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Day: November 26, 2020

Ethiopia PM Orders Final Offensive Against Tigray Leaders

Ethiopia Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday ordered Ethiopia’s army to launch a final offensive against Tigray’s leaders in their regional capital Mekele, saying the window for their surrender had expired.Read More

ICPC Detains NABDA DG, Akpa, Over N400m Intervention Fund

The acting Director-General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, Prof. Alex Akpa
The acting Director-General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, Prof. Alex Akpa, has landed in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission for allegedly defraudingRead More

Maradona’s Body Arrives Presidential Palace In Argentina

Diego Armando Maradona
Diego Maradona’s coffin arrived at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires for a period of lying in state, TV reports showed, following the death of the Argentine football legend agedRead More

15-month Border Closure: Manufacturers Fault FG, Committee Report Ready For Buhari

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed
Prolonged border closure discourages long-term investments – MAN Export Group Preferential opening of borders shows government’s decision political, says don President to get presidential committee’s report on land border reopeningRead More

CACOVID Plans 4m Jobs, N150bn Youth Devt Scheme

Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID)
To rebuild damaged stations, equip police with N100bn The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has unfolded plans to commit over N150 billion to set up and implement a youth development programmeRead More

FG Engages UK Government Over Parliamentarians’ Threat of Sanction

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama
Following the resolution of the United Kingdom parliamentarians for sanctions against top Nigerian officials and security agents involved in alleged violation of #EndSARS protesters’ rights, the Federal Government yesterday saidRead More

NGO Offers Scholarship To 5,000 African Students

Africa Skills Centre
Africa Skills Centre (ASC), a non-governmental organisation, has announced the award of scholarship and other incentives to 5,000 students of African descent, drawn from the three sub-regions where it isRead More

Senate Committee Screens Yakubu For INEC Chair Today

Nigerian Senate
The Senate will today screen Prof. Mahmood Yakubu following his nomination as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term of five years by President MuhammaduRead More