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The United Nation’s General Assembly, has appointed the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), JULIE OKAH-DONLI, to the board of trustees for United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes UNODC.OKAH-DONLI’S appointment is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja by VINCENT ADEKOYE, of NAPTIP’s press and public relations unit. The statement said that OKAH-DONLI’s appo...

Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA, Nigeria’s nominee for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation WTO, has emerged winner of the race.OKONJO-IWEALA polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat South Korea’s Minister of Trade Minister, YOO MYUNG-HEE.She has experience working at international governance bodies as a former managing director of the World Bank and as a chairman at the Global...

World Football governing body FIFA has confirmed that the Super Eagles will begin the Second Round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers on May 31, 2021.The second round of the qualifiers was initially scheduled for October 2020 but has now been postponed to next year due to the disruption of the football calendar, following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.According to FIFA, the Second Round of the qualifiers ends September 2021....

The National Economic Council has set up a committee to engage the youths, representatives of Civil Society Organizations, religious and traditional leaders.The committee will be addressing issues on employment, social safety net programmes, and national unity among other key issues of concern, with governors representing the six geopolitical zones as members.The Committee would be chaired by the Vice President, Professor YEMI OSINBAJO....

More than 90,000 people have fled their homes near Los Angeles as two fast-spreading and uncontained wildfires raged across more than 14,600 acres of land.The larger Silverado Fire erupted early yesterday morning and quickly spread, while also been fueled by dry conditions and erratic winds that prevented firefighting aircraft from flying.The inferno quadrupled in size by afternoon, jumping a highway and covering the area with a huge plume of smoke and ash....

The Kogi State Governor, YAHAYA BELLO has described the #EndSARS protests as politically motivated.Governor BELLO explained in an interview on a monitored program that although he supported the agitations of the youths, but their refusal to relent after some demands were met indicated that the protests have some political undertones.The Governor said the protesters should have demanded reforms of the entire Police Architecture, rather than calling for the s...

The Chief of Army Staff, TUKUR BURATAI has warned all officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to ensure the nation’s democracy is not disrupted by any person or group.The warning was issued in Abuja when the army chief met with Principal Staff Officers, General Officers Commanding, and field commanders of the force.According to army spokesman, SAGIR MUSA, who briefed reporters on the outcome of the meeting, the Chief of Army Staff made it clear to ...

The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has called on hoodlums to stop invading medical warehouses as the medicines were stored under specific conditions. The Minister of State for Health, OLORUNNIMBE MAMORA, while speaking at the daily briefing of the PTF in Abuja, appealed to those in possession of vaccines and other medicines to return them to the medical stores they were looted from.The PTF National Coordinator, Doctor SANI ALIYU explained that som...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally picked Benin as host city for next month’s 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Sierra. The federation, which earlier said it was looking at either Benin or Asaba for the duel, at the weekend confirmed it will hold at the newly refurbished Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.The match will be the first big event at the Stadium, which was refurbished for the Edo 2020 National Spor...

Spain has declared a national state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew in an effort to help control a new spike in Covid-19 infections.Prime Minister PEDRO SÁNCHEZ said the curfew, which came into force last night, would be in place between the hours of 11 PM and 6 AM.Under the measures, local authorities can also ban travel between regions.The Prime Minister said he would ask parliament to extend the new rules, initially ...