Anambra Police Command Mobilizes 4,688 Personnel For Senatorial Re-run Election
By Emmanuel Peter The Anambra state police command said it has mobilized about four thousand six hundred and eighty eight (4,688) of its men for the conduct of the Senatorial district re-run election slated for Saturday 13th January, 2018. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Garba Umar, made this known while speaking […]
Sokoto demolishes illegal structures at old market
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Sokoto state government on Friday began the demolition of illegal structures and make shift shops at the old market. The demolition exercise which caught up with a number of traders was to provide enough parking space as well create way for fire fighting vehicles on emergency mission. Speaking on the exercise, […]
Militias Beholden to Iran Complicate Future of Iraq
(New York, NY) – The future of Iraq remains complicated and challenged by the power of Shiite militias beholden to Iran. The Badr Organization, Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), and Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH)—the three most powerful militias—are part of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a government sanctioned umbrella group composed of predominantly Shiite fighters funded by and allied with Iran. Several of the groups fought […]
Sokoto assembly confirms 4 new commissioner nominees for appointment
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto FOUR new commissioner nominees were Wednesday confirmed by the Sokoto state House of Assembly for appointment by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. They include: Professor Aisha Madawaki, Alhaji Ahmed Barade, Alhaji Garba Tsitse and Alhaji Bello Ambarura respectively. However, their confirmation followed the due process of screening by the state legislature at […]
Don Waney: Still Too Early to Celebrate
Walter Duru, Ph.D One of the biggest stories about the Niger Delta region of Nigeria today is the killing of a dreaded cultist, Johnson Igwedibia, also known as Don Waney, by a combined team of men of the Military and Department for State Services- DSS. In a Press Statement issued by the Nigerian Army entitled: […]
INEC announces timetable for 2019 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the time table for the 2019 general elections. The presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on same day on February 16, 2019, INEC said while briefing journalists on Tuesday. Governorship and state assembly elections will also hold same day on March 2, two weeks after the presidential […]
PDP KADUNA STATE CONDEMNED THE CONTINUOUS SACKING OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN KADUNA STATE
PRESS RELEASE The PDP State Chairman, Hon. Felix Hassan Hyat and his entire Exco has condemned the sack of civil servants in the state and threats of sacking of more teachers for participating in the on going teachers’ strike in the state by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai. We strongly support the current […]
UN Refugee Agency Urges Israel to Halt Forced Relocation of African Asylum Seekers
Somali and Eritrean refugees wash at a reception centre at the port of Augusta, Sicily. They had been rescued at sea by the Spanish Coast Guard after setting out from Libya. The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday appealed to the Israeli Government to not forcibly send Eritrean and Sudanese refugees or asylum seekers to […]
How to deal with climate change in the Black Sea
MARIA BEAT Climate change is a burning issue in the international agenda, and with global warming increasing, it adds a sense of immediate urgency. The year 2017 was the third-warmest year on record, the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, from Nov. 7 to Nov. 17, 2017, revealed. The conference confirmed as well that the […]
Saudi Arabia to Allow Women Into Stadiums
Women in Saudi Arabia would be allowed to attend football matches on Friday for the first time in the conservative kingdom, authorities said on Monday. Female fans would enter major sports stadiums in the Kingdom to attend three football matches involving local sides as part of the Saudi Professional League competition, the government-run Centre for […]