February 2022

The United Nations has disclosed that at least $1.1 billion would be needed this year to undertake humanitarian assistance in the troubled north-east Nigeria following the devastating effects of terrorists in the region.

According to the United Nations, an estimated 8.4 million people will require humanitarian assistance in north-east Nigeria in 2022, lamenting that the total number of those displaced in the 12 years crisis in the geopolitical zone was rising to over 2.2 million.

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, who spoke yesterday during the launch of the Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan …

The UN’s top court has ordered Uganda to immediately commence the payment of $325 million by the Democratic Republic of Congo over a brutal war which happened two decades ago.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) comes as a heavy blow to DR Congo after it sought a massive $11 billion in reparations over the devastating conflict that lasted from 1998 to 2003.

Judges said Kinshasa had failed to prove its African neighbour was directly responsible for any more than 15,000 of the hundreds of thousands of people believed to …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been implored by the House of Representatives to monitor the conduct of online drug advertisers and sellers in Nigeria.

This emerged after Rep. Onofiok Luke (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) proposed a motion in Abuja on Tuesday.

Luke, who introduced the motion, asserted that there was a need to regulate online advertisers and drug sellers because they were delivering marketing messages to an undisclosed and intended audience.

According to Luke, this was intended to persuade the targeted customers to take a specific action, such as purchasing a product.

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Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has issued an Executive Order banning the use of motorcycles in Mbamba, Yolde Pate and Ngurore communities of Yola South Local Government in a move to stem the tide of insecurity which is bedeviling the State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that he also banned their use in Viniklang and Federal Housing Estate in Girei Local Government Area from 5pm to 5am daily.

This new measures were contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou which was issued to newsmen Tuesday.

The statement said, ‘Adamawa State …

Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked has begged for forgiveness over the clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, however, his aides have rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.

In a letter published by the Vatican which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, the 94-year-old said; ‘I can only express to all the victims of sexual abuse my profound shame, my deep sorrow and my heartfelt request for forgiveness’.

The letter from the former pontiff — who retired sometime in 2013 — was released in response to a German inquiry last month that criticised …

The Nigerian government has gone public with some of the actions it is taking in closed doors regarding the allegations against a police officer, Abba Kyari, and suspected fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.

Top of these actions, according to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, is the collaboration with the United States government to ensure justice is served.

‘The position now is that there are prima facie grounds – reasonable grounds for suspicion that have been considered from the perspective of prosecution, from the perspective of likely extradition, if the …