June 2021

World powers gathered Wednesday in Berlin to seek enduring peace in Libya by ensuring the conflict-wracked North African country doesn’t deviate from its plans to conduct general elections on December 24.

Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah of Libya’s interim government joined US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as well as the foreign ministers of France, Turkey, and Egypt at the UN-sponsored talks.

Russia’s Sergei Lavrov was absent, but deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin was attending in his place.

The efforts to end a decade-long spiral of violence in Libya are the second round held in Berlin, after the first attended …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that his government would not succumb to pressure from criminals to lift the curfew imposed in the wake of dastardly attacks on security formations in the state.

According to the governor, the curfew would remain despite sponsored criticisms against it.

Wike spoke at the 60th birthday celebration of the federal lawmaker who represents Rivers South-East senatorial district in the Senate, Senator Barry Barinada Mpigi in Port Harcourt.

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The governor, who reiterated he is not unmindful of the traffic difficulty experienced by …

Sudanese Prime Minister has warned of ‘deeply worrying’ fractures within the country’s security forces while calling for reconciliation between civilian and military-political factions.

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok made the comments as he announced an initiative to unify the factions guiding Sudan through a fragile transition following the April 2019 ouster of dictator Omar al-Bashir.

Sudan has been led by a civilian-military ruling administration since the sides reached a power-sharing deal the following August.

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Nearly two years later, the transition continues to face pressing challenges including pressure from rebels and civilians …

A non-governmental organisation identified as Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry (CADAM), has raised the alarm over increasing cases of drug use in Nigeria, explaining that an estimated 10.6 million people (10.8 percent) of the population had used cannabis in the past year while opioids accounted for 4.6 million.

The NGO believes most of the users of the harmful substances were youths which spells doom for the future.

The Director-General of CADAM, Dr. Dokun Adedeji regretted that despite several disorders associated with drug use, an estimated 14.4 percent of the population in Nigeria or 14.3 million people between the ages of …