The National Human Rights Commission in Kano reported receiving 149 complaints of alleged human rights abuses in July. The NHRC coordinator, Shehu Abdullahi, disclosed this on Thursday in Kano. He said that 38 of the cases had been treated, while 111 are pending. Mr Abdullahi said 105 cases bordered on children’s rights, women, and gender….
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for “maximum restraint” from India and Pakistan. While addressing newsmen at the Security Council in UN Headquarters in New York, he warned that escalating tensions over a recent deadly terror attack in Kashmir risk spiralling into military confrontation. Guterres expressed deep concern over deteriorating relations between the two South…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said that the news circulating that National Assembly members would be granted automatic tickets in the 2027 election is fake. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “The attention of the APC has been drawn to a purported breaking news…
China has updated its tax refund policy for foreign tourists, shifting from a refund-upon-departure policy to a refund-upon-purchase model, the State Taxation Administration (STA) says. The STA said on Tuesday that under the new refund-upon-purchase policy, foreign visitors could instantly claim Value Added Tax (VAT) rebates at tax-free stores. It said the policy would enable…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is set to launch his much-anticipated autobiography titled Being True to Myself on Tuesday, May 13, in Abuja. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the Chairman of the Sule Lamido Book Launch Committee, Sen. Mustapha Khabeeb, described the event as a landmark occasion that…
Sheikh Bashir Solihu, the Chief Imam of Ilorin and Chairman of the Kwara State Council of Ulama, has passed away at the age of 75. The Chairman of the Islamic Missionaries Association, Sheikh Abdullahi Nurudeen-Adana, confirmed the development on Monday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin. According to Nurudeen-Adana, the senior…
The Abia Apostolic Intercessory Team, in collaboration with the Umuda Isingwu Ministers’ Forum, has announced the 2025 Resurrection Power Prayer Summit. Themed “Breaking ‘Thou Shall Not Excel’ Curses and Evil Pronouncements,” the summit is scheduled to take place from Tuesday, 1 April to Friday, 4 April 2025, at St James Methodist Church, Umuda Isingwu, Canaan…
Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier. The WHO comments were “offensive and disrespectful,” said the director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shen Hongbing. He…
FIFA launched a $50 million legacy fund for social programmes on Wednesday in collaboration with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. In November 2022, world football’s governing body FIFA had promised the legacy fund from 2022 World Cup proceeds…
Donald Trump has called his rival in the 2024 election vice President Kamala Harris a liar in the concluding parts of his campaigns. Donald Trump’s final rally on Saturday was in North Carolina, in the city of Greensboro, a state that voted for him in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. He began by saying…
