The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has disclosed that at least 2,700 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 500 new cases emerging weekly, reports thegazellenews.com. Guterres made this disclosure while addressing newsmen at UN Headquarters in New York, United States of America. He also warned that the worsening Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak could claim more lives unless the international community urgently expands funding and containment efforts. Guterres also warned that global indifference could worsen the Ebola crisis in DRC, just he also that urgent international action and additional financing were required to prevent…
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A latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed Nigeria’s external reserves have jumped to $53.11billion, representing their highest level in over 17 years thus bringing the country close to the reserve peak recorded in 2009, reports thegazellenews.com. The latest development, according to the data, put Nigeria’s reserves just $142 million short of the January 2009 level, showing a significant recovery in the country’s external liquidity position. According to the data, that reserves stood at $53.112 billion as of 24 August, 2026, just as it also added that the figure is the highest since 12 January, 2009, when…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos presided over by Justice Friday Ogazi on Thursday, 27 August, 2027 ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce Lagos social media influencer and businessman Kazeem Afolabi, popularly known as ‘KC Luxury’, before the court following his alleged 14-day detention without a formal charge. The court also directed the NDLEA to respond within five days to the application challenging Afolabi’s continued detention and to show cause why he should not be released or admitted to bail. Afolabi was allegedly arrested by NDLEA operatives on August 13, 2026, at the Murtala Muhammed…
The Federal Government has stepped up its enforcement of environmental regulations, as the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) sealed four facilities in Nasarawa State over alleged pollution and other environmental violations. The affected facilities are ABZAT Quarry, Hoafong Mining Trading Company Ltd, Emono Venture and Mivanyi Integrated Farms. The enforcement operation, conducted on Thursday by officials of NESREA’s Karu Operational Office, was led by the Head of Operations, Mr. Da’am Monday. NESREA said the facilities were shut down for breaches of environmental standards, including pollution-related offences and failure to comply with prescribed regulatory requirements. The action is…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has commenced a nationwide capacity-building programme for its counsellors as part of efforts to standardise treatment and rehabilitation services for people affected by substance use disorders. The first phase of the training, being held at the NDLEA Academy in Jos, Plateau State, has brought together more than 100 counsellors drawn from the agency’s formations across the country. The exercise, coordinated by the Directorate of Counselling, Treatment and Rehabilitation (DCTR), is the first agency-driven training of its kind for NDLEA counsellors in several years. Speaking at the commencement of the programme on Friday, NDLEA…
Cuba has taken its escalating confrontation with the United States to the United Nations Security Council, accusing Washington of worsening hunger and humanitarian hardship on the island through its long-standing economic embargo and fresh sanctions against Cuban companies and officials. The Cuban government, in a statement to the Security Council on Tuesday, August 25, warned against the use of hunger as a weapon of war and argued that conflicts, economic inequalities and unilateral coercive measures were aggravating global food insecurity. Havana specifically linked the worsening food situation in Cuba to the impact of the United States’ economic, commercial and financial…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said his administration’s infrastructure projects across the state could give the All Progressives Congress (APC) a significant advantage in the 2027 general elections. Fubara said the visible impact of his administration’s projects would provide APC candidates with concrete achievements to campaign with when they approach voters at the grassroots. The Governor spoke on Wednesday, 26 August, 2026, while commissioning the 14.5-kilometre Agba-Ndele Road and a major bridge linking communities in Emohua and Abua/Odual Local Government Areas of the state. According to him, the projects would make it easier for APC candidates to convince voters…
For Nigeria, the war in Liberia was never just another foreign conflict. It became a war fought at a distance but paid for in Nigerian blood, as hundreds of soldiers were deployed into one of West Africa’s most brutal civil wars in an attempt to stop the violence from engulfing the region. More than three decades after the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) entered Liberia, Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Christopher Musa, has reopened the chapter, revealing the personal cost of an intervention that transformed ECOWAS from an economic organisation into a major regional security actor. Musa disclosed…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, over his alleged directive that residents who do not support the All Progressives Congress (APC) should leave the council. The Commission described the chairman’s remarks as an unconstitutional assault on citizens’ fundamental rights and a dangerous threat to democratic participation ahead of the 2027 general elections. The NHRC Executive Secretary, Chief Tony Ojukwu, SAN, said the statement, which has circulated in a video online, amounted to intimidation and an attempt to weaponise public office against citizens…
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has identified Nigerian youths as critical to determining whether the 2027 general elections will strengthen national cohesion or deepen the country’s fault lines, urging them to transform their growing influence into a force for peace and development. The IPCR Director-General, Dr Joseph Ochogwu, made the call on Thursday, 27 August, 2026 in Abuja at the opening of a two-day capacity-building programme for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, SIWES participants, interns and volunteers. The training, organised under the Renewed Hope Agenda for Young Peacebuilders, seeks to prepare young Nigerians to identify early…