Condemns Genocide of Southern Kaduna Ethnicities By Armed Fulani Herdsmen Calls For Emergency Rule In Kaduna State The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has dismissed community policing as proposed by the police authorities in Nigeria as deceptive and urged the governors, legislators, ethnic leaders and civil... Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, contended that most contracts given by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were awarded to members of the country’s National Assembly. Akpabio made the claim while being grilled by members of the House of Representatives Committee on the... Read more
The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, went into a fit and collapsed early Monday afternoon, July 20, 2020, during a public hearing of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC. The hearing is ongoing over allegations and counter allegations of... Read more
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, has said the commission spent N1.32 billion as ‘COVID-19 relief funds’ for staff, not N1.5 billion as earlier reported in the news. Mr. Pondei said this during Monday’s hearing by the House of Representatives’ NDDC committee on... Read more
Four people including children were slaughtered while over a dozen houses were burnt down by invading Fulani herdsmen militias during an attack on indigenes of Efale Doka Avong community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State yesterday (Friday 17, 2020). Located along the Kaduna-Kachia Road, Efale Doka... Read more
A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon. Mansur Mashi, has caused a stir in the country’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by publicly wishing President Muhammadu Buhari ‘the Yar’Adua treatment’ and indicating preference for Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to take over as Nigeria’s leader. Umaru Yar’Adua,... Read more
“Strong people don’t put others down — they lift them up.” So says the discreet sign at the entrance to one of the most remarkable research facilities in Africa. Run by a Cameroon-raised, Harvard-trained molecular biologist, the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has been... Read more
Nigeria’s former finance and economy minister and candidate for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stressed the need for the organisation to elect a credible candidate based on merit. She spoke in Geneva on Wednesday while answering questions from newsmen at... Read more
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says it has not abandoned construction of the 200 bed capacity Emergency/Infectious Diseases hospital aimed at strengthening the fight against COVID-19. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)-Agip Joint Venture, on May 2, 2020 announced the construction of a 200-bed capacity infectious diseases hospital... Read more
Final confirmed to take place at 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium at 18:00 on 18 December Four matches a day throughout the group stage ensures optimal rest time for the teams Qatar’s unique footprint allows later assignment of group matches for the benefit and comfort of fans The iconic image of... Read more
