The African Union (AU) has emphasised that addressing the issue of illicit financial outflows from the continent is crucial for expediting progress toward achieving inclusive growth and sustainable development. Patrick Olomo, Head of the Department of Economic Affairs at the AU Commission, made this assertion in Nairobi, Kenya. Olomo was addressing the 2023 African Parliamentary […]
From Our Correspondent The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the appeal by former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku is seeking to nullify the Feb. 25, presidential election, which Tinubu won. Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party had filed separate appeals to challenge […]
From Our Correspondent The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) says the government will ensure that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue return home soon. Its Federal Commissioner, Mr Tijani Ahmed, gave the assurance while distributing relief materials to IDPs at Ichwa camp in Makurdi. Ahmed said the government will also […]
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Wednesday announced their delegations’ arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to resume a new round of negotiations. “Based on the SAF’s belief that negotiation is the means that may end the war, we accepted the invitation. We will go to Jeddah to complete […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Government, on Wednesday, distributed 30 bags of NPK fertilisers and 20 cartons of herbicides to 60 farmers in Imo State to boost food production. TheNewsZenith reports that Director of Agricultural Extension Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Brooks Michael, supervised the distribution in Owerri. Michael said each […]
From Our Correspondent The Edo Government has domesticated the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) to create a database of livestock and other information on production for traceability in the state. The state government launched NAITS during the fifth National Animal Husbandry Development Committee (NAHDC) meeting held in Benin on Tuesday. NAITS is an […]
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has reacted to the “horrible views” that U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed at a meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday, and called for his resignation. Amb. Erdan described Guterres’ remarks as “shocking” for stating that the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel by Hamas “did not […]
From Our Correspondent Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, the new Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has pledged to accord the deserved support to the editorial operations of the agency. Ali made the pledge during his maiden meeting with the management and staff of the agency, on Tuesday, in Abuja. “The main pillar […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke In the UNESCO publication, Banerjee and Seneviratne acknowledged that structures governing PSB vary considerably between nations. Their reference to the composition of the BBC Board of Governors is quite revealing and exemplary. In the United Kingdom, the BBC has been constituted as a largely autonomous legal entity with a Board of Governors […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Thousands of Nigerians under the aegis of the Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO) rallied at the weekend in Lagos to call on the United Nations to ask Israel to cease its bombing of Gaza and other areas. They lament that the indiscriminate destructions have brought horror not just to the Palestinians but […]