Medical charity MSF said on Monday that it has been forced to suspend its activities in a famine-stricken camp in Sudan’s North Darfur because of heavy fighting in the area. The charity was one of the few still working in the besieged Zamzam camp which houses around half a million people displaced by Sudan’s 22-month…
The Police Command in Benue, on Monday, said three persons were killed in a cult clash in Wadata area of Makurdi, the State capital. The Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. Anene said that rival cult groups clashed in Makurdi,…
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has weighed into the raging power tussle in Rivers, urging the warring leaders to think about the poor in the state. In a tweet on Tuesday on the crisis in the state, Obi noted that the situation in Rivers is an example of how…
Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace, and Dignity has declared the week of May 22nd to May 28th, 2023, as African Liberation Week, a momentous Pan-African mobilization event marking the 60th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now known as the African Union (AU). With the launch of the #BorderlessAfrica campaign during the…
Nigerian trans-border traders have expressed concern over what they described as “incessant extortion by some officials of the government of Niger Republic”, following that country’s exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three military-led West African nations — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso,…
The Jigawa branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has extended felicitations to Muslims in the state and beyond on completing the 2025 Ramadan fast and celebrating Eid-el-Fitr. The CAN Chairman in the state, Reverend Father Maurice Koli-Hassan, stated this on Monday in Dutse. Koli-Hassan said the association also condemned the recent killing of…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), at its meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu. The motion was moved by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and seconded by Sen. Adams Oshihomole, a former APC National Chairman and one time Edo governor. The News Agency…
The North-West Youths for Peace and Development (NWYPD), a non-governmental organisation, has called for the suppprt of the people in the region for the military in its renewed onslaught against Bello Turji and other terrorists in the region. The Coordinator of the group, Salihu Bello, made the call while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja….
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed an explosion at the Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP) at Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s Spokesperson, made the confirmation while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. She said that details of the explosion were still…
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has called for unified efforts among regional countries to support stability in the Middle East. Al-Sudani made the remarks during a meeting with the visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan,this is according to a statement on Monday by Al-Sudani’s media office. The statement said the two ministers discussed bilateral…
