December 2021

A section of a shopping complex at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos was gutted a fire that destroyed goods worth millions of naira.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the affected building is located at number 18, Otigba Street in the busy hub where mobile phones, laptops, and other gadgets worth millions of naira are sold on a daily basis.

According to sources, the fire started in the early hours of Monday and lasted a few hours before it was eventually put out.

Authorities of the Lagos State Police Command have confirmed the incident, although they said …

Less than two weeks after government forces and their allies took control of the UNESCO World Heritage town, Tigray rebels have recaptured the north Ethiopian town of Lalibela according to local residents.

Tigrayan fighters ‘are in the town centre, there’s no fighting,’ said a resident reached by telephone on Sunday afternoon.

‘They came back. They’re already here,’ said another, adding that they appeared to have come from the east, in the direction of Waldia.

‘The population, most of the people are scared. Some are running away. Most of the people, they already left because there might be a revenge. We …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Burkina Faso to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children.

In a statement on Sunday titled, ‘Nigeria/Burkina Faso governments demonstrate the political will to fight human trafficking, Sign MOU,’ Press Officer of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Adekoye Vincent said the new legal instrument was signed in Abuja at the highpoint of the 3rd Nigeria/Burkina Faso Joint Commission held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

According to him, the MOU which is expected …

The federal government has announced that it has just paid lecturers ₦30 billion Revitalisation Fund and ₦22.5 billion Earned Academic Allowance, reiterating that it has made lot of progress in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached with the university workers.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who spoke to newsmen on Sunday morning on the update of government’s engagement with ASUU, revealed that he had received confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Finance that funds had been released to the universities for the revitalisation of infrastructure and payment of earned allowances.

His words; ‘By …