As part of efforts to equip its officers and other stakeholders in the financial sector with skills to live up to its mandate, the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has began a 10-day training workshop for its staff. EFCC is embarking on the training in…
Ebola: WHO Issues New Protocol on Burials
In order to ensure safe and dignified burial for people who die of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, the World Health Organization has released new protocols to be adopted in the burial process. The new protocol consists of 12 steps that burial teams should follow in order to ensure safe and dignified burials, and also…
Ten Policemen Killed In Afghan Explosions
Several bomb blasts have struck three Afghan cities, including the capital Kabul, leaving at least 10 policemen dead on Monday. In Kabul, a magnetic bomb planted in a flowerbed near a university killed seven policemen and wounded three people, while in eastern Logar province a suicide bomber blew himself up at the provincial police headquarters.…
2015: “INEC Plans To Disenfranchise Lagos Residents” -APC
The National leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of plotting to disenfranchise residents of Lagos State ahead of the 2015 general election. In a press statement issued by Ahmed Bola Tinubu, former governor of the state and APC’s national leader, the party said aside some loopholes…
Again, TELL Leads At Media Merit Award
The year 2014 is another outstanding and rewarding one for TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL magazine, as its reporters swept 13 out of 39 awards at the just concluded 2014 Nigerian Media Merit Awards, NMMA, held in Owerri, Imo State on Saturday. TELL magazine, which won the WAMCO Prize for Newsmagazine of the year,…
US to send Additional 1,500 Troops to Iraq
The US is to send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq to boost Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State, IS, militants. The latest deployment will more than double the US presence in Iraq. President Barack Obama authorised the deployment following a request from Iraq’s government. IS militants control large areas of Iraq and Syria but have…
Boko Haram: Emir Of Kano Calls for More Efforts from Government
Muhammad Sanusi 11, Emir of Kano has appealed to the federal government to handle the issue of insecurity in Nigeria with maximum effort. Sanusi charged the federal government to listen to the advice of statesmen from the troubled northern region since the present strategies by the government has not been fruitful. “I appeal to FG…
‘Boko Haram has been commercialised in Nigeria’ – Rochas Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha, governor, Imo State, has said that the current insecurity challenge in Nigeria can be tackled if the government engages community leaders and the people in the affected areas. He stated this yesterday in Owerri while receiving journalists who had come to Imo State for the annual Nigeria Media Merit Awards, NMMA. He urged…
INEC Extends PVC Issuance in Lagos
Adekunle Ogunmola, Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, has announced that issuance of Permanent Voter Cards, PVC in the state would be extended by one day. While addressing newsmen in Lagos, Ogunmola said the collection of the cards and Continuous Voters Registration is extended as a result of late supply of materials, which caused a delay…
Ebola: Nigeria Donates drugs, Supplies to Sierra Leone
In a bid to help its neighbours overcome the Ebola Virus Disease, the Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday announced that it has donated drugs and supplies worth more than $249,000 to Sierra Leone. This was contained in a statement released and signed by the Ministry of Health’s spokesperson, Ayo Adesugba. According to the ministry,…
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