The Director General of Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, says Nigeria has recorded zero sea robbery and piracy attacks in its waterways since the last quarter of 2021. Jamoh disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents at the weekly ministerial briefing, organised by the Presidential...
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The Federal Government says Ethiopia’s suspension of its “visa on arrival” to non-resident foreigners at all entry points is due to insecurity, especially regarding its current political situation. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Francisca Omayuli, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Oct. 10 as public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According...
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has given the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) two weeks to settle corruption-related crisis rocking the agency. Committee chairman, Sen. Ayo Akinyelure (PDP-Ondo Central) handed the directive to the CCB chairman, Prof. Mohammed Isah and its federal commissioners on Thursday...
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed says N348.1 trillion investment commitment is required for the successful implementation of the 2021-2025 National Development Plan (NDP). Mrs. Zainab made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Small...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Lagos – With only 141 days to commencement of the 2023 General Elections in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has restated its commitment to credible elections, with an assurance that votes will continue to count and will be the sole determinant of electoral...
The west must return Africa’s stolen assets, artefacts – Buhari writes for Financial Times of London
The west must return Africa’s stolen assets, artefacts – Buhari writes for Financial Times of London
Nigerians were delighted by the news this summer that 72 artefacts, known as the Benin Bronzes, held by the Horniman Museum in London were returning home, 125 years after being plundered by British troops. The clamour for repatriation of looted treasures is becoming irresistible. There was once a similar...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government has invested significantly in infrastructure over the years. Osinbajo said this in his goodwill remarks at the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) National Integrated Masterplan Conference held at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, on Thursday in Abuja. The vice president highlighted among...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has warned motorists and the public against demonising Ember Months as blood sucking and tears period. The state Sector Commander, Joshua Adekanye, gave the warning on Thursday at the flag-off of Ember Months Campaign in Ibadan. The News Agency of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna. Presidentail spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has said the state government will commence payment of outstanding arrears of promotional benefits to state civil servants by the end of January 2023 The governor revealed this during the swearing in ceremony of the new Chairman and board...
The Federal Government says it will be impossible for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to change from its vice of looting public treasury, if it ever has access to power. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in an interview with the News Agency...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja As communities grapple with the devastating effect of flooding in some parts of Kogi state, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has made a passionate appeal to the federal government to aid the state government in relief materials. The minister who made...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Anambra Command, has arrested a yet-to-be-identified woman for beating her maid to death. In the video shared on social media, on Thursday, the suspect had taken NAPTIP officials to the bush were she dumped the already decomposing body...
Barely 12 hours after a report by PRNigeria, the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) of Birnin Gwari Division, CSP Sani Mohammed Gyadi-Gyadi, abducted about three months ago, has finally been released. This followed a sophisticated intelligence-coordinated operation led by the joint security service, PRNigeria gathered. Gyadi-Gyadi, kidnapped by terrorists in...
Two persons had been burnt beyond recognition, while three others sustained injuries when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS or petrol) exploded at Ilo-Awela Junction, at Toll-Gate area on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Ogun Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), who confirmed the development...
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called on African states, non- governmental organisations, private organisations and other stakeholders to synergise efforts at harnessing seabed resources to boost the continent’s Blue Economy. Osinbajo made the call in his keynote address at the 4th African Deep Seabed Resources (ADSR) Workshop...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Spiritual Leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Olumba Olumba Obu on Wednesday, said the 2023 general elections is not going to be business as usual but about competence, and will shocked the entire nation According to him, the fate...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Thousands of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, gathered at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, in their thousands for a rally to receive decampees into the party. The decampees were from various political parties but...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that he will address three major requests tabled by Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa, with “promptness and immediacy.” Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement in Abuja, said the president made the pledge while responding to an address by the governor during...