By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A new report of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), has ranked Nigeria very high at 71%, in comparative legal, policy and governance frameworks towards G5 – advanced state of readiness for digital transformation known as G5. In the report conducted by the...
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Nigeria will begin the quest for medals in the table tennis competition of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris with Quadri Aruna taking on Romania’s Eduard Ionescu on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aruna will face Ionesco in a first round match of the...
The Federal Government has resumed mass trial of persons allegedly involved in terrorism and suspects of other heinous crimes against the Nigerian State. This is contained in a statement by Mr Michael Abu, Head of Strategic Communication, National Counter Terrorism Centre – Office of the National Security Adviser...
Femi Falana, SAN, has said he is worried about the negative impacts of the Dangote Refinery spat, saying the saga sends a dangerous signal to investors about Nigeria. “Well, I’ve enjoyed the inter-class feud or what you might call a dog-eat-dog affair. But it’s at the expense of...
Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, the nation’s attorney general, became born again after having previously supported the Nigerian governors in their quest to deny local governments (LGs) financial autonomy. Insofar as the brief is good, lawyers, you know, can represent anybody, even terrorists, bandits, rapists, and killers. By...
The Director-General of West Africa Region, African Development Bank (AfDB), Lamin Barrow, has said the banks’s cumulative financing approvals in Nigeria stands at 10.9 billion dollars. Barrow said this at the Second Interactive Session and Workshop on Developing Bankable Business Proposals/Business Plans for Youths in Agriculture on Monday...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, forecast thunderstorms on Sunday with rains over parts of Adamawa, Taraba, Borno, Kebbi, Kaduna, Gombe, and Yobe States during the morning hours. “Later...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja Nigeria and South Africa have jointly condemned the ongoing conflict in Sudan, called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the crisis. This was revealed in a joint statement by the two countries, signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the ...
Non-Governmental Organisation, Life After Abuse Foundation (LAAF) has called on the Federal Government to establish Nigeria’s first Ministry of Men Affairs, to address men’s urgent needs. LAAF’s President, Ms Halima Layeni, in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said that the establishment of the ministry would advance...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and the founder, the Kukah Centre (TKC), Bishop Mathew Kukah, have attributed political corruption to weaker institutions in Nigeria. The duo made this known at a High-Level Meeting with the National Executives of Political Parties and other stakeholders on...
The senior national women teams of Nigeria and Canada will go toe-to-toe for the second time in one year on Wednesday, in a closed-doors training match in Malaga, Spain. The match, which is part of the two teams’ preparations for the upcoming Paris Olympics will begin at 6:30...
The Catholic Church in Nigeria has welcomed the newly-appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty. Crotty, an Irish, was appointed by the Vatican. He will oversee the propagation of the gospel of Jesus Christ through the church in Nigeria. The position, an ambassadorial status, advances cohesion...
Nigeria has shown a promising decline in its cholera case fatality rate (CFR), dropping to 2.9 per cent amid ongoing efforts to combat the deadly disease. The latest data via the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), website stated that as of week 27, the country...
The Nigerian Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made significant strides in expanding health insurance coverage across the country. The Director-General of NHIA, Dr Kelechi Ohiri, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during the inaugural Quarterly Performance Dialogue between the Federal Government, 36 State Governments, and key health sector...
MD/CEO of Jaiz Bank PLC, Dr Haruna Musa, has said the bank is looking forward to Nigeria becoming the centre of Islamic banking in Africa. Musa disclosed this at a send-off ceremony of the retired Board/ Advisory Committee of Experts (ACE) members of the bank on Sunday night,...
The President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has said Nigeria is positioned to reap immense benefits from the ECOWAS single currency initiative. Uwaleke, who is also the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, said this in an interview with...
Are you thinking about selling your property in Nigeria? Or maybe you just want to make your home look better and more valuable? Either way, renovating your property can be a smart move. In this article, we’ll explore different types of renovations that work well in Nigeria and...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Friday, re-arraigned Binance Holdings Limited on four-count charge bordering on tax evasion allegations. Nigerian representative of Binance, Ayodele Omotilewa, who was docked, took a plea on behalf of the company before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. He...
The National President, Horse Racing Federation of Nigeria (HRFN), Alhaji Mustapha Abubakar-Bida, says a world cup for the sport will soon be organised in Nigeria. “There will be participation from all the countries of the world like it is being done in Dubai,” Mustapha-Bida told the News Agency...