Commends NACA’s plan to establish HIV Trust Fund By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Two Civil Society Organisations, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International Nigeria, Thursday, decried contractors allegedly sabotaging Federal Government’s effort to the sustenance of free anti-retroviral drugs for 3.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the country. This was contained […]

By Juliet Ebirim American superstar, Cardi B has showed concern for her Nigerian fans in the #ENDSARS protest currently gaining momentum in the country. A Twitter user had taken to his platform to beg Cardi B to use her platform to reach a wider audience and the international community with regards to the cause. ALSO […]

ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has defended its choice of Professor Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede as the Returning Officer for Saturday’s Governorship Election in Ondo state, saying it would not share its role as an umpire with any political party.

Appeals to INEC to sustain viewing portal initiative By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Barely 24 hours to the Ondo governorship election, Yiaga Africa, has tasked election actors on credible and acceptable election across the 18 Local Government Areas of the State. This was contained in a pre-election statement signed by Co-Chair, Yiaga Africa WTV Working […]

An elderly French aid worker and a top Malian politician captured by presumed jihadists landed to emotional reunions with their families after their release along with two Italian hostages. A white-robed Sophie Petronin, 75, the last French citizen known to be held hostage anywhere in the world since her abduction in 2016, was embraced by […]

Warns Police will no longer tolerate attack on security personnel By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja Against the backdrop of the murder of a Policeman and stealing of one AK 47 rifle with 25 rounds of ammunition by EndSARS protesters, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu sued for an end to the violence unleashed by […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the fumigation of all public schools across the six Area Councils of the territory, ahead of school resumption slated for Monday. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said the exercise started on Thursday at the Government Junior Secondary School, Garki, in Abuja. Aliyu said the […]

DR Congo said Thursday it would launch an inquiry into accusations that international workers in an anti-Ebola campaign had sexually abused local women. A report last month said dozens of women described sexual exploitation by aid workers from the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) and leading NGOs during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic […]

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled plans Thursday to probe Donald Trump’s capacity to govern after he contracted Covid-19, as the US president unspooled a rant against critics and threw the debate schedule with Joe Biden into turmoil. With just 26 days until the November 3 election, Washington’s top Democrat took the extraordinary step of […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)  said the 36 States of the federation recorded  N18.9 trillion credit by Geographical distribution in the second quarter of the year, (Q2’20). This represents a 2.0 percent or N37 billion rise in credit distribution when compared to N18.56 trillion in Q1’20. In it’s Selected Banking Sector […]