By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The Presidency has robustly defended the strength of Nigeria’s democracy, dismissing claims of authoritarianism and asserting that recent high-profile defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) are voluntary expressions of political freedom. A statement issued by Presidential Spokesman Bayo Onanuga, urged Nigerians to ignore “alarmists”...
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The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has urged the Federal Government to review lecturers’ salaries in line with Nigeria’s current economic realities. President of CONUA, Prof. Niyi Sunmonu, made this call on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to the federal government’s release of N50 billion for Earned Academic Allowances...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and haziness across Nigeria from Sunday to Tuesday. In its weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, NiMet forecasted moderate dust haze over Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Kano, Yobe, and Jigawa States. It also predicted isolated thunderstorms in parts of Adamawa...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has said the Federal Government plans to reduce inflation rate to single digit and create more jobs. Edun stated this during a press conference addressed by the Nigerian economic team, as part of activities marking the...
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says being awarded the hosting right of Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA) conference indicates international community’s confidence in Nigeria’s digital space. National Commissioner, NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said this on Saturday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of...
The poverty of enlightened, rational, and intelligent followership in Nigeria is a greater tragedy than her poverty of leadership across the spectrum, because the pool of leadership recruitment is unenlightened, emotional, irrational, and unintelligent. When discussing Nigeria’s enduring national crises, fingers instinctively point to the failure of leadership. Yet,...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Friday received rescued 231 Nigerians trafficked to Ghana. NIDCOM handed the rescued citizens to NAPTIP after the reception. At the occasion at the Lagos Office of NAPTIP, the...
The Director of Kwara State Primary Healthcare System, Dr Michael Oguntoye, has hailed the Malaria vaccination pilot programme in two Nigerian states as a significant success. Oguntoye made the statement on Friday during the celebration of World Malaria Day in Ilorin. He explained that Nigeria had officially rolled out...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says Nigeria is working with the World Bank to develop a job-creation agenda. Edun made this known during an interview with journalists after the World Bank Development Committee plenary held on Friday in Washington D.C. He...
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has assured the people of Borno of President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to addressing the prevailing security challenges across the country. Badaru gave the assurance on Friday when he led the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle and the Chief of...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to give priority attention to employment generation, insecurity and rising inflation in the country. President of TUC, Mr Festus Osifo, made the appeal at the first Quadrennial Delegates Conference and 20th Anniversary of the congress in Abuja, on...
By ABUJAH RACHEAL, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mrs Grace Ameh is a resident of Eyyan community in Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory. Each time her five-year-old daughter runs fever, her first suspicion will be malaria. This is because of limited access to diagnostic facilities. Ameh...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the 2027 general elections is a contest between President Bola Tinubu and the living conditions of Nigerians. PDP Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, stated this while presenting a Certificate of Return to the PDP candidate for the Anambra State governorship election,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26. Senate President Godswill Akpabio is at the head of the five-member delegation, according to a statement issued on Friday in...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Segun Adewale, has said the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is the Messiah Nigeria needs now and he can fix the economy. Adewale, a former Lagos State Chairman of the party, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in...
Team Nigeria on Thursday won a total of 12 medals to top the table on the first day of the ongoing African Senior Weightlifting Championship in Mauritius. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that four out of the six lifters who represented the country won seven gold, four...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has called for joint action to end the malaria scourge in Nigeria. Mrs Tinubu made this call on Friday in a statement issued by her Media Aide, Busola Kukoyi to commemorate the World Malaria Day. “Today, on World Malaria Day 2025, we are...
By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA The Nigerian Constitution (1999, as amended) does not expressly designate State Governors as “Chief Security Officers” in legal terms, but the title has become conventional and operational. The relevant provisions include: a. Section 215(4): “Subject to the provisions of this section, the Governor of a...
Nigeria has adopted the Counter Terrorism Technology (CT-TECH+) initiative to enhance its capacity to secure the country and the Sahel region. The Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, made this known at the official kick-off of the CT...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy has announced that a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) limited will soon commence. Edun, who was speaking at the Nigerian Investor Forum, which is holding on the sidelines of the IMF/World bank spring meetings...