Gunmen suspected of belonging to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted five government officials in northeast Kenya on Monday as they were on their way to work, media reported. According to Citizen TV, quoting North Eastern Regional Commissioner John Otieno, the incident happened in Mandera County when the five chiefs were heading to Elwak….
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged contractors executing different projects in the territory to deliver within expected quality. Wike stated this on Monday, when he inspected some ongoing projects within the capital city, in preparation for inauguration to celebrate President Bola Tinubu second year in office. One of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Northwest Zone, has directed the closure of its Zonal Secretariat for three working days to mourn late President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Musa Mailafiya-Mada, APC Zonal Publicity Secretary, Northwest, issued the directive on Monday in a statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna. Mailafiya-Mada said the move was in line with…
By Henry Gabriel The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has participated in meetings at Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X) headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as well as at the World Bank Headquarters and another meeting with Google Corporation in a bid to strengthen partnerships for…
The United Nations has stated that it is awaiting talks on a potential peacekeeping mission for Ukraine, but “no such mission is yet planned,” according to Under Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix in Brussels on Tuesday. Lacroix said he expected discussions on deploying UN peacekeepers to monitor a possible future ceasefire, but emphasised that a ceasefire agreement…
Nigeria is now ranked first in Africa and seventh in the world, with the highest number of students in the US. Nigerian student enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities rose to 20,029 students in 2023/2024, marking a 13.5 per cent increase from the previous year, according to the 2024 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange. According…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima arrived in Katsina State on Monday to inaugurate the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic. His aircraft landed at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport at about 5 p.m. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the MSMEs Clinic is designed to bring together entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and regulatory…
Kenya on Tuesday published the first clinical guidelines for managing mental disorders that have spiked in the country. Patrick Amoth, director general of health in the Ministry of Health, said the guidelines aim to improve the identification and treatment of mental disorders within primary healthcare settings. “These guidelines have been designed for use by various…
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, even after promising previously that he would not do so. The president’s 54-year-old son had pleaded guilty to federal tax charges after being found guilty of charges relating to gun possession and drug use in two separate trials. The sentences were…
The EFCC on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, rejected the medical intervention by the State House Clinic. Counsel for the EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho, told Justice Emeka Nwite while opposing Gambaryan’s second bail application moved by his lawyer, Mark Mordi SAN. Iheanacho, who drew…
