Minister directs aviation agencies to relocate headquarters to Abuja within 45 days

Minister directs aviation agencies to relocate headquarters to Abuja within 45 days

By Lawani Mikairu The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has directed all Aviation agencies and parastatals to relocate their corporate headquarters to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja within the next forty-five (45) days. This is an attempt to enforce the 2012 Presidential directive that then ordered all government agencies to move their headquarters to Abuja. […]
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Coronavirus could infect quarter of a billion Africans ―Report

Coronavirus could infect quarter of a billion Africans ―Report

The coronavirus could infect a quarter of a billion Africans and put intolerable pressure on the continent’s fragile health system, a new report said Friday, as the pandemic’s global death toll topped 300,000. Despite fears of a second wave of infections, borders began opening up in Europe and lockdowns continued to ease as governments try […]

China asks US to ‘meet halfway’ after Trump threatens to cut ties

China asks US to ‘meet halfway’ after Trump threatens to cut ties

China on Friday urged the United States to meet it halfway and strengthen cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic after President Donald Trump threatened to sever bilateral ties. Relations between the world’s two largest economies have deteriorated in recent weeks, with both sides trading barbs over the origins of the virus that has […]

Anti-terrorism: Group hails Buhari, military, demands accountability on $1bn spending

Anti-terrorism: Group hails Buhari, military, demands accountability on $1bn spending

Pro-Democracy and human rights group, Concerned Nigerians, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Army over the renewed fight against Boko Haram insurgents. The group, in a press statement made available to newsmen by its convener, Deji Adeyanju, said the renewed fight against the insurgents must be sustained. “We are never shy to commend […]

COVID-19: UN Women support FG with N38 million palliative for vulnerable women

COVID-19: UN Women support FG with N38 million palliative for vulnerable women

The United Nations Women has contributed N38 million to the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in palliatives for vulnerable Nigerian women. The donation was officially presented Monday in Abuja, to the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, by the UN Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Comfort Lamptey.