London, Sep. 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian government on Thursday launched a Central Database to deepen transparency and accountability of recovered stolen assets. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, explained that the initiative was to enhance easy access and coordination of assets recovered by anti-graft agencies. Mr Malami said that the ...

London, Sep 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)–Nigeria is making strides to maintain the country’s reputation and weed out people tarnishing the country’s image globally. It is now the first African country to successfully automate and integrate; the system of monitoring stolen and lost travel documents (SLTD) with INTERPOL; the France-based international organization. The Nigerian Immigration Service announced this ...

London, Sep. 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The United States Department of State announced an additional imposition of visa restrictions on certain Nigerians over election-related activities. The individuals, who were not named, are accused of being responsible for undermining the democratic process in connection with state elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states in November 2019 and the lead ...

London, Sep. 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria has inaugurated a ministerial committee on covid-19 herbal remedies and natural compounds, in a bid to find a home-grown solution for the disease. The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, who inaugurated the committee on Monday stated that the quest for a home-grown remedy for COVID-19 by the Ministry ...

London, Sep. 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-As international flights resume on September 5, the Federal Government says only approved airlines will be allowed into the country’s airspace. Speaking on Thursday during a briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said only the NAIA and ...

London, Sep 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Morocco and South have reported significant increase in fresh cases of covid-19 infections despite recent declines across the continent. Total cases in Africa now stands at 1, 245, 973 with 29, 595 deaths and 976, 398 recoveries Morocco’s Ministry of Health confirmed 1,191 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the ...

London, August 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Covid-19 drug trials will take place soon in 13 states of Nigeria. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Thursday, said investigational drug trials would soon start in 22 sites scattered across 13 states of the federation. The task force’s National Coordinator, Sani Aliyu, said this during a press briefing by ...

London, August 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria has recorded drop in coronavirus infections cases for four consecutive days, raising considerable hope of a flattening curve in infection rate, though testing remains abysmally low The latest figure from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday shows only 304 new cases and five deaths, with no state ...

London, July 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria has paid over 1,177 billion dollars to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as its Community Levy contribution in the past 16-years. According to documents from a presentation by the ECOWAS Commission to Parliament at Plenary during its Virtual Second Extraordinary Session, Nigeria paid 853,310,564 UA (West Africa ...

London, July 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria is awaiting the return of $200m from the Netherlands and Switzerland from the Oil Prospecting Licence 245 deal, otherwise known as the Malabu oil deal, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Malami said this while declaring ...