By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigeria and Israel have commenced collaborative moves to deepen partnership in innovation, entrepreneurship and production with the aim of harnessing Nigeria’s huge potentials for its technological development. This was disclosed when the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr. Michael Freeman paid a working...
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A commercial motorcyclist and his passenger, on Wednesday, lost their lives after colliding with a truck at Bible College area on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says the Federal Government will demand a full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a Nigerian, Chizoba Favour Eze, in an Ethiopian prison. This is contained in a statement by Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 has been shifted to May 2023. Mohammed confirmed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by...
Some traders in various markets in the satellite towns of the FCT are still skeptical about collecting the old Naira notes in spite of Central Bank Nigeria’s (CBN) directive. Some of the traders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Karu, Nyanya, and Mararaba Markets on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven members of the Board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration took place at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The affected members include...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Justice of the Supreme Court, Emmanuel Ogwuegbu, on his 90th birthday on March 16. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, Buhari joined family and friends to celebrate God’s grace of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the Gubernatorial elections on Saturday, the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Bassey Otu, says if he’s elected he will adopt the National Sports Industry Policy ( NSIP) signed by President Muhammed Buhari last year. Senator Otu said The...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has pledged to be more vigilant during the upcoming governorship and states assembly elections. Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, the NIS Comptroller in Kwara, made the pledge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Wednesday. Shamsuddin said the command would...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has been conferred with an award by the UN Global Women Foundation Advocacy for Change, a global body. Mr Olujimi Oyetomi, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, disclosed this in a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its operations are guided by the Electoral Act and not by political parties. Prof. Gabriel Yomere, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River, made this known in Calabar during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Yomere was reacting to...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has reiterated the Ministry’s commitment towards ensuring a safe and secure cyberspace for Nigerians before, during, and after the 2023 Presidential Elections. This is according to a statement issued on Tuesday by...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, (aka Jandor) has unveiled his wife, Mariam Adediran, to members of the PDP family in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there have been some political propaganda about the family of the 45-year-old frontline contender...
Frontline Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday in Lagos, resumed calls for removal of Mr AbdulRasheed Bawa, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged disregard to the rule of law. The CSOs called for Bawa’s sack over alleged politicisation of the commission, disobedience of lawful court...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its ongoing strike in Imo for two weeks. NLC President, Mr Joseph Ajaero, announced the suspension of the industrial action in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. The state chapter of NLC had, on March 9, embarked on the strike over...
No fewer than three persons lost their lives while two others sustained Injuries when a truck lost control at Toll-Gate area on Lagos-Abeokuts Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Ogun Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that 17 people dead in two separate fatal crashes that occurred in the State on Monday, 13th March, 2023. He said that 17 others sustained various degrees of injuries, pointing...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development in collaboration with UKaid has organized a town hall forum, which is geared towards strengthening community- level peace, security dialogue and to mobilize stakeholders to develop traditional justice and reconciliation policy recommendations in Borno. The community stakeholders, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of ongoing rehabilitation works at the Maiduguri Monday market which was engulfed by fire on Sunday, February 26, 2023. Zulum made this known on Tuesday when he paid an assessment visit to...