Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, is expected to be joined by a stellar lineup of speakers as he chairs this year’s Ripples Nigeria Dialogue with the theme “Rebuilding trust in a divided Nigeria: Advancing the Conversation”. The dialogue is jointly organised by Ripples Nigeria and its non-profit sister organisation, Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism…
Embattled Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been in the eye of the storm since he was ‘arrested’ by the operatives of Brigade criminelle (Criminal Brigade) on July 19 in Cotonou. The Nation reports before Igboho’s arrest, his Ibadan home was raided by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), who…
US health officials are recommending that all Americans get COVID-19 booster jabs to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. “Recent data makes it clear that protection against mild and moderate disease has decreased over time,” Dr Vivek Murthy, the US surgeon general, said on Wednesday. “This…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday released a framework to protect Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) against cyber attack. This was contained in a memo by Nkiru Asiegbu, CBN’s Director, Other Financial Institutions Supervision Department, addressed to the OFIs. Asiegbu said that the framework was necessitated by the number and sophistication of cybersecurity threats…
UN agencies on Tuesday appealed to the Taliban to make good on promises to protect the vulnerable as Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of the crisis in the country where humanitarian needs remain critical. Some 18 million people in the country need aid assistance and one in three children is expected to be…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a steering committee to oversee the process of implementation of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The steering committee is headed by the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. The president, who announced this while marking the passage the PIA which he signed into law on Aug. 16,…
Team Nigeria on Wednesday in Nairobi won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres mixed relay event at the ongoing World Athletics Under-20 Championships. the quartet of Johnson Nnamani, Imaobong Uko, Deborah Oke and Bamidele Ajayi won the event’s final race at the Kasarani Stadium. The team won in a time of three…
The United Arab Emirates is hosting President Ashraf Ghani “on humanitarian grounds”, after he fled Afghanistan amid the Taliban’s takeover, the Gulf nation has confirmed. “The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds,” the ministry…
Seven people have been killed in an attack on a convoy transporting workers to a Shell oil and gas project in Nigeria’s southeast, police say. No group claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, but southeast Nigeria has seen a wave of deadly violence targeting security personnel and government facilities since the beginning of the year. Police…
