By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday launched its 2018-2019 West Africa Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) Report aimed at effectively tackling illicit drug use and trafficking in the sub-region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the report,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed trading on Tuesday in green to halt the six-day consecutive bearish trend with a marginal growth of N3 billion. The market upturn was due to investors’ renewed buying interest in the financial and industrial sectors. Consequently, the market capitalisationContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan has congratulated the country with the new government, Taliban (banned in Russia as a terrorist organisation) spokesman Mohammad Naeem said on Tuesday. “Foreign Minister of the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ Taliban-led government Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Chinese ambassadorContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it can no longer guarantee industrial harmony in public universities due to alleged negative government response to all agreements reached. The union accused the Federal Government of shunning the Memorandum of Actions (MoAs) and Memorandum ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Tuesday said more than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered globally, but only two per cent of them in Africa. The UN agency is urging every country to vaccinate at least 40Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of modernisation of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Mr Saidu Galadima, has accused some Nigerian elites, including government agencies, of patronising smuggled cars. Galadima said this during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on CustomsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Seme Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service, intercepted 3,447 parcels of Cannabis Sativa, 10,608 bags of rice, 109 used vehicles and other items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N886,428,163 from January to August. The Controller of the Command, Comptroller Bello Jibo, madeContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The PDP Governors’ Forum has urged the National Assembly on resumption to immediately set up its Conference Committee to harmonise the different versions of the Electoral Act Amendment Bills passed by both Chambers. The forum made the appeal in a statement by its ChairmanContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday announced Mr Abel Yakubu Bala (PDP-Nassarawa Eggon West) as its new Minority leader. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, who made the announcement during the House sitting in Lafia, said the appointment was immediateContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has approved the appointment of DSP Josephine Adeh as the new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A statement by the new PPRO on Tuesday in Abuja said the appointment wasContinue Reading
