UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, western Niger. No fewer than 44 worshippers were killed and 20 injured in the attack on Friday. Assailants from the…
THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Kaduna Directorate, on Tuesday resettled 553 women and youth who had undergone training in various skills with starter packs and soft loans. The empowerment programme, targeting 93,731 unskilled and unemployed Nigerians, is part of…
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday praised President Bola Tinubu for his administration’s commitment to the second phase of the Nembe-Brass road project. Diri gave the commendation during a courtesy visit by the project’s contractors, A.I.L Infrastructure Limited, in…
IN this fast-paced digital age, African nations are at a crossroads, facing both significant challenges and exciting opportunities. Managing inflation while striving for sustainable economic growth is a delicate balancing act. Yet, by leveraging digital tools, innovative policies, and inclusive…
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has firmly rejected the growing claims that the country’s white population is being persecuted, calling it a ‘completely false narrative’ that threatens to sow division within the nation. In his weekly address to the nation…
A BATCH of once-classified documents, recently declassified by US President Donald Trump, has revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ran a covert base in Nairobi, Kenya, during the 1960s. The files, linked to the John F. Kennedy assassination archives, shed light on the…
IN northern Nigeria, a mother cradles her toddler, his face and legs scarred by burns. She is haunted by guilt and regret. Under pressure from her family, she applied skin-lightening creams to all six of her children—decisions she now deeply…
AT just 16, Fatou Esther Jusu feared her life would fall apart after discovering she was pregnant. Abortion was—and remains—illegal in Sierra Leone. Desperate and terrified of her family’s judgment, she took misoprostol, a drug sold in local pharmacies that…
Says: “Nigerians Must Demand Perpetually For The Uncompromising Review Of The Electoral Act” PATRIOTIC Nigerians have been called upon to pick one issue which they must use to stop President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing reckless dictatorship, which has resulted in the…
OPERATIVES of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have begun investigation of the sum of CFA 7m intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, along the Idiroko Border in Ogun State. …
