The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday launched a digital platform that will make its drug integrity test…
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Paul Alaje: Nigeria Needs To Be Deliberate About Population Management Or Risk Deepening Poverty
Chief Economist at SPM Professionals, Dr Paul Alaje, has urged Nigeria to take deliberate steps towards managing its growing population…
Madagascar Coup Leader Appoints Banker Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as New Prime Minister
Madagascar’s coup leader, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, has appointed businessman and banker Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the country’s new prime minister. The…
Aid Groups Warn of Escalating Hunger Crisis in Nigeria After Major US Funding Cuts
Aid organisations, including the World Food Programme (WFP), have sounded the alarm over a deepening hunger crisis in Nigeria, warning…
38 M23 Fighters Surrender To Congolese Army As Peace Efforts Advance in Eastern DRC
Nearly 40 members of the M23 rebel group have surrendered to the Congolese army in the eastern Democratic Republic of…
World Bank Restores Funding To Uganda, Approves Over $2bn For Development Projects
The World Bank has announced plans to provide Uganda with more than $2 billion in new financing over the next…
CSP Hundeyin: Police Used Tear Gas, Not Live Bullets, To Enforce Court Order
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, has defended police actions during Monday’s protests in Abuja calling…
Nigeria Deepens Partnership With FAO At Rome Forum To Promote Food Security And Rural Jobs
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has sought continuous collaboration and partnership with United Nations Food and…
FIRS, RMAFC Deploy Consultants To Recover Unremitted Revenues, Strengthen Fiscal Governance
Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Zacch Adedeji, on Monday inaugurated “Engaged Consultants for the Revenue Recovery Exercise,”…
Adeboro Adams: Police Right To Restrict Protest Locations, But Cannot Attack Peaceful Demonstrators
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeboro Adams, has said that while Nigerians have a constitutional right to protest peacefully, such…