The Federal Government has launched a Digital Nigeria Portal and Mobile Application in furtherance of the Digital Nigeria Programme, which was kick started by President Muhammadu Buhari, on March 19, 2020.Dr Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy (FMCDE), performed the virtual launch of the mobile application...
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Third tier team Lusitania Lourosa left the stadium on foot following a Portuguese Cup defeat, after club officials allegedly sent the team bus away. The incident was described by the footballers’ union on Monday as “lamentable.” Lourosa lost their first round tie 1-0 to local rivals Sao Joao de...
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for all arms of government to deploy resources to address the common needs of all citizens rather than the greed of a callous few. The president made the call at the 2nd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption and launch of the National Ethics...
The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has honoured 49 Nigerian employees of Chinese companies operating in Nigeria for their outstanding performance and contributions to strengthening diplomatic ties between both countries. Mr Zhao Yong, Charge D’ Affaires of the embassy, presented 100,000 naira cash awards to each of the 49 beneficiaries...
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, on Monday urged youths seeking higher education to go for technical education to boost manpower in the country.Nwajuiba made this known after monitoring the National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examination at the Federal Science and Technical...
The Cross River Government has acquired 10,000 hectares of land across the state for cultivation of Cocoa in the 2020/2021 planting season.Dr Oscar Ofuka, Special Adviser to the Governor on Cocoa Development and Control, disclosed this on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Public and private schools in Enugu State have resumed academic activities after six months of lockdown, following COVID-19 pandemic. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the resumption in some schools in Enugu metropolis, on Monday, observed that public and private schools visited had commenced academic activities....
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it would continue to promote and facilitate expansion of robust Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure, for the rapid development of Nigeria’s digital economy.NCC Executive Vice-Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this at the first virtual and sixth edition of Information Communications Technology and Telecommunications...
Experts in the transport sector have advised the Federal Government to repeal the 1955 Railway Act, to allow private sector involvement in Nigeria’s rail services. The experts said in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the Act had stalled development in Nigeria’s rail transportation, as...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has assented into law the state road traffic management agency law 2020 and internal revenue services and re establishment, harmonisation, and administration law 2020 bills. Signing the two bills, the Governor said traffic management is one of the major problem...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State government has denied reports that the governor, Bala Mohammed, sacked the former Head of Service, Alh Ahmed Abubakar Ma’aji. This was contained in a media statement signed by the Governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Muhktar Gidado, and made available to journalists in Bauchi....
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, has hailed the decision of labour leaders to suspend their planned protest scheduled to have commenced Monday. He was reaction to the decision by Organised Labour to suspend its planned nationwide...
Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu on Sunday disclosed that the ruling, All Progressives Congress (APC) may likely zone the party’s presidential ticket to South East geo political zone of the country in the interest of equity, justice and...
A more than one-year-old love triangle has ended with a fatal fight between two men in Mukono District in central Uganda. What started as a mere quarrel between the two neighbours in Kiyunga village, Kyampisi Sub-county Mukono District on Friday morning degenerated into a fierce fight leading to the...
The government of Ghana has said it has successfully secured amended terms with independent power producer CENIT Energy Limited, which will save the country some US$200 million, and has called on all other IPPs to expedite conclusion of their renegotiations. A statement issued by the PR unit of the...
The Lebanese community in Nigeria has sponsored the repatriation of 43 Nigerian women stranded in their country, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The women landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 2 pm on Sunday, aboard Middle East Airlines aircraft with registration number OD-MEA/sub. Mr Philip...
What was billed as an opening day classic between two old warriors turned into a damp squib as Stan Wawrinka crushed Andy Murray 6-1 6-3 6-2 at the French Open on Sunday. The last time they met on Court Philippe Chatrier, in the 2017 semi-final, Wawrinka came through a...
After 10 weeks of undiluted entertainment, the Big Brother Naija Lockdown season has come to a rousing end with Laycon emerging as the winner. What started off as a stiff competition between 20 housemates ended on Sunday with Laycon – a clear favourite on the show, going home with...
OLA MODUPE, Lagos Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “instruct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to take immediate steps to expeditiously, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecute high-profile corruption cases,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Many Nigerians are not impressed by the Federal and Lagos State Government responses to COVID-19 pandemic, a survey conducted by a leading Nigerian civil rights group has revealed. Respondents in the survey knocked the Federal and state authorities for poor responses to a pandemic that has...