The Federal Government has threatened to review diplomatic relations with Indonesia because of an assault on a Nigerian diplomat by immigration officials in Jakarta. The unnamed diplomat was seen in an online video as he was being manhandled by Indonesian officials in front of his official residence on Saturday. In the video, the Nigerian diplomat can be…
The Federal Government has fixed August 16 as the new date for the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination to begin. The second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination is to be done with over four million doses of Moderna vaccine donated by the United States government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the postponement of…
The World Health Organisation has donated twenty-six ventilators to Nigeria to boost the response to third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The WHO also delivered three thousand, five hundred and sixty fingertip oxygen pulse oximeters to the federal government. WHO Country Representative, Doctor Walter Kazadi, made the presentation to the Minister of Health, Doctor Osagie Ehanire, in…
The International Monetary Fund has allocated the sum of three point three-five billion dollars to Nigeria under its Special Drawing Rights. The allocation is part of about six hundred and fifty- billion dollars approval of a general allocation by the IMF Board of Governors. The IMF allocation announced by the Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, is meant to…
Nigeria has pulled out from the Maritime Organisation for West and Central Africa. The move announced by the spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekwe, is in protest against the nomination of candidates for the position of Secretary-General of the organization. In a statement; Eric Ojiekwe noted that the Rules of Procedure to determine qualified candidates…
The Kenyan Government has denied involvement in the arrest and extradition of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Wilfred Machage, who expressed displeasure over reports that Kanu was arrested in his country, called on Nigerians to ask the Federal Government how the IPOB leader was apprehended. The…