The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat. Four of the 15 new members are from African countries, viz, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, ...
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The National Elections Commission (NEC), the electoral body of Liberia, will begin releasing provisional results for the Tuesday Liberian presidential, senatorial and parliamentary elections today. To avoid a runoff, the winner of the presidential election must secure over 50% of ...
Read More »NNPC $3bn Loan: Afreximbank Working Out Oil Volume Details For Exchange
Afrexim Bank is currently working out details to determine the volume of crude oil the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is willing to give out in exchange of its loan request. The bank is tapping oil traders to finance a ...
Read More »Niger Seeks Partnership With GIZ To Create Free Trade Zone
Niger State governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has sought a collaborative effort between the State Government and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) for the creation of a Free Trade Zone to be located in Tafa, Bida and Minna. Governor ...
Read More »Customs Arrests 2 For Smuggling N6.8m Live Parrots, Hawk
The Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Monday, arrested two persons for allegedly smuggling 63 live African parrots, hawk from Kaduna state, Nigeria to neighbouring Benin Republic. In a press statement by the public relations officer, ...
Read More »UNGA 78: Kwara Gov To Address Summit On Migration, Others
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has been slated to deliver speeches during the 78th United Nations General Assembly, (UNGA) in New York, United States. The governor’s chief press secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, in a statement on Monday said Abdulrazaq, who doubles ...
Read More »23 States Grow Foreign Loans By 64 Per Cent
TWENTY-Three Nigerian states grew bilateral loans by 64.26 per cent in six months to $462.81m as of the end of June. Most of the loans were taken from China, India, France and other countries. This was despite the persistent fall ...
Read More »UNDP, Others Train Police Officers On International Best Practices
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), German government and CLEEN Foundation have trained Nigeria Police Force personnel on attitude change and international best practices for police officers. Speaking at the event, UNDP ‘s senior police training advisor, Adewale Ajadi, said: ...
Read More »EXPOSED! How Senators Plot Akpabio’s Impeachment In Saudi Arabia
…Led by Northern Senators …Say Senate president is a rubber stamp for the presidency Some aggrieved senators have started making moves to impeach the Senate president, Senator Godswill Akpabio, when the Senate reconvenes on September 26, 2023. LEADERSHIP Weekend investigations ...
Read More »Nigeria, Cuba Sign MoU For Science, Tech Dev’t
Nigeria’s delegation to the G77+China Summit led by Vice President Kashim Shettima has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Cuba to further enhance collaboration in the field of Innovation, Science and Technology between the two countries. ...
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