Thousands take to the streets in Hong Kong in fresh round of protests

Thousands take to the streets in Hong Kong in fresh round of protests

After a week of relative calm, thousands of anti-government protesters, including many elderly residents, took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday chanting “revolution of our time” and “liberate Hong Kong.” The protest, which took place in the bustling shopping district of Tsim Tsa Tsui, came after hundreds of people had marched to the […]
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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob re-elected

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob re-elected

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has been re-elected for a second term, the country’s electoral commission said on Sunday. Mr. Geingob polled 56.3percent in Wednesday’s election, well ahead of his nearest rival Panduleni Itula with 29.4 percent. However, Mr. Geingob’s tally was well down from the 87 percent with which he won his first term in […]

SERAP sues FG over failed Chinese $460m Abuja CCTV project

SERAP sues FG over failed Chinese $460m Abuja CCTV project

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning over failure to “disclose information and specific documents on the total amount of money paid to contractors from the $460 million loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the apparently failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project, and failure to name the contractors involved and explain why the government has continued to re-pay the loan

Clergy urges govt. to support efforts to strengthen the church

Clergy urges govt. to support efforts to strengthen the church

Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Anglican Primate of All Nigeria, on Saturday urged the government to support efforts to strengthen the Church in the country. Okoh, who gave the charge at the 2019 Carnival for Christ, in Abuja, said that the Church was a strong foundation for unity and strength for nation-building. He said that […]

NNPC, Total & partners take HIV campaign to Lagos schools

NNPC, Total & partners take HIV campaign to Lagos schools

By Sola Ogundipe As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark 2019 World AIDS Day, NNPC-NAPIMS, in collaboration with the management and staff of Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd., and their partners (PETROBRAS, SAPETRO & CNOOC) have taken the fight against HIV/AIDS to secondary schools in Lagos state. The students of Ajigbede Girls Secondary […]