Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami,SAN, has said that Nigeria Government is making concerted efforts in addressing oil theft, including spending resources on pipeline surveillance security. Malami said this on Thursday in New York at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum with the theme ‘Scaling up...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on African countries and their Arab partners to work hard and be more united to realise common objectives. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with the President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, in New York, President Buhari said the actualisation...
DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of the Nigerian government towards ensuring that there is a rapid and strategic transition to renewable energy in response to the world-wide efforts for the preservation of the environment. President Buhari spoke on Wednesday in New York at...
Ahead of the Seventh Replenishment Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in New York on Sept. 21, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, has pledged 10 million dollars. AHF’s Marketing Manager in Nigeria, Mr Steve Aborisade, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He stated...
The United Nations (UN) said funding was required to implement the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) to address humanitarian needs of people in the Northeast Nigeria. UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, at a news conference on Tuesday in New York, said 1.1 billion dollars would be required to fund the...
The remains of a former Nigerian diplomat, Amb. Eloho Otobo, has been laid to rest at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Westchester, New York, U.S. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dignitaries from Nigeria and the U.S. were on ground to pay their last respect to the late...
UN Member States on Monday gathered at the UN headquarters in New York to observe Nelson Mandela International Day, a celebration for everyone to take action and inspire change in their communities. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mandela, the first democratically-elected President...
The UN has announced that the world’s population is expected to reach eight billion on Nov. 15. The information is in a statement released on Monday in New York by the UN to mark the 2022 World Population Day (WPD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that WPD...
Ex-president Donald Trump and his eldest children are scheduled to testify in New York’s civil probe into alleged fraud at their family business from July 15, a court document showed Wednesday. New York state attorney general Letitia James and her team of investigators will have to conclude their questioning...
A woman of mixed race has been cured of H.I.V. in the United States, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. She is believed to be the third person ever to be cured of the disease. According to scientists, she was cured using a new transplant method involving umbilical...
The US Secret Service arrested a 72-year-old man in New York on Monday after he allegedly phoned them threatening to kill ex-President Donald Trump, a criminal indictment showed. Prosecutors in Brooklyn say Thomas Welnicki “knowingly and willfully threatened to kill, kidnap, and inflict bodily harm upon” America’s former president....
U.S. President Joe Biden says the federal government will purchase one half billion additional at-home rapid tests, with deliveries starting in January to American public in the fight against Omicron variant. Biden, in a statement from the White House, said the rapid tests would be delivered to Americas for...
No fewer than 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs in 2020, according to UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The UN agency stated that between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost their lives the same way and nine out of ten cases, the killers go...