Freedom of speech at risk in Ethiopia amid COVID-19-related restrictions – Rights group
Ethiopian authorities have been using the COVID-19 outbreak and a state of emergency declared on April 8, as a pretext to silence critical voices and limit free speech, according to a prominent rights watchdog. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said this in a statement on Wednesday. “A new state of emergency declared on April 8, […]
Bill for National Health Emergency passes first reading in Senate
The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed for first reading, the National Health Emergency Bill, 2020. The Bill was sponsored by Sen. Chukwuka Utazi, (PDP-Enugu) and Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases. Sen. Ike Ekweremadu (PDP-Enugu) shortly after the bill was read, however, raised a point of order having cited order 14 […]
Police to take campaign against cultism to e-learning platforms
The Police have concluded arrangements with a technology company to prepare and circulate anti-cultism and social vice messages to pupils/students nationwide through e-learning platforms. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, National Coordinator, Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday. Amaraizu said that POCACOV […]
ANEEJ, MANTRA partners laud repatriation of $311.7m Abacha III loot
Pledge independent monitoring of fund utilisation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and partners on the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets, MANTRA, Tuesday, lauded another repatriation of $311,797,866 of Abacha III loot to Nigeria from the United States of America and the […]
Hand hygiene critical to prevent COVID-19 — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says hand hygiene is one of the most effective actions to reduce the spread of pathogens and the COVID-19 virus. WHO made this known on Tuesday in a statement posted on its website to commemorate the Global Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated yearly on May 5. READ ALSO: Doctor who treated first […]
Aswani market in Lagos now opens on Wednesday — Council Chairman
Mr. Shamsudeen Olaleye, the Executive Chairman of Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) on Tuesday said the popular Aswani market in Lagos would no longer be opened on Tuesdays but on Wednesdays. This is contained in a statement made available by the Media Officer Lanre Olaleye to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. […]
