PTF updates Buhari as COVID-19 cases reach 10,162 with 287 deaths
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received updates on developments surrounding the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the Presidential Task Force (PTF). The PTF recommended to the President to…
15 African leaders rally support for Adesina, warn US to back-off AfDB
Fifteen leaders of the African Union (AU), all of them former heads of states of their respective countries, have jointly issued a caution note to the Board of Governors of…
AfDB President Adesina hits back over graft accusations
The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, hit back on Wednesday at accusations of corruption and vowed to continue working. In a press statement, Adesina slammed “unprecedented…
Edo APC in tatters as Oshiomhole-Obaseki face-off deepens
With the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), currently led by the National Chairman of the party and former governor of Edo…
Amnesty International accuses army of torturing children in Northeast
The global human rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the treatment of children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism, accusing the Nigerian military of subjecting children to torture in prolonged…
Editorial: The killing of Black men by White Police in America
“I don’t know any city in America which does not have issues of police brutality or overaggressive policing against black people; who reflexively say their last prayers whenever they encounter…
Buhari didn’t cancel appointments, memos Kyari approved – Presidency
The Presidency late yesterday denied widespread media reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled appointments and memos approved by his former chief of staff late Abba Kyari. “The attention of…
Nigeria records 276 new Coronavirus cases, total now 8344 with 249 deaths
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday said 276 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded across the country. NCDC said Lagos reported 161 of the new…
El-Rufai threatens to sack health workers, jail parents of Almajiri pupils
Controversial Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has warned striking health workers in the state against industrial action, adding that workers who fail to report for duty should consider themselves sacked.…
National Assembly cuts short break, resumes Thursday
The two chambers of the National Assembly will now resume from the two-week Sallah break on Thursday, four days earlier than the Tuesday, June 2 resumption date. This is to…