Over 235m people to need humanitarian aid in 2021 due to COVID-19 – UN
A record 235 million people are expected to be in need of humanitarian aid in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 40 per cent more than this year, UN forecasts…
21,600 Nigerians missing in 12 months, says Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), says no fewer than 21,600 Nigerians got missing in 2019. The ICRC Communication Field Officer in charge of Port Harcourt Delegation, Mrs…
Abule Ado: Cause of explosion yet unknown – Security agents
Scene from the explosion Security and emergency personnel at the scene of Abule Ado explosion in Lagos on Sunday said they were yet to ascertain what caused the explosion…
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme gets $5m scale up grant approval from AfDB
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $5 million to enable the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to scale up its…
Four dead, 16 missing after failed Mediterranean crossing
Four migrants have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain’s coastguard said on Wednesday. Rescuers…
Mother, child among those trapped at collapsed Ibadan building
No fewer than 25 persons were trapped in a three-storey building under construction which collapsed in Bode area of Ibadan on Friday, barely 72 hours after a another building collapsed…
Albinism: Malawi To Offer $7,000 Cash Reward For Information on killings
Malawi will offer cash rewards of up $7,000 for information about abductions and killing of people with albinism as anger over government inaction grew ahead of national elections. Belief in…
How FG secured release of 3 University of Maiduguri lecturers, 10 policewomen from Boko Haram
Boko Haram freed 13 hostages, Nigeria’s presidency said on Saturday, after authorities negotiated their release with the Islamist militants. Their release was won by months-long negotiation facilitated by the Red…