By Gambo Jagindi September 08, 2021 LG election: Engineer Sule cautions APC officials against laxity, says his administration won’t rig polls Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has admonished newly elected ward executives and other officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC), against laxity ahead of the October 6 localContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 Sudan summoned Ethiopia’s ambassador to Khartoum to inform him that 29 corpses found on the banks of a river abutting Ethiopia were those of Ethiopian citizens from the Tigray ethnic group, Sudan’s foreign ministry said. It said in a statement late on Tuesday thatContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday announced the seizure of large quantity of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine drug, valued at N5.8 billion at Apapa Port, Lagos. Chairman of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, saidContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 Mexico’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that penalising abortion is unconstitutional. The court ruling indicates a major victory for advocates of women’s health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the practice. The decision in the world’sContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 The Niger state Task Force on forest exploitation on Wednesday auctioned 500 bags of charcoal confiscated from dealers of the commodity in the state, according to Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government. Matane, who was at the auction in Minna, warned thatContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday, calling for an international effort to confront “critically low” levels of school and university enrolment. Recent progress “is now under threat,” said UNHCR chief FilippoContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 The Federal Government says it has reached a truce with aggrieved health workers of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and assembly of healthcare professions. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of aContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Adamawa has passed a vote of confidence on Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri for the achievements recorded so far. ALGON Chairman Jingi Rufai, made this known after a stakeholders’ meeting in Yola. He said that the 21Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 8, 2021 Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has relaxed the curfew in Jos North Local Government. This is contained in a statement issued by Lalong’s Director of Press and Public Affairs , Dr Makut Macham in Jos. Lalong said the curfew in Jos North is nowContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 7, 2021 The Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are to meet on Wednesday ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee meeting Scheduled for Sept. 9. Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this in a statement issuedContinue Reading
