The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the reaction of Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed who dismissed the just released and scientifically evidenced special report of the Cable News Network (CNN) on the killing of unarmed demonstrators during the recent #EndSARS uprising in Nigeria. The demonstrations... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the Egyptian government’s arrest of Mohamed Basheer, Administrative Manager of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), and urges his and Coptic activist Ramy Kamel’s unconditional and immediate release. USCIRF Vice Chair Tony Perkins said, “USCIRF calls on the Egyptian government... Read more
. The AgriPitch competition offered young entrepreneurs in Africa’s agricultural sector the opportunity to pitch their agribusiness proposals to a panel of experts and investors ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, November 19, 2020/ — The founder of a cassava processing business in Kenya, a co-founder of a novel food processing technology... Read more
.Warns Defecting Colleague Not To Let His Quest For Presidency Destroy South EastRivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has advised Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, not to allow his quest to become president of Nigeria, destroy the South East politically. Governor Wike, said while no one will deny Umahi... Read more
A joint Biogas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Operated Kitchen has been inaugurated at the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial Centre, to convert human wastes to biogas energy. This was disclosed in a statement in Port Harcourt by the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers Command, Juliet Ofoni, a Deputy... Read more
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its variant account products – KidsFirst and MeFirst – created to encourage the right savings culture among children from 0 – 17 years. The offerings have relevant enhancements including appropriate parental guidance and financial discipline... Read more
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus of the National Assembly from Ebonyi State have disowned the State Governor, Engr. Dave Umahi, who on Tuesday, announced his long-rumoured defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi claimed that his defection was a reaction to the ill treatment which... Read more
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has faulted the claims that he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to achieve his ambition of becoming the president in 2023. He told reporters on Tuesday in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital that the insinuation that he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC)... Read more
International flights from and to Kano, Port-Harcourt and Enugu airports will resume before December 25, the Federal Government has announced.. It also lifted the flight ban on Lufthansa, KLM, Air France and Qatar Airways, thereby paving the way for them to resume their operations in and out of the country. Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika explained in a... Read more
Armed men who kidnapped some Nigerian French Language students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday, have demanded a cumulative sum of N270 million as their ransom. One of the students among those in the bus but succeeded in escaping, Dickson Oko, told our correspondent... Read more
