archiveOctober 12, 2021

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawale, says hundreds of bandits have been killed or arrested. The Governor vowed that the State Government would not condone complacency in the fight against banditry. He spoke at the swearing-in of the Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, 18 commissioners, 16 special advisers...

About 4o young Nigerian women between the ages of 18 and 23 have benefited from a three-day intensive workshop on advocacy, girls' education and school safety, organised by Malala Fund. The workshop aimed at enhancing girls’ advocacy capacity on socio-cultural issues affecting girls in Nigeria, held in Abuja on 9...

Stakeholders in the Nigeria communications industry are to participate in an industry-wide summit aimed at addressing salient issues affecting millions of telecoms users in the country, both corporate and individual consumers, as Nigeria marks 20 years of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) revolution. The thematic focus of the summit...

The Nigerian Ethnic Youth Leaders Council (NEYLC) has faulted the position of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to devalue the naira. The council, which is made up of the Arewa Consultative Youth Movement, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Movement, Oduduwa...

A United States human right group, Take It Back Movement (TIB),has said that Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu’s statement warning citizens not to protest in respect to the commemoration of the anniversary of #EndSARS protests is an invitation to anarchy. In a statement by the legal adviser of...

 Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has approved a dedicated security team for the monitoring and enforcement of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and protection of other transport infrastructure in the state. The Spokesman for Lagos Metropolis Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, made this known in a statement in Lagos...

  Low-income countries’ debt rose by 12 per cent to 860 billion dollars in 2020, the International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2022 report of the World Bank says. The report was released on Monday at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Washington. The report said that governments around...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 284 additional COVID-19 infections with nine related deaths across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fresh cases indicate an...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is ready to assist Nigeria in the design and implementation of “Security-Indexed Investment Bonds to raise more resources to tackle its security challenges. President of the AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this on Monday at the Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja....