The United Kingdom High Commission has announced that its center’s across the country has reopened.
Africa Daily News, New York had reported that the commission had shut down its centers across Nigeria following the ongoing nationwide protest in the country.
It also closed its TLS contact visa application centres in the country.
However, in a statement released via its official Twitter account on Monday, the Commission announced that its visa application centers in Victoria Island, Abuja and Lagos have reopened.
It also noted that the commission will be closed on the 29th …
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has described the era of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu as the worst.
AYCF President-General, Yerima Shettima said Magu strived on propaganda.
Speaking with Africa Daily News, New York, Shettima also lamented that EFCC under Magu witch-hunted those perceived to be opposition of the government.
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According to Shettima: “Yes, we have seen it to be a case of selective justice, there are so many drama going on and to an exten that Magu is
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has condemned the demolition of a building owned by the Nigerian High Commission by alleged “unknown persons”.
Nigeria says it is engaging Ghana over the incident.The apartments under construction were demolished on Friday.
They were to serve as quarters for staff and visiting diplomats to the High Commission.
In a statement, the ministry assured that it would go after perpetrators of the act.
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Ghana noted that what occurred was in breach of the Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations.
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President Donald Trump had on Tuesday said he had instructed his administration to halt funding to the WHO.
According to Trump, WHO had “failed in its basic duty” in response to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Reacting, Faki Mahamat, via his Twitter account on Wednesday, said putting a stop to the funds given to WHO for the fight against COVID-19 at this period is deeply regrettable.
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has lauded the police and other security agencies for their professional conduct during the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi.
Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of the Commission, gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He said the commendation followed an interim report from the commission’s teams that monitored the elections.
Ani said the report indicated that the police and other security were very professional in spite of numerous challenges in the two states.
He said the monitoring teams from the commission observed over proliferation of illegal …
Prof. Abba Haladu, Executive Secretary of the commission said that out of the approved budget of more than ₦900 million, ₦222 million was made available to the commission in September.
Haladu said that out of the ₦222 million released, the commission had only spent ₦8 million on planned projects.
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The 1999 Constitution empowers SIECs to conduct council elections while INEC conducts elections into federal, state legislative and governorship seats.
Political watchers have described elections conducted by SIECs into the councils in most states as mere appointments and not democratic
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Prof. Abdullahi Shehu, former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on governments and anti-graft agencies to honour the five percent whistle-blower commission to motivate people to give information.
Shehu made the call on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of the African Centre for Media and Information (AFRICMIL) Corruption Anonymous (CORA) second-year report.
According to him, corruption is on the concurrent legislative list so it needs to be tackled with all hands on deck, thus the introduction of the whistle-blowing policy.
He said that it was unfortunate that whistle-blowers were not being motivated as promised.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday tendered the documents required by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The tribunal had on Wednesday subpoenaed the INEC boss, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Zamfara State to appear with the documents relating to the February 23, 2019 poll. But Yakubu did not appear before the tribunal yesterday.
The order followed an allegation by Chief Chris Uche (SAN), the counsel to the petitioners, the PDP and Atiku, that the respondents were frustrating the matter.
Consequently, the petitioners filed …
By Odumodu Gbulagu
Why can’t the Federal Government prioritise national development rather than continue to set up regional intervention agencies?
In Murtala Nyako’s note calling for the establishment of NEDC in 2015, there was no tangible reason adduced for the establishment of the commission.
He only reeled out statistics that the North-East of Nigeria has the worst socio-economic conditions in the country.
That the zone has the highest rate of poverty in Nigeria, highest number of out-of-school children in primary and junior secondary school, and low percentage of candidates with five credits and above including Mathematics and English.
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The Kaduna State Government said it would set up a judicial commission of inquiry into the recurring killings in Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas of the state.
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai made the statement on Saturday when he visited Maro, Karamai and Sakiya communities in the area where 40 persons were killed on Tuesday in alleged reprisal attacks.
