Daily COVID Tracker: NCDC logs eight cases, zero fatality
Nigeria on Thursday recorded eight cases of COVID-19 infections. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Friday. COVID pandemic particularly harsh on women, says WHO The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa has had particularly devastating effects on women. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, […]
Aisha Buhari to n’assembly: Reconsider gender bills to curb discrimination against women
Aisha Buhari, the first lady, has urged the national assembly to review its decision on the gender bills that were recently rejected by the lawmakers. The lawmakers had, on Tuesday, voted against bills seeking to amend the constitution to provide more opportunities for women in political parties and governance. The development has […]
2023: Nigeria still unstable, needs serious change, says Tinubu
Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says despite achieving democracy, Nigeria is still “unstable” and needs “serious change”. Speaking on Thursday during a consultation with members of the Ekiti traditional council in Ado-Ekiti, Tinubu said he is in the 2023 presidential race to bring hope to the people and […]
Strike: FG doesn’t have funds to meet part of ASUU’s demands, says Ngige
Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says the federal government does not have the funds to meet some of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). On February 14, ASUU declared a one-month strike. While declaring the strike, the union said the decision was taken over the federal government’s delay on […]
‘Correct Nigeria’s false depositions in UK court’ — Adoke tackles Malami over JP Morgan case
Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has written a letter of complaint to Abubakar Malami over Nigeria’s depositions before a UK court in its case against JP Morgan Chase. Nigeria is claiming more than $1.7 billion in compensation for the bank’s role in the controversial Malabu/OPL 245 transaction of 2011. […]
Ukraine invasion: Russia will continue uncompromising fight against militants, says Putin
President Vladimir Putin of Russia says his country will continue the fight against those he described as “militants of nationalists armed groups” in Ukraine. In a phone conversation with President Emmanuel Macron of France on Thursday, Putin reportedly said any attempt to slow down the conflict talks would “only lead to additional demands […]
DSS director: ISWAP training its members to carry out suicide bombings in north-east
Babagana Bulama, the director of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) in Adamawa, says the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), is training its members to attack security agencies in the north-east. According to NAN, he said this on Thursday at the 2022 first zonal quarterly conference of state directors of […]
No fuel, no light — how Nigerians are braving the hard times
It is about a month since the fuel crisis rocked Nigeria. Nigerians would have thought that things would be better by now but the situation seems to be worse as queues are still seen at filling stations, and black marketeers selling at outrageous prices. As if this is not enough, Nigerians have in […]
FG blames erratic power supply on dry season
The federal government has blamed the low water levels in the hydro dams for the erratic power supply in the country. Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power, said the dry season resulted in the reduced hydro capacity of the dams. The minister spoke on Thursday in Abuja during the state house ministerial briefing. […]
NDLEA files 8-count drug trafficking charge against DCP Abba Kyari
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has preferred an eight-count criminal charge against Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), and six others over allegations of drug trafficking. The other defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022 include Sunday J. Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba and John Nuhu. The three defendants are […]