The Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) is partnering with the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) to promote basic quality and affordable education to commemorate Human Rights Day. The event which is holding in Monrovia, Liberia…
Earlier today, Radisson Blu launched its second hotel in Lagos with top dignitaries from Government, Ministry of Tourism and other corporate individuals in attendance. Radisson Blu Hotel is part of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world’s fastest growing hotel companies which…
Some ‘faceless people’ are sponsoring, harbouring foreign mercenaries who have been perpetrating killings in Benue and other parts of rural areas in Nigeria, a Senate report has indicated. The interim report by the ad-hoc committee on the review of the…
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has welcomed the British government’s plan to close – with some limited exemptions – its domestic ivory markets. Ivory (whether raw or worked) continues to be traded legally within UK and the other European Union (EU)…
In reaction to recent killings in Benue State, Sam Anyanwu, Senator representing Imo East has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led executive to declare the perpetrators are terrorists. Sam Anyanwu spoke at the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. His…
Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has berated his colleagues for not taking the bull by the horn in addressing President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senator attributed his colleagues’ subtleness to politicking for 2019 tickets. Shehu Sani made these remarks while…
Paradigm Initiative on December 19 2017 launched its second Digital Rights in Africa Report at the 12thInternet Governance Forum (IGF) in Geneva, Switzerland. The IGF, organized by the United Nations, is a multi-stakeholder annual gathering of international stakeholders on Internet…
Development secretary Penny Mordaunt says Britain will cut payments if nations do not invest in their own people Britain will cut foreign aid to developing countries if they fail to invest in their own people, the international development secretary has…
The United Nations has appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, into the Investments Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF). The Under-Secretary-General of United Nations, Jan Beagle, who confirmed Mrs. Adeosun’s appointment, disclosed that the minister…
The home-based Super Eagles failed to win their first match of the 2018 Championship of African Nations (CHAN) on Monday, as they were held 0-0 by Rwanda. The match played at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangiers, Morocco was one…
