Hundreds of pupils are missing after gunmen attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria in the second mass abduction within a week in the country. Local government officials in Kaduna state confirmed the kidnappings from Kuriga school on Thursday, but did not provide figures as they were working out how many children had been abducted. Reporting…
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has announced the tentative dates of March 11 and March 12, 2024, as the commencement dates for the annual Ramadan fast, pending the sighting of the moon after sunset on Sunday, March 10, 2024. In a statement signed by the Deputy Secretary-General of the NSCIA, Prof Salisu Shehu,…
Confirming the suspension in a statement on Thursday, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said the President also suspended three executive directors of the agency. “In the light of new findings unearthed during a comprehensive investigation into the financial activities of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), President Bola Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension of the Managing…
The Apex court stayed the execution of the orders of the Court of Appeal made on March 1, 2024 regarding the inspection. The interim stay of execution followed the application for an interim stay made by the legal team of the SDP Candidate, Muritala Ajaka. Moving the application, Counsel to Ajaka, Jibrin Okutepa urged the…
Ending deaths from the disease remains a challenge despite a package of measures that have proven to be inefficient and not adapted to the continent. Mali’s minister of health and social development, Dr. col Assa Badiallo, urged to unite force. “We call on civil society, communities, and private actors to participate even more so that…
Ghana Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah has died at the age of fourty fiveSources close to the family of the 45-year-old lawmaker confirmed the news to private media house TV3 on Thursday, March 7. He is reported to have died in the early hours of Thursday in Germany where he had been receiving medical treatment…
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will return to the ring to face Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in an exhibition bout screened on Netflix, organisers announced on Thursday. Tyson, 57, and Paul will face off at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, on July 20, Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for warring parties in Sudan to agree to a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, warning that the country’s humanitarian crisis is reaching “colossal proportions.” “In just days, the holy month of Ramadan will commence. So from this chamber today, I am making an appeal. I call…
A forensic document examiner seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bamaiyi Haruna on Thursday said the analysis conducted on the documents used to release $6.2m from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 showed that they were forged. The EFCC had alleged that on February 8, 2023, a former CBN governor, Godwin…
