Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations (UN), Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, says Nigeria will continue to champion global tax cooperation discourse at the ongoing 78th session of UN General Assembly (UNGA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian delegation had, during the 77th session of UNGA,...
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President Bola Tinubu will, on Monday, join world leaders to participate in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (UN 2023 Summit on SDGs) as UN marks the halftime of the SDGs. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader will arrive...
The Federal Government has announced plans to set up transit schools to cater for the educational needs of the 11,000 school children displaced by banditry and other violent crimes in Niger State. According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, the project would...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, has constituted a special team to unravel the cause of death of Nigerian Musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said in a statement on Saturday that the...
An Enugu-based Catholic priest, Very Rev. Fr. John Amadi, has said that the New Yam Festival celebrated in Igbo land is in conformity with Christian teachings. Amadi made the assertion on Saturday while delivering a homily at a celebrated Holy Mass at the St. Cyril Catholic Parish, Egede,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Africa Indorama Energy Petrochemical Ltd. to supply 800 million scuff of gas to promote industrialisation in Nigeria. Malam Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd., said this during the signing of the...
The national under-18 women handball team on Saturday defeated their Algerian opponent 28-18 in the first game in Monastir, Tunisia at the ongoing Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerians gave a good account of themselves in the first match to...
Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Anambra governor Chukwuma Soludo, has dismissed suggestions that erstwhile finance commissioner Ifeajuna Onejeme resigned his appointment over a rift with the governor. “Onejeme cited family challenges as reasons for his decision. He had no rift with the governor,” Aburime told newsmen in...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The British High Commission says it will explore partnerships with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, with a focus on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure in the Niger Delta region. The Second Secretary (Political), British High Commission, Abuja, Mr. Hamish Tye,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Gunmen on Friday night attacked Toro town in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State and reportedly kidnapped a serving Assistant Superintendent of Police. According to reports, immediately the gunmen stormed the town, they started shooting sporadically, throwing the whole town into...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Security operatives have rescued no fewer than 33 people who were kidnapped in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. They were kidnapped few days ago by gunmen who took them into the forest awaiting payment of ransom from the families. ...
The Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, says telecoms investment inflow grew from $38 billion to $77 billion by the second quarter of 2023. Prof. Danbatta, who spoke in Kano on Saturday at a media parley, revealed that the sector had contributed 16 per cent...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has debunked reports that some lawmakers are planning to impeach the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. The Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. ...
The Kogi chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN)on Saturday declared its support for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the Nov.11 poll. The state MACBAN chairman, Malam Umar Damina, stated this when he led hundreds of Fulani herders from...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the present corps administration will ensure complete realisation of the five per cent reduction in road traffic deaths and injuries across the country. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Mr Dauda Biu, said this during the 2023 Special Marshals Sectoral workshop on Saturday...
The management of late Nigerian rapper and songwriter, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as “Mohbad”, has vowed to continue the fight to retrieve the singer’s catalogue and unpaid royalties from his former record label, Martian Music. The management stated this in a statement posted on Mohbad’s verified instagram account,...
Tragedy struck in the Ile-Epo area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos on Saturday as a motorcycle rider was swept into a canal by flood resulting from a morning downpour. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in an interview with the News...
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC says it is taking steps to block leakages and boost the Federal Government’s revenue generation initiatives. The Chairman of the commission, Mr Mohammed Shehu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja....
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has admonished Nigerians to stop profiling states negatively due to the criminal activities of a few indigenes. The President of the Ebonyi chapter of the organisation, Dr Peter Mbam, gave the admonition in a statement made available to the...
The Minister of The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says it will soon introduce digital security monitoring and control system in the existing FCT transport management system. Wike stated this at the 2023 Special Marshals Sectoral Workshop, organised by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), FCT...