By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), successfully repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya on Tuesday. Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, Amb. Kabiru Musa, disclosed this in a statement...
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Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have rejected a N1.5 million bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in Plateau. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Jos by the Media Officer...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disclosed that it would establish over twenty-four skills and innovation centers across the country to assist Nigerians gain their potentials and boost productivity. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this in...
The National Leader of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged the people of Edo to vote for the party’s candidate in the Sept.21 governorship poll. Kwankwaso said when he presented Certificate of Return to the party’s candidate for the election, Dr Azemhe Azena....
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is partnering with the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) of the European Union (EU), to facilitate trade, monitor export and documentations in Nigeria. The Comptroller-General (CG) of customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this after a meeting with the DG TAXUD on Tuesday...
By ESTHER OLAMA – The Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, has explained that he is determined to push the comedy industry higher because it targets Nigeria’s youth population of over 146m or 70 per cent of the population. Mr China spoke on the sidelines of the unveiling of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its second day nationwide streets protest over hunger and economic hardship in the country. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this in a communique jointly signed with Mr Ismail Bello, Acting General Secretary of the Congress at...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG), has described former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s recommendation of measures introduced by Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, for Nigeria as unrealistic. Abubakar had in a statement on Sunday, said that Nigeria should take a lesson from how the president...
The House of Representatives Public Account Committee (PAC) has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso to appear before it on or before Tuesday, March 5, or face arrest warrant. Rep. Bamidele Salam, the chairman of the committee said this in Abuja on Tuesday...
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), has expressed confidence that contrary to belief in certain quarters Nigeria would witness economic growth in 2024. The policy group expressed the confidence in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Niyi Akinsiju, in Abuja on Tuesday. Akinsiju said the group...
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, says the 617 million dollar investment in Digital Economy and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) fund will spur cultural and economic expansion. Musawa said this during the launch of iDICE and the maiden edition of Omniverse summit, in Lagos on...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and thundery weather conditions from Wednesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja forecast sunny atmosphere over the northern region during the forecast period. It envisaged sunny atmosphere with patches of clouds over the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops have rescued 10 passengers onboard a Peace Mass Transit Bus, who were kidnapped while traveling from Calabar to Abuja. The Director, Army Public relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the victims were...
Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ has topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The hit song which was debuted at number two in the previous week, has topped the chart on its second week. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday issued a certificate of return to Dr Asue Ighodalo, as its candidate for the Sept.21 Edo governorship election. The PDP acting National Chairman, Malam Umar Damagum, presented the certificate at a ceremony at the National Secretariat of the party in Wadata...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate(MPR) by four hundred basis points to 22.75 percent from 18.75 percent. Governor of the CBN Yemi Cardoso announced this after the first MPC meeting for the year in Abuja on Tuesday. “All...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Yemi Cardoso says the Naira is grossly undervalued. Cardoso said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while presenting a communiqué from the 293rd meeting of the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). He said that the foreign...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu led administration has turned Abuja into a construction site. Wike stated this when the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Richard Montgomery, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that construction...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has said the provision of palliatives is not enough to address the economic challenges facing Nigerians. Falana spoke at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, on Tuesday, where protesting members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) presented a letter...
The 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, on Tuesday inaugurated a general court martial to try 17 personnel who allegedly committed murder and other crimes. At the inauguration, the President of the court martial, Brig.-Gen. Liafis Bello, said that the court was conveyed by Maj.-Gen....