Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, yesterday said the Department of State Services, DSS, shared 44 intelligence reports before the attack on Kuje Prisons. Wase spoke on the floor of the green chamber during the plenary. He made the remarks while speaking on a motion sponsored by Abubakar Yallemen from Jigawa State, […]
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Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to the ex-leader’s family. “I ask the Burkinabe people for forgiveness for all the acts I may have committed during my tenure, and especially the family of my brother and friend […]
THE United Nations has stated that the acceleration of Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, across Africa requires financing as over $300 billion needed to close the gap in Nigeria. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale, commended the Sterling One Foundation for its role to accelerate growth towards the 2030 SDGs across […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday began a two-day nationwide protest against failure of the Federal Government to resolve the strike embarked upon by unions in the nation’s university system, warning the government not to toy with another people’s uprising comparable to the 2020 #EndSARS protest. The strike has lasted five months so far. NLC, […]
United Nations has decried that worsening food insecurity may push 1.74 million children under the age of five in the North-eastern Nigeria into malnutrition. A statement issued yesterday by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale, titled: ‘Surviving the Food Crisis in North-east Nigeria’, said today in North-east Nigeria, millions […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria […]
The Co-founder and Head of Strategy and Growth, Land Republic Limited, Ambassador Victor Adesewa has urged the Federal Government to implement policies to curb land grabbing in the country. Adesewa made the call recently during the site inspection and allocation of one of his company’s ongoing projects, ‘Deja View City’, in Lagos. He noted that […]
The MTEF/FSP contain projections upon which the annual budget is prepared. The leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday met with the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, over the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper(MTEF/FSP). The MTEF/FSP contain projections upon which the annual budget is prepared. The National Assembly would usually consider […]
Cape Town — ANC Looking at Overhaul of Immigration Policy Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says gaps in SA’s immigration policies have created a free-for-all, resulting in the country dishing out services to foreign nationals at no cost, SowetanLive reports. The ANC is proposing a complete overhaul of the immigration system, where it says […]
Mr Adediran also spoke about how he would have engaged the Okada riders in the state. The PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Olajide ‘Jandor’ Adediran, recently sat down with PREMIUM TIMES’ journalists to discuss his emergence as the party’s candidate, his ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ campaign, and his strategy to end the APC ‘dynasty’ […]
Marburg disease, caused by a virus related to Ebola, is rare but severe, and often fatal. It is therefore a serious public health threat. But what is Marburg and how does it spread? Nigeria’s disease control centre, the NCDC, is on high alert after Ghana declared its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. The NCDC […]
Nariobi — The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is on Wednesday set to receive the first batch of the presidential ballot papers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The consignment will be received by the Commission led by its Chairman Wafula Chebukati who will be accompanied by other commissioners. The Consignment comes days […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has defended the decision to construct a National Cathedral, saying that the government cannot provide all the development needs of the country before building a church. Citing examples with the National Cathedral of the Washington DC, St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the Notre Dame in Paris, he said societies […]
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday evening met a cross-section of leaders from Rift Valley Region at State House, Nakuru where they discussed a wide array of subjects including the country’s political choices in the August polls. The leaders thanked the President for various development projects successfully implemented by the national Government in the […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police(ACP) Benjamin Agordzo, Colonel Kojo Gameli and eight others accused of plotting to overthrow the government have been ordered by the High Court in Accra, to open their defence. The three-member panel of judges presided over by Justice Efia Serwaa Asare Botwe, made the order on Monday, when it delivered ruling on […]
The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has helped the judiciary to reduce the load of the courts by 29,558 cases since its inception over the last one and half decades. According to the Chief Justice, Anin Yeboah, “this is a positive support ADR has offered the judiciary without which this load would have been borne by […]
Approximately GH¢2.2 billion was invested in the National Builder’s Corps (NABCo) programme, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed, as the initiative comes to an end on September 1, this year. Delivering the Mid-year budget review in parliament on Monday, he said 100,000 young graduates were engaged on the various modules of the initiative […]
The High Court, in Accra, will fix the date for commencement of the trial of former Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, on October 13, 2022. When the case was called yesterday, Emmanuel Amadu, who represented the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), said prosecution had filed all disclosures to […]