UNODC unveils GrugHelpNet for needy drug users Oxfam, an international non-governmental organisation, has warned that the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis could push 500 million people into poverty globally, unless urgent action was taken to rescue developing countries. In ...

The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has called for on the 774 local governments in Nigeria to be self-reliant, centres of industrial production, and not receivers of unsustainable Federal Government handouts. It would be recalled that ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared that the disruptions of activities occasioned by the outbreak of coronavirus cannot deprive Christians of the joy and victory over all evil, which the resurrection of Jesus Christ has brought to the ...

Following appeals by various Christian bodies, the Bayelsa State government has relaxed partial lockdown of the state to enable Christian faithful fully participate in the Easter celebrations. Governor Douye Diri announced the decision during an enlarged meeting with members of ...

Social media platform, Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. The others include Benin Republic; Burkina Faso; Cameroun; Cape Verde; Chad; Cote d’ Ivoire; Ethiopia and Gabon. The rest are Guinea; ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has raised COVID-19 Funds Monitoring Team pursuant to Section 6 (b)-(d) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. The spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who disclosed this in Abuja, ...

Disturbed by the seeming reluctance of petroleum marketers regarding the adjustment of pump price under the monthly pricing template, the Federal Government is to maintain a narrow price band for seamless transition. Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has pardoned 2,600 inmates of correctional centres nationwide. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbeshola, who made the disclosure in Abuja, said 70 of the inmates were from the Kuje maximum custodial centre. The tally includes 41 federal prisoners ...

To cushion the impact of global recession, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) will defer private sector debt repayment for organisations in need of emergency liquidity facility through its $10 billion COVID-19 response facility. President of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, who ...

The Bayelsa State Government has expressed worry over the impending economy crisis in the country as a result of the increasing shortfall in oil revenue and decline in revenue from the Federation Account arising from the global COVID-19 crisis. The ...