Afghan universities separate male, female students with curtains

Afghanistan universities which have resumed under Taliban rule, are seperating male and female students with a curtain down the middle of a classroom. Teachers and students at universities in Afghanistan’s largest cities; Kabul, Kandahar and Herat told Reuters that female students were being segregated in class, taught separately or restricted to certain parts of the […]

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PDP Governors, NEC meet over Secondus’ fate, others

There were strong indications on Tuesday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders may on Thursday take a firm decision on the fate of the party’s embattled National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus Governors elected on the platform of the PDP will be meeting on Wednesday in Abuja to deliberate and take a position on the […]

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Imo visit: Ohanaeze youths mobilise for Buhari

Buhari to commission Balloon Technology for erosion control – Imo govt No project to be commissioned in Imo – PDP Buhari visited Imo three times when I was governor – Okorocha IPOB declares sit-at-home Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Youth wing, on Wednesday said Ohanaeze has directed Igbo youths to mobilize themselves to welcome the President of […]

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Buhari orders service chiefs to end killings

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya (right); Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo and other military officers during their arrival for a security briefing with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja…yesterday. • Nigeria takes delivery of another batch of Super Tucano jets […]

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Lockdown, anxiety as Buhari visits Imo tomorrow

Banks in Owerri sealed for allegedly obeying sit-at-home order Action not linked with IPOB, says CPS What President will see tomorrow, by Imolites Collective Foundation trains 20 youths on ICT Tomorrow’s sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protest President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to visit Imo State is causing ripples. The Director […]

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Guinea new military leaders promise to free ‘political detainees’

Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya (C), head of the Army’s special forces and coup leader, waves to the crowd as he arrives at the Palace of the People in Conakry on September 6, 2021, ahead of a meeting with the Ministers of the Ex-President of Guinea, Alpha Conde. – Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the leader of […]

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South Africa’s Zuma graft trial to be delayed again – Prosecutors

The graft trial of South Africa’s Jacob Zuma, scheduled to resume this week, will be delayed by 10 days, prosecutors announced Tuesday, following the ex-president’s placement on medical parole. Zuma, 79, was granted medical parole on Sunday two months into a 15-month prison sentence for a corruption probe into his 2009-18 presidency. He was due […]

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NLC begins review of labour laws in Nigeria

Dr Onoho’Omhen Ebhohinhen, Head, Research Department of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the congress is working on the review of labour laws in Nigeria. Ebhohinhen disclosed this on Tuesday in a chat with newsmen at a media roundtable and strategy design on civil space for the Power of Voices Partnership Project in Calabar on […]

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Nigeria opens job portal for graduates, targets 200,000 yearly

An application portal for the Nigeria Jubilee Fellow Programme which targets 200,000 graduates, has been opened. The programme aims at getting work placement for Nigerian graduates who have completed the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. President Muhammadu Buhari last Tuesday said the programme “is expected to create new opportunities for 20,000 graduates annually” […]

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Buhari meets security chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari is receiving briefings from the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, and other heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Also attending the meeting are the Ministers of Defence, Bashir Magashi; Justice, Abubakar Malami; Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi; Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey […]

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