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Nigeria: House Says £4.2m Repatriated from UK Belongs to Delta State
The Delta State Government on Wednesday got support from Nigeria’s House of Representatives as well as two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Professor Epiphany Azinge and Mr. Femi Falana, to
Nigeria’s Defence Chief Irabor Talks Tough, Orders Troops to Smoke Out Unrepentant Bandits
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor on Wednesday charged troops to be ruthless and more aggressive in dealing with unrepentant bandits in the North-west. Irabor, in his
Uganda Begins Covid-19 Vaccinations
Ugandan Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has received a COVID-19 vaccine jab as the first person in the country’s inoculation campaign, with healthcare workers receiving the AstraZeneca jabs as part
Nigeria Seeks Global Action to Combat Emerging Drug Trafficking Threats
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has called for an urgent strengthening of regional and international cooperation to identify and
Organised Labour Threatens to Shut Down Nigeria Over Minimum Wage
Organised Labour in Nigeria has said they are ready for war and threatened to shut down the country if the National Assembly does not rescind its plan to remove minimum
House Asks Nigeria Government to Halt Disbursement of £4.2m Repatriated from UK
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to halt the disbursement of the £4.2m – about 2.2 billion Naira that was seized from a former Delta State Governor
Mauritius Returns to Covid-induced Lockdown as Cases Rise
Mauritius has entered a 15-day national lockdown on Wednesday morning after a rise in Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the month. The Indian Ocean island nation recorded five new cases
Nigeria: Zamfara State Governor Gives Bandits Two-month Ultimatum to Surrender
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has given a two-months ultimatum to armed bandits to surrender their weapons and embrace the state’s peace initiative, warning “political actors” against compromising the security of the state.
Delta State Challenges Nigeria Government Over £4.2m Repatriated Funds from UK
The Delta State government in Nigeria on Tuesday faulted the decision of the federal government to spend the £4.2 million forfeited by associates of a former governor of the state,
Nigeria Launches $3.2bn Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Railway Project
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched the $3.2 billion rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt– Maiduguri eastern narrow gauge railway project, Bonny Deep Sea Port and the Railway Industrial Park,
