Rights group urges Tunisia to halt collective expulsions of African migrants
July 7, 2023 Tunisia should halt collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants and urgently enable access to humanitarian services for those the government sent to a dangerous area of the…
NECO unveils ‘e-Verify’ Portal for Online confirmation of results
July 7, 2023 The National Examination Council (NECO) has unveiled ”NECO ‘e-Verify” platform to ease the verification of results, and checkmate manipulation and falsification of results conducted by the council….
Twitter threatens Threads lawsuit against Meta
July 7, 2023 Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform in a letter sent to the Facebook parent’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter’s lawyer Alex…
South Korea to help Africa cut dependence on rice imports
July 7, 20233 South Korea is set to sign an agreement next week with eight African nations to help boost rice production and cut their dependence on imports, Agriculture Minister…
Nigeria’s petrol use down 28% after subsidy scrapped – Regulator
July 7, 2023 Nigeria’s average daily petrol consumption has fallen by 28% since President Bola Tinubu scrapped a popular but costly subsidy on the fuel at the end of May,…
18m doses of first-ever malaria vaccine allocated to 12 African countries – Gavi, WHO, UNICEF
July 7, 2023 Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years. The roll out…
Reps to investigate NURTW national chairman over alleged N5m health insurance scheme
July 7, 2023 The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the National Chairman of Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa over alleged mismanagement of N5…
Restructuring: Gov Lawal reduces Zamfara ministries to 16
July 7, 2023 Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara on Thursday signed an executive order reducing the state ministries from 28 to 16 to improve quality services. This is contained in…
Sit-at-home: Enugu Govt. confirms arrests of enforcers, directs offices, markets, schools to open
July 7, 2023 The Enugu State Government says it has tracked down some hoodlums who were enforcing illegal weeklong sit-at-home in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof….
ALABA MARKET DEMOLITION: TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETS
July 7, 2023 The Technical Committee set up by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to look into the issue of demolition of some critically distressed buildings at Alaba…