In the wake of the launch, which was supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Abe termed the fired weapons “ballistic missiles” that violated UN resolutions.
Zimbabwe is facing “man-made” starvation with 60 percent of the people failing to meet basic food needs, a UN special envoy said Thursday after touring the southern African country.
Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, ranked Zimbabwe among the four top countries facing severe food shortages outside nations in conflict zones.
“The people of Zimbabwe are slowly getting to a point of suffering a man-made starvation,” she told a news conference in Harare, adding that eight million people would be affected by the end of the year.
“Today, Zimbabwe counts amongst the four highest food insecure states,” …
Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has urged the media to remain vigilant and mobilise Nigerians to defend the nation’s democracy, saying the country cannot operate a democracy like a military dictatorship.
Also, former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, tasked the media, civil society groups and other stakeholders in the democratic space to resist the Hate Speech Bill, saying it will amount to tyranny and a breach of fundamental human rights of citizens.
They spoke yesterday in Sokoto during the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ Conference.
Tambuwal also rallied the media to defend free speech by …
The IMF Senior Resident Representative and Mission Chief for Nigeria, Mr Amine Mati, has said that Nigeria’s debt to gross domestic product ratio at 28 per cent has increased but is still below the average sub-Saharan Africa and Africa as a whole.
He said this at the public presentation of the ‘Fall 2019 issue of the regional economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa,’ in Lagos on Wednesday.
While mentioning that the revenue to GDP was low, he urged the Federal Government to increase its drive to create more jobs and revamp its fiscal consolidation.
He said, “Nigeria’s debt has increased but …
The Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Monday warned ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state against rejecting National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to their establishments.
The governor, who gave the warning at the closing ceremony of the 2019 Batch C stream 1 NYSC orientation at Wamakko in Wamakko Local Government of the state, said that government frowns on such attitude that causes unnecessary inconvenience and hardship to corps members.
Represented by the Head of Civil Service, Dr Buhari Bello Kware, the governor reiterated that the major objective of NYSC is to foster unity and integration …
The Minister of Transportation Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that if not for the fact that he was from the South-South region, he would have stopped the ongoing reconstruction of the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail project.
Amaechi, in a statement by his aid, Isreal Ebeleme, while enumerating the success recorded so far in the revitalisation of rail projects across the country, bemoaned the constant harassment from youths and villagers along the rail corridors in the South-South region.
The Minister, while calling on leaders and people of the region to be united for speedy development of the Niger Delta Region, said: “I …
The chairman of JNI, Kogi State Chapter, Ambassador Usman Bello, handed down the warning on Sunday at the occasion of the Maulud Nabiyi celebration in Lokoja.
He called on all Muslim organisations in the state to intensify strong and vigorous prayers for peaceful, non violent, hitch free and transparent elections in the state.
His words: “I want …
The United States has accused Iran of preparing “a rapid nuclear breakout” after it began pumping uranium gas into hundreds of centrifuges, another step that violates the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the comments on Thursday, after Iran stepped up activity at its underground Fordow nuclear plant. He warned against Tehran’s “violence and terror” and urged the international community to take immediate action.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) confirmed the latest nuclear programme step after 2,000kg (4,400 pounds) of uranium hexafluoride was transferred from the Natanz nuclear facility to
The Nigerian Army has appealed to Bayelsans to avoid any act of political violence as the state prepares for the election.
The Army which is set to commence Operation Crocodile Smile IV across the eight local government areas in the state urged Bayelsans to display sportsmanship in the game of politics.
The Commander, 16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Valentine Okoro who stated this during a novelty football match between 16 Brigade and Nembe Football Club organised as part of activities to deepen civilian and military relationship before the commencement of Operation Crocodile Smile IV, tasked residents of the …
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday warned the National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Abdullahi Bodejo, over his constant threat on governors to carve a large portion of lands in their states for cattle colonies for nomadic herdsmen activities if they want to live in peace in the country.
Soyinka told journalists shortly after he paid a courtesy visit on Governor Samuel Ortom at Government House that each governor has the protection of the Nigerian constitution to take his own decisions and enforce them accordingly in the best interest of the state.
He described the grazing …
ThePan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called for the resignation of political office holders appointed from the region into key ministries and parastatals created for the development of the area but may not be able to deliver on the mandate
The group insisted it would no longer fold its arms to the docility of some political appointees from the region, noted that the era of self-enrichment against the collective interest of the region is over.
PANDEF National Chairman, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (Rtd), who stated this at the inauguration of Professor Godini Darah-led Delta State chapter of the body
He cautioned livestock owners in the state to abide by the requirements of the law by properly ranching their animals and warned that defaulters of the law would be sanctioned.
The governor was irked by the sight of herds of cattle roaming Makurdi metropolis and ordered the livestock guards to immediately swing to
