Day: April 27, 2022

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says it has received 300 successful bids in the recently released Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds offer.The DMO, in a statement on Wednesday said the bonds offer were oversubscribed to the tune of N34.15 billi…

The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Africa Digital Financial Inclusion (ADFI) facility will receive 15 million dollars to develop and extend digital financial solutions to women-owned small and medium businesses in Africa.The bank on its website on W…

Today in Geneva, the United States announced more than $200 million in additional assistance to respond to humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa, including from the devastating drought and to address the needs of refugees, internally displaced perso…

Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North) has facilitated the release of 50 inmates from the Sokoto Custodial Centre.The inmates were released after Wamakko paid their debts and fines.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wamakko does this in every…

A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Friday for the re-arraignment of Precious Chikwendu on allegations bordering on attempted murder of her former husband, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and children.Chikwendu, alongside others, will be re-arraigned by the p…

The National Vice Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), South-South, Victor Giadom, has said that with the success of its just-concluded National Convention, the party has been repositioned to take over the six states of the region in 2023.He spok…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, to one year community service.Daniel-Nwobia who was convicted on April 7 was given the sentence over her role i…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday began the distribution of over 33, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to newly registered voters in the state.While inaugurating the exercise at the INEC Offices in Somolu and Kosofe Local…

This Middle East and North Africa (MENA) report summarizes mobility restrictions at airports, land, and blue border crossing points resulting from the mitigation measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Source: International Organizati…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has kicked off a five-day workshop on 25 April 2002 in Abuja for public health officials to strengthen the capacities to integrate oral cholera vaccination (OCV) into the emergency and preventive measures in some Ang…