By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– Vice-President Kashim Shettima has returned to Abuja after performing the lesser hajj (Umrah) at the Holy Mosque of Makkah (Masjid al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed this...
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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has said the country needs to invest 20 billion dollars to achieve the economic targets by 2027. Edun said this during the citizens and stakeholders engagement on the implementation of presidential priorities and ministerial deliverables for...
The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr Joseph Osanipin, says Nigeria spends approximately 19 million dollars annually on the importation of motorcycle spare parts. Osanipin said this at NADDC’s 2024 end-of-year media briefing on Friday in Abuja. He emphasised the urgent need to reduce...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has performed lesser Hajj (Umrah) at the Holy Mosque of Makkah (Masjid al-Haram) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Thursday in...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated Nigeria’s Atalanta of Italy forward and Super Eagles goal poacher, Ademola Lookman for winning the CAF Men’s Player of the Year Award. Akpabio stated this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh in Abuja on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman on winning the 2024 CAF Men’s African Footballer of the Year. President Tinubu also hailed Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie for clinching the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award and the Super Falcons...
Super Falcons of Nigeria safe hands, Chiamaka Nnadozie, has once again been crowned the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year for 2024. Nnadozie was crowned at the award ceremony in Marrakech Morocco, winning it for the second successive year after her last year victory. The Paris FC of France...
Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman on Monday scooped the Africa Player of the Year award at the 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lookman was the biggest winner at a star-studded 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, as Africa’s best performers for the year...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has described the wins at the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards as a “night of glory for both Nigerian football and the nation in general”. The governor congratulated Ademola Lookman, Chiamaka Nnadozie, and the Super Falcons for their wins at the event....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigerian Vice-President, Kashim Shettima is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with the Chairman, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Dr Muhammad-Sulaiman Al-Jasser, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 20. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Monday said the reported oil leak from the Bonny Oil Export Terminal will not affect oil export. SPDC noted that the incident affected only a section at one out of the three loading buoys which has been isolated. SPDC’s Media...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Nigeria will get much better in 2025 with the unwavering commitment of President Bola Tinubu to reposition the country and set it on the path of development. The Lagos State APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, gave the assurance at the party’s Christmas...
The authority of ECOWAS heads of state and government on Sunday set Jan. 29, 2025 to July 29, 2025 as a transitional period to keep ECOWAS doors open to Burkina Faso, Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said this...
President Bola Tinubu has urged West African leaders to draw inspiration from Ghana’s recent peaceful elections as a model of democratic maturity and commitment to national unity. The President said this during the opening of the 66th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja. He lauded President Nana...
A former Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has sad the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be held accountable for Nigeria’s slide into a one-party state, not the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okechukwu stated this in Enugu on Sunday while reacting to insinuations that APC...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ghana’s recent presidential election was held on December 7, 2024. The election was a highly competitive contest between two main candidates: John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ¹. Mahama, a former...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The convener of the National Opposition Movement Coalition (NOMC), also known as “The Alternative,” Otunba Segun Showunmi, has called for a renewed commitment to national unity and democratic participation. Speaking at the North East Town Hall meeting in Bauchi on Thursday, December 12, 2024,...
Online streaming platform, Spotify, has unveiled the top five most streamed podcasts in Nigeria, Kenya and South, for 2024. Ncebakazi Manzi, Spotify’s Sub-Saharan Africa Podcast Manager, in a statement on Thursday, said that “Apostle Femi Lazarus” remained the most streamed podcast in Nigeria. Manzi said others were: “Motivation Daily...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said the Federal Government is collaborating with the Republic of Germany to enhance electricity supply in the country. The Minister made this statement while briefing State House Correspondents after a bilateral meeting between President Bola Tinubu and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday...
President Bola Tinubu has said the interest and welfare of the citizens of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger remained priority for leaders of ECOWAS. The President said this on Wednesday while receiving Mr Frank–Walter Steinmeier, the President of Germany, in a State Visit on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa,...