Timi Frank urges EFCC chair, Bawa, not to disappoint youths
Political Activist, Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, to make the positive overhaul and transformation of the agency his cardinal goal. Frank, in a statement in Abuja, congratulated Bawa on his confirmation for appointment by the Senate even as he pleaded with Bawa […]
Malaysian wins challenge against Islamic law banning gay sex
A Malaysian man Thursday won the country’s first legal challenge against Islamic laws banning gay sex, a victory hailed as “monumental progress” in combating persecution of the LGBT community. He was charged in an Islamic court in 2019 with attempting to have “intercourse against the order of nature”, and several others in the same case […]
Army nabs 6 military imposters in Asaba
Troops of Operation Delta Hawk (OPDH) have arrested six suspected military imposters on Midwifery School Road in Okpanam area of Asaba in Delta. Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yarima, Director, Army Public Relations, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Yarima said the suspects were apprehended on Tuesday at about 11:10 p.m., following credible intelligence report. […]
Court refuses to grant Abdurasheed Maina bail
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), bail.
Breaking: Biden revokes Trump’s order suspending visas for temporary foreign workers in U.S
President Joe Biden has revoked former President Donald Trump’s order that limited the number of new work visas for temporary foreign workers in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic.“The suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 10014… does not advance the interests of the United States. “To the contrary, it harms the United States, including […]
China denies using Covid-19 anal swabs on US diplomats
China on Thursday said it had never asked US diplomats to undergo Covid-19 anal swabs, following American media reports that State Department personnel had complained of being subjected to the intrusive test. China — which has largely brought the virus under control domestically — said last month that anal swabs can be more effective than […]
Mozambique receives its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
A batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China arrived in Maputo on Wednesday to help Mozambique fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines received by the country. Speaking after a delivery ceremony at the airport, Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario praised China’s role in fighting the pandemic […]
Why Yobe Govt promoted 2,800 teachers
Alhaji Baba Maidala, Executive Chairman, Yobe Teaching Service Board, on Thursday said over 2,800 secondary school teachers in the state were promoted to the next grade levels from January 2020 to February 2021. Maidala told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the promotion would enhance the teachers’ productivity. He said that no […]
Osun teachers’ recruitment: 27,500 candidates sit for test
OVER 27,500 applicants, out of which over 19,000 were female sat for the recently-concluded teachers’ recruitment test exercise conducted by the Osun State Government.
NDLEA arrests 8 drug traffickers in Niger
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, says it has arrested eight suspected drug traffickers with 603.24 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in different parts of the state. The Acting Commander of the agency in the state, Mr Isaac Aloye, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna […]
Help Nigerian Disabilities Commission from its leadership crises — Group begs NASS
The President of the Senate, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has been urged to activate the constitutional powers through the special intervention by the Senate President and the House Committee on disabilities to prevent a leadership crisis that is brewing in the Nigerian Disability Commission to prevent erosion of the legacy which took over two decades to achieve for the disability community in Nigeria.
