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ECOWAS Early Warning and Response Network (ECOWARN) directorate promises to support ECOWAS member states in response to prevent and mitigate human security threat as well as violent extremism and terrorism ECOWAS Early Warning and Response Network (ECOWARN) directorate has promise to support ECOWAS member-states in response to prevent and mitigate human security threat as well as violent extremism and terrorism. …

An international human rights organisation, Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France, has called for urgent action against torture. The Head of Office, ASF France, Angela Uwandu, made the call on Wednesday during a ProCAT 2021 Stakeholders Roundtable on Human Rights Violations and Torture in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the organisation, also known as Lawyers Without Borders …

Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says he has quit mediating for armed bandits following their declaration as terrorists by the court Mr Gumi spoke in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES in Kaduna on Wednesday. He had visited bandits in the forests in Zamfara and Niger states, taken medical services to them and has been urging the federal government to …

Saudi Arabia authorities have suspended flights coming from Nigeria into the kingdom due to the outbreak of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron. An official of the Saudi embassy in Nigeria who did not want his name mentioned because he was not authorized to interface with the media, said the Kingdom took the decision to prevent the further spread of the …

• Cracks down on fake COVID-19 test results, vaccination cards• Unveils plan for containing the fourth wave of pandemic Lagos State government, yesterday, issued guidelines for social events and gatherings within the state during the festive season. Making the disclosure in a statement, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said all social events must be duly registered to obtain Event Safety Clearance from the …

• Senate urges British counterparts to intervene• Reps says visa ban would lead to huge revenue loss• Nigeria confirms three more cases of Omicron• Uganda detects first Omicron cases with five travellers from Nigeria• Travel ban to be reviewed Dec. 20, says UK High Commissioner The African Union (AU), yesterday, called for an urgent end to travel restrictions imposed on some …

The Finance Bill 2021 has made it mandatory for commercial banks to demand the Tax Identification Numbers from anyone who wishes to open an account with them. It also empowers banks to demand TIN from existing customers if they wish to continue to operate their accounts. The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, stated this on Wednesday in his lead …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has said judges would no longer tolerate harassment and embarrassment from anyone or agency of government. In a terse speech on Wednesday at the special session marking the official commencement of the Supreme Court’s 2021/2022 legal year, the CJN recalled events in the outgone year. “Unfortunate occurrences blighted our joy and presented …

*Says only way to prevent expiration of vaccines is for Nigeria to produce its own The federal government has confirmed that some vaccines donated by foreign nations, health and other international organizations to Nigeria have expired in its shelves. But government said the long term measure to prevent such incident is for Nigeria to produce its own vaccines, so that …

*LPG now designated fuel of choice in Nigeria as 20-million Cylinder Injection Scheme set-up *Nigeria presents a unique LPG investment destination, VP adds “The world should not have to choose between energy poverty and climate change as this can be addressed with both natural gas and Liquified Petroleum Gas as transition fuels alongside other renewable sources.” This was the kernel …