The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan. Dr Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) gave the figure in Abuja on Saturday when 125 stranded Nigerians arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Whiteplains British School (WBS), has commended the Federal Government for ordering investigation into allegations of forgery and criminal breach of trust by First Bank, for forging a tripartite legal mortgage agreement. The school alleged that some managing directors of First Bank, as well as three others, entered into the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Albino Foundation (TAF) Africa, the leading advocate for disability inclusion in Nigeria, has officially announced significant rebranding effort to better reflect its mission, vision, and core values as well as the new addition to board of trustees for gender balance. The new identity...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a significant part of building a great nation is both in the words and actions of all citizens motivated by patriotism and the collective efforts of citizens and leaders alike. Prof. Osinbajo, stated this on Friday at the formal...
The Vice President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has promised to meet other aspirants in race for the 10th House of Representative Speakers in a bid to seek for truce. Shettima made the promised when the Joint Task 10th Assembly members-elect met with him in his Abuja residence. This is coming...
Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba, the Solicitor General of the Federation says only a small fraction of cybercrimes is actually prosecuted and adjudicated. Jedy-Agba said this at the closing ceremony of the ‘Training of Trainers on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence for Judges and Prosecutors in Abuja. The event was under the...
President Muhammadu Buhari recently sent a request to the National Assembly to approve 800 million dollars loan meant to cushion effect of the proposed removal of fuel subsidy. Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said that Nigeria secured the World Bank facility as a first tranche...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dissociated itself from a baseless and unfounded opinion currently published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law to compliment existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is currently upgrading the 10 Megawatt installed capacity of its power plant in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital to 20 Megawatt. General Manager, Corporate Communications and Zonal Coordination Division at NCDMB, Engr Ginah O. Ginah, who dropped...
Confirms approval of N1.9b in 2023 budget towards housing them in royal museum By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has congratulated His Royal Majesty, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, on the...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, said that the challenges facing Nigeria were surmountable with the right leadership. Obi said this at the public presentation of the compendium on him entitled: “Many Voices, One Perspective” in Awka on Friday. The former governor of Anambra reiterated...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Aliyu Atta, as he turns 86 years, with a remarkable record of serving in the Nigeria Police Force for many years from 1960 to 1993. President Buhari in his congratulatory message by his spokesman,...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for comprehensive review of Nigeria’s criminal justice system to reduce the alarming number of inmates in correctional facilities awaiting trial. A statement by the Media Adviser to the minister, Sola Fasure on Friday in Abuja, said Aregbesola made the while inaugurating the...
The British King, Charles III has marked his coronation with a new photograph of himself and his two heirs. The picture of Charles, alongside the Prince of Wales and Prince George, was taken in Buckingham Palace’s throne room on the day he was crowned. The King sits in the...
The Kogi Government says the state will likely become the hub of Africa in Cashew production. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the declaration while speaking with Journalists in Lokoja on Friday. Fanwo attributed the feat the state had so far attained in Cashew production...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has inaugurated the Electronic Certificate of Occupancy (e-CofO) saying that citizens can access their land titles and documents within 24 hours. Fashola disclosed this at the unveiling of business process automation of certificates of occupancy for Federal Lands on Friday...
Elon Musk has chosen top ad executive Linda Yaccarino to take the day-to-day reins of Twitter as he fights to reverse the tide at the struggling platform he bought for $44 billion last year. Yaccarino is a highly respected advertising executive who stepped down from NBCUniversal “effectively immediately” on...
President Muhammadu Buhari and his family have moved into the Glass House at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was disclosed by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, via a video shared on her official Instagram page after taking the...
The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, in Uhogua, near Benin, says an unknown person has dumped a two-day old baby at its community. The Coordinator of the camp, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Folorunsho said that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in 1973. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari said that the scheme had truly achieved the...