The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) says Nigeria and the United States of America are committed to lead global coalition against ISIS and other terrorist groups in the world. A statement by ONSA on Saturday in Abuja, disclosed that the decision was reached during a virtual meeting of the 82-member global coalition drawn from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East on Tuesday. ONSA said the virtual meeting which was co-chaired by the coordinators of the National Counter Terrorism of Nigeria and U.S. also had the Africa Union, European Union, ECOWAS and G5 Sahel represented among other…
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Nigeria has recorded 156 new cases of Coronavirus infections (COVID-19) in 10 states and the Federal Capital City (FCT, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed. With the new infections the NCDC, on its verified website on Friday, put the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at 64,884. According to the centre, 146 COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the disease have been discharged from isolation centres across the country in the past 24 hours. It said one coronavirus-related death was recorded within the same period. The NCDC stated that Lagos, the epicentre of the disease in the country,…
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has, at its 143rd meeting held on Friday. elevated 72 lawyers to the Senior Advocate cadre, the highest number ever, a statement signed by Dr. Festus Akande, on behalf of the committee secretary has said. The committee had in September shortlisted a total of 137 candidates, both at advocate filtration stages and academic pre-qualification exercise, for the conferment of the coveted SAN rank. The 72 successful candidates comprising 62 advocates and 10 in the academia, as against 30 in 2019, would be sworn in on Dec. 14, the statement said. The Supreme Court committee…
Media projections indicate that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will win the election in Georgia, becoming the first Democrat to claim the southern state in 28 years. With this, Biden is expected to finish the presidential race with 306 Electoral College votes, having earlier been projected to win Arizona. Manual recount of nearly five million presidential election votes is ongoing in Georgia where Biden is leading with a margin of 14,111 votes. On the other hand, President Donald Trump is projected to win in North Carolina, bringing his electoral votes to 232. Trump, who has refused to concede, is challenging the election…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is currently responding to yellow fever outbreaks in Delta, Enugu and Bauchi States, amid reports of 76 deaths recorded in November, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of NCDC, said. Giving updates on the outbreak in an interview on Friday in Abuja, Ihekweazu said that following the outbreak this month, 1, 2 and 8 cluster cases and deaths were reported to the agency by the State Epidemiologists of the three affected states. He disclosed that 74 suspected cases involving 35 deaths were reported from Delta State; 70 suspected cases with 33 deaths…
Sub-Saharan African countries should invest in innovative wildlife conservation models to stem the escalating human-elephant conflicts driven by competition for space, campaigners said on Friday. John Scanlon, CEO of Elephant Protective Initiative (EPI) Foundation said that urbanisation, shrinking habitat and climatic shocks were behind the spike in violent encounters between African communities and the iconic mammal. “People and elephants are increasingly competing for land and dwindling natural resources,’’ Scanlon said in a statement released in Nairobi. “In recent years we have witnessed a dramatic increase in human-elephant conflict across the continent. If these conflicts cannot be satisfactorily resolved, the long-term…
The Kebbi State governor, Abubakar Bagudu, on Thursday inaugurated the State Indigent Cancer Fund, with N30 milion. At the multi-faceted event, Senator Bagudu also launched the State Cancer Control Plan, as well as inaugurated the Steering Committee for the State Cancer Control Program, while the State Trained Biomedical Engineers were also awarded Certificates of Graduation. Speaking on the fund, Bagudu stated that, he was delighted to present N20 million graciously appropriated by the State House of Assembly, in addition to the N10 million already provided. While noting that, sixty two cancer patients had since benefitted from the fund, Bugudu pledged…
The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone came back from 4-0 down to hold the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a shocking 4-4 draw in Friday’s Group L 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier in Benin City. The Eagles looked to be cruising in the first half thanks to a brace from Alex Iwobi and goals from Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen before the visitors started the fightback. The Eagles got off to a very good start in the 5th minute as Iwobi pounced on a loose ball to score from the edge of the box and dictated the pace…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has congratulated U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden and his Vice-President-elect, Kamala Harris for winning the November 3rd, 2020 presidential poll. This is contained in a statement by the Executive Director of the Centre, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani made available to AsheNews on Friday. He described the outcome of the election as “the progressive change that reflects the aspirations and desires of the people of United States as well as high anticipation of the international community for the US leadership in pressing global matters”. CISLAC called on Biden to consider Nigeria in his foreign policy by…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured that the National Assembly will expand the political space for youth and women in the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. Omo-Agege stated this in Abuja when he hosted a delegation of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, led by Archbishop (Prof.) David Irefin. Omo-Agege who doubles as Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, also called on religious leaders to continue to pray for the country. While commending Nigerians for their resilience, the Delta Central lawmaker urged them to strive towards maintaining the oneness of the country…