The UN Development Programme (UNDP), has released 30 million U.S. dollars to Nigeria from the regional stabilisation facility for the humanitarian crisis in the North East. UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria, Mr Mohamed Yahyadisclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the first inaugural meeting convened by UNDP on the way forward in actualising the ‘Nigeria…

Dr Siga Fatima Jagne, Commissioner, Social Affairs and Gender of ECOWAS Commission, on Thursday, reaffirmed the commission’s commitment to carry out action plans against drug trafficking and related crime in West African sub-region. Jagne, represented by Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, Head of ECOWAS Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Risk Destruction, said this at the Project Steering and…

Yemen’s Iran-linked Houthi rebels said late Friday that they were halting drone and ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz The Houthi rebels have claimed recent attacks on major Saudi oil facilities. “We hope Riyadh will respond in a positive way to this initiative. ”And if Saudi Arabia does not…

Brazil’s Olympic judo champion Rafaela Silva on Friday admitted testing positive for the banned substance fenoterol, which is used to treat asthma, but insisted she was innocent. Brazilian Judo champion and Olympic gold medalist Rafaela Silva gestures during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 20, 2019. – Silva has been accused…

The Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari has urged women in the state especially mothers to ensure proper home training for their children and wards to ensure a productive and crime-free society. Aminu Masari Masari made the call on Friday in Katsina at the opening of the 34th Annual National Conference of the Federation of…

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Friday that the present administration was committed to human capital, economic and infrastructure developments to boost Nigeria’s global competitiveness. Fashola Fashola made the statement while delivering a keynote address on “How Government Policy Affects Business, Society in National Development and Changing International Environment” at…

The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sets up a nine-man technical committee to draft development plans of the party in the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state chairman of the party, Alhaji Lawal Liman, inaugurated the committee at the party secretariat in Gusau on Friday. Liman said…

The Zamfara Police Command has recovered a total of 100 guns from repentant local militia group members in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Nagogo made this disclosure at a news conference held at the Command Headquarters in Gusau on Friday. The commissioner said even though the weapons consisted of locally made…

By Levinus Nwabughiogu   Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has sought for more collaboration between Nigeria and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in areas of health care delivery services and agriculture. The Speaker stated this while receiving members of the foundation’s delegation, led by its President, Global Development, Mr Chris…

By Ebunoluwa Sessou In a bid to end serial killing of women in Rivers state, Rotary Women in Port Harcourt in partnership with other 70 women groups including African Women in Leadership Organization, AWLO, Rivers state chapter and African Women Lawyers Association, AWLA, Nigeria, Rivers state branch  in the country on Wednesday organised a Peace…