The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the military will not engage in dialogue with bandits or any criminal to bring an end to insecurity. Buratai stated this at a news conference to mark the commencement of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2020 on Wednesday at the Army Special Super Camp, Faskari, Katsina State. He said that dialogue with criminals was not a military option in dealing with insecurity, adding...
The Commandant, Sokoto State Hisbah Commission, Dr Adamu Kasarawa, said the commission has recorded 155 rape cases from January to June, across the state. Kasarawa disclosed this on Wednesday at a two-day capacity building for Male Advocates and Champions Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, organised by Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development in Sokoto. The Foundation, an NGO, has engaged Islamic scholars, traditional institutions, civil society groups and government offcials on ways to reduce cases of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sought the confirmation of the Senate for appointment of 41 nominees as non-career ambassadors to Nigerian foreign missions. Buhari’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Wednesday. Buhari also in a letter read at plenary sought the approval of Senate for confirmation of Saulaiman Dani representing the FCT as career Ambassador designate. Other confirmation sought by Buhari includes the...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Nigeria and other oil exporters in African will lose a total of about $34bn in revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The IMF added that the projected decline in revenue is associated to the unstable global crude oil prices. The Director of the IMF in the African Department, Abebe Selassie, stated this at the Africa Ministerial Roundtable on COVID-19 impact on the energy sector in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 14 political parties submitted nominations for the Edo governorship election. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC). Okoye said that the particulars of the nominated candidates would be published in the Edo State office of the commission and simultaneously uploaded on its website on Thursday. The News...
Nigeria has recorded 561 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,694. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on Tuesday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 561 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with 17 deaths as at Tuesday. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos...
The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to subsidise electricity for Nigerians in a bid to alleviate the proposed hike in electricity tariff which had been deferred to next year. Chairman Senate Committee on Power, Sen. Gabriel Suswam made the call while briefing newsmen in Abuja. NAN reports that the leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariff from July 1. The representatives of...
Statues from Nigeria have changed hands in an auction in Paris in spite of protests, with Christie’s auction house defending the sale as legitimate. All the objects had been exhibited, had been the subject of publications in previous years and had previously been sold publicly at an international trade fair in 2010, French media quoted a spokesman for the auction house as saying on Tuesday. The Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments wrote a...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has generated the sum of N66 billion from stamp duties between January and May. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, the FIRS Director, Communications and Liaison Department made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ahmad said the Executive Chairman of FIRS, Muhammad Nami, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Audit and Recovery of Back Years Stamp Duties and the unveiling of the FIRS Adhesive Stamp...
Tens of thousands demonstrated on Tuesday in Sudanese cities despite a coronavirus lockdown to demand greater civilian rule in the transition towards democracy after the ouster of veteran strongman Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Waving Sudanese flags, protesters gathered in Khartoum and its twin cities Khartoum North and Omdurman after the government closed roads and bridges leading to the centre of the capital. Similar protests also took place in Kassala in eastern Sudan and in the...
