The Debt Management Office (DMO) said the total public debt stock of Nigeria as of March was N49.95 trillion ($108.30 billion). DMO said in a statement on its official website on Sunday, that the debt stock comprises the external and domestic debts of the Federal Government, the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory. The country’s […]
The last refugee held on the Pacific island of Nauru under Australia’s notorious offshore detention policy has been evacuated to Australia, according to refugee advocacy groups. The man arrived in Australia on Saturday night. This was after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, said it would end a policy in place for more than 10 years. “Over […]
The Wife of Ondo State governor, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has called for inclusion of more women in Nigeria’s political arrangement and an end to all forms of inequality. Anyanwu-Akeredolu, represented by Mr Rowland Onyeukwu, her Senior Special Assistant (Media), made the call at public presentation of a book titled “We Live These Lives”. The Female […]
Members of the Biochemist Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BPAON) have volunteered to check drug abuse and addiction among Nigerian youths. Olayemi Ikotun, the association’s President, said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ikotun explained that in the last 20 years, youths have rapidly been involved in drug addiction, misuse and abuse in a […]
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has directed immediate payment of June salary to civil servants and pensioners across the state. Abubakar Bawa, Chief Press Secretary announced the governor’s directive while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Sokoto. Aliyu said the gesture is in fulfilment of the governor’s campaign promise of ensuring prompt payment of salaries. […]
An ongoing cholera outbreak in Ethiopia has claimed 156 lives so far, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said. “Since May 7, the outbreak keeps spreading with rising confirmed cases by 85 per cent from 6,157 to 11,407 cases as of June 20. “This is with 156 related deaths,” the UNOCHA […]
A High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, convicted three men for cybercrime in a case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The convicts are Richard Asaolu – an interior decorator from Iloffa in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state; Adeoye Olashile and Madiu Tajudeen, both from Oyo State. They […]
Clashes renewed between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in parts of Khartoum on Wednesday. This is coming after the latest 72-hour truce ended at 6.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT). Eyewitnesses said SAF warplanes flew over southern areas of Khartoum and bombarded a major RSF camp there. The warplanes […]
The Managing Director of Lagos Ferry Services (LAGFERRY), Mr Abdoulbaq Balogun, has sensitised residents of Badagry on the need to patronage ferry services which guarantee seamless transportation. Balogun made the plea during a stakeholders meeting held at Ferry Terminal, Ebute Miller, Marina Badagry on Tuesday. Represented by Mrs Bunmi Mofunlewi, the Head of Administration and […]
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, on Wednesday held talks with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Montgomery, who fielded questions from State House correspondents afterwards praised the new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on some economic measures announced so far. The envoy particularly commended the government on subsidy removal […]