Drug barons funding terrorists, bandits — Senate president
By Henry Umoru President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday raised the alarm that drug barons are funding terrorists. According to him, this explains why Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and kidnappers with arms and ammunition undertake criminal activities in the country. Speaking yesterday in Abuja when the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, […]
LASAA begins awareness campaign on regulation of outdoor adverts
Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has flagged off the first phase of an awareness campaign to sensitise the general public on the need for compliance with regulations guiding outdoor advertisement in the state.
Reading aloud of 628-page Covid bill delays debate in US Senate
The US Senate finally took up the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package Thursday but a brazen ploy by opponents — reading the entire 628-page bill aloud on the chamber floor — promptly gummed up the action. President Joe Biden has pushed hard to get his top legislative priority through Congress, and it narrowly cleared the […]
Ghana’s Supreme Court upholds Akufo-Addo’s election victory
Ghana’s Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the victory of President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo in the 7 December, 2020, general election. The seven-member panel dismissed the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the main opposition candidate, former president John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The court, presided over by Chief Justice […]
CBN guarantees N122.6bn agric loans
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has guaranteed a total of N122.6 billion loans under the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) as at end 2020.
Buhari congratulates new PFN President, Bishop Wale Oke
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Founder of Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, on his election as President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN.
