that he would resign his position if that will bring peace to the State. Matawalle, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, disclosed this when asked if he is intimidated by the Federal Government’s declaration of a ‘No-Fly Zone’ in Zamfara. He explained that he was not […]
Nigerian Governors Call Emergency Meeting
Nigerian State Governors will gather for an emergency meeting on Thursday. The parley was called to deliberate COVID-19 vaccination and distribution in Nigeria. Spokesman for the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, said the meeting would be held virtually. ‘The meeting is of a single-item agenda, which will discuss the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines and […]
Zamfara: We Have No Link With Bandits – Miners To FG
Mr Kabir Kankara, National President, Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN), has said that miners cannot be linked with bandits. Kankara while reacting to the recent Federal Government ban on mining activities in Zamfara State, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that tackling insecurity in the state was timely and a welcome development, […]
Sudan Receives First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines
Sudan received its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines Wednesday and has announced that it will begin inoculation of frontline medical staff next week. According to health officials, the first consignments which arrived at Khartoum airport comprise 828,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. Sudan has secured a total of 3.4 million doses, which are expected to […]
Air Peace Set To Commence Flights To Accra
Nigerian airline, Air Peace yesterday announced that it would resume daily flight operations into Accra from its Lagos hub on March 15, 2021. While making that revelation, the airline disclosed that it was ready to kick off scheduled flights into Ilorin from Abuja and Lagos. The airline had suspended the Accra flights early last year […]