Kankara Boys: Nigerian professionals in Europe hail PMB, security agencies
The Association of Nigerian Professionals in Europe (ANPE) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the country’s security agencies for the release of hundreds of Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State. The group made this known in a communique signed by its President, Dr. Agwu Onyeke alongside 13 country heads, issued at the end of an online consultative meeting on […]
Katsina Abduction: Fear God, bring perpetrators to book, Buhari tells security officers
Addressing the freed students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina, President Muhammadu Buhari told the top security officers to do the needful and fear God in the discharge of their duties by bringing to book the perpetrators of the attacks. According to President Buhari, “I hope the top security officers both the infantry, […]
Breaking: Sanwo-Olu bans street parties, gives conditions for Church, office, market operations
By Nwafor Sunday Following the rise in Covid-19 cases in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, Friday, banned night clubs, concerts, carnivals and street parties in other to stem the spread of the virus. The governor who stated this in a statement obtained by journalists, gave stringent conditions for Church, offices and market […]
African Union opens ‘migration observatory’
The African Migration Observatory, a study platform launched by the African Union to improve migration governance, was inaugurated on Friday in the Moroccan capital Rabat. “Today, Africa will have its own data, this will allow us to disprove several myths about migration,” said Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at a ceremony he co-chaired with the […]
Kankara school abduction: Garba Shehu apologizes for giving misleading figure
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity), Mallam Garba Shehu, has apologized to Nigerians for his claim that only 10 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, were in the custody of their bandit abductors instead of the 333 announced by the state government and 343 […]
China offers to work with Biden, warns of ‘ignoring common interest’
China’s top diplomat on Friday offered cooperation on key priorities of United States (US) President-elect Joe Biden, warning that Beijing’s many US critics were creating an atmosphere of “McCarthyism” and ignoring common interests. Taking aim at the hawkish approach of President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced hope for a return of talks and […]
