Fifteen suspected trafficked children were rescued by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command from the residence of one Maureen Wechinwu, who claimed to be a Reverend Sister, in Aluu Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State. During the parade of suspects by the State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, it was revealed that […]
Kenya’s Supreme Court has confirmed William Ruto’s election as president in a unanimous ruling following the submission of eight petitions seeking to annul the result. The court dismissed all the petitions, including that submitted by the losing candidate, Raila Odinga. It found that some of the claims “were based on forged documents and ‘sensational information’.” […]
Next time you see a bee hovering around a fruit tree, you’re probably witnessing pollination in action. Pollination is what enables a plant to produce seeds and fruit – and, as research has shown, pollination by insects can greatly improve the quality and quantity of fruit produced. There’s mounting evidence of a decline in the […]
The newly constituted 14-man committee is to be chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the Federal Ministry of Education Spokesperson, Ben Goong, on Tuesday. For the umpteenth time, the Nigerian government on Tuesday announced the constitution of another committee to review the report submitted by a renegotiation committee earlier set up to […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has denied the claim by a coalition of civil society organisations that it violated some aspects of the 2022 Electoral Act by not publishing a comprehensive list of registered voters. He, however, said the commission was working towards publishing a comprehensive list of registered voters in […]
Gender-Based Violence has become a painful fallout of the Nigerian government’s efforts to quell a secessionist bid by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South East states of Nigeria. Gladys Eleanya, 56, was gunned down on 24 May 2021, caught in a crossfire between Nigerian security operatives and members of the secessionist Indigenous […]
Ahead of Napoli’s opening group match of the 2022 /23 UEFA Champions League encounter against Liverpool at the Stadio Maradona today, the Serie A side are sweating over the fitness of Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen. The Nigeria international suffered a minor muscle-related injury in Napoli’s 2-1 road win over Lazio on Saturday but managed […]
Against the background of the ongoing faceoff with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over alleged government failure to fulfil agreements reached with the union, the federal government has said it will not sign any other agreement it cannot implement. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during a meeting […]
Addis Abeba — The National Dialogue (ND) has become popular for conflict transformation, lest it may be manipulated to consolidate the power of a ruling party. For a country like Ethiopia, where the legitimacy of the state has been in deep trouble since its establishment, a non-inclusive proclamation such as ‘the Ethiopian Proclamation for the […]
Addis Abeba — Latest figure released by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in connection with the International Day of the Disappearance revealed that there are more than 25,000 minors missing across Africa,. This was disclosed at a joint ICRC-AU meeting high-level policy dialogue on missing, separated and dead migrants held on on […]
Yaounde — Hundreds of truckers have stopped working on Cameroon’s border with Chad to protest a ban on heavy trucking into Chad, which depends on Cameroon for 80% of its imported goods. Drivers transporting food and humanitarian assistance say they are disgruntled with what they call Cameroon’s refusal to repair the road linking northern Cameroon […]
Nume Ekeghe and James Emejo writes on the country’s controversial public debt stock that has been on the increase since 2015 and its lack of impact on key macroeconomic indicators Nigeria’s rising public debt profile has continued to be the subject of national discourse in recent times. Not that borrowing is bad in itself, especially […]
Members of the National Association of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to resume their suspended strike following the failure of the federal government to meet their demands. In its appraisal of the suspended strike, the union said the government was yet to meet their demands two weeks after it agreed to do so. The union […]
The federal government yesterday took a major step towards finally resolving its faceoff with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by setting up a tactical committee to review the no-work no-pay policy which the striking lecturers have kicked against. The lecturers’ union insists that its members have to be paid for the period they […]
The federal government has ordered the immediate dissolution of all Anti-vandal Squads of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) nationwide following allegations of misconduct and corruption against its officers LEADERSHIP reports that this may not be unconnected with the outcome of discreet investigations carried out by the Corps’ top management to ascertain the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 77th session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. A revised provisional list of speakers released from the Office of the General Assembly President yesterday showed that Buhari would be the first […]
As fighting continues in South Sudan, a new UN report released on Tuesday documents 173 civilian deaths over a four-month period along with widespread human rights violations committed without repercussion. Published jointly by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the document reports […]
International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, marked on 7 September, takes place in a world where almost all the air we breathe is polluted, and some seven million people die from air pollution every year. Ahead of the Day, UN News spoke to two experts about the scale of the problem, and the […]