UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy has launched a flagship soft power campaign ‘Jollof and Tea’, which celebrates the UK and Nigeria’s cultural and creative ties. In a statement on Monday, the British Deputy High Commission said Lammy unveiled the campaign at a reception in Lagos, on his first visit...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto No fewer than 42 students of Sokoto indigenes, who are the first batch of the 100 beneficiaries of the Senator Ibrahim Lamido Education Trust Fund will depart Nigeria this week for India. Senator Lamido, who spoke in his Sokoto residence, when parents of the benefiting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has suggested adopting the Chinese model for leadership selection in Nigeria. Speaking at the 24th National Conference of the Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers held recently at the Nigerian Society of Engineers headquarters in Abuja. Zulum emphasised the...
The Federal Government has set Jan. 28, 2025 as the deadline for the operationalisation of the five billion dollars Africa Energy Bank (AEB). The bank would be domiciled in Abuja, the Nigeria’s capital city. Amb. Nicholas Ella, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Executive Board Member, who led...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Nigeria has yet to announce a date for Mpox vaccinations rollout, even as cases keep surging across Africa. The organisation noted that presently, Mpox cases in the continent have risen to more than 500 per cent from last...
Coach Augustine Eguavoen has said he is excited about the response from all the invited players ahead of the 2025 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying fixture against Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 35 players were invited for the Super Eagles B team 2025 CHAN qualifying...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The Presidency has said that the Tax Reform Bill will not increase the number of taxes currently in operation, but rather optimize and simplify existing tax frameworks. The Presidency also clarified that the proposed derivation-based model for Value-Added Tax (VAT) distribution is designed to create...
The Minister of Communications Innovations and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani has saidthat the grant of N2.8 billion from Google is timely for the renewed hope agenda. Tijani spoke at the press briefing where Google announced the grant to support the Federal Government’s science lab drive on Thursday in...
The Federal Government is positioning the country’s carnival industry to tap from the global carnival market, estimated at five billion dollars. Vice-President Kashim Shettima said this on Wednesday during a meeting with a delegation from the Abuja International Carnival at the Presidential Villa. Shettima noted that beyond promoting the...
The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said the country’s daily petrol consumption currently ranges from 45 million litres to 50 million litres. NMDPRA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Farouk Ahmed, disclosed this while speaking on the sideline of the ongoing 18th Africa Downstream Energy Week in...
The National Petroleum Authority of Ghana has said it is proposing to import refined petroleum products from Dangote Refinery to boost its energy security and sustain business cooperation with neighbours. Chief Executive Officer, NPAG, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said this at the 2024 OTL Africa Downstream Energy Week on Tuesday...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has picked Nov. 18 for Nigeria’s final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Rwanda. The match is scheduled for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by Nigeria Football Federations (NFF). The Matchday 6 encounter...
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, has said the Federal Government would soon establish super electricity grid as backup to the national grid that is experiencing incessant collapse. Adelabu said this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Monday at the Presidential Villa,...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Sen. Adamu Aliero, has said the African Development Bank has released $350 million to the Federal Government for construction of a rail line from Kano to Maradi. Aliero disclosed this during an oversight visit of the committee to the Nigeria Railway Corporation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan has called on the Federal Government to buy a new aircraft for Vice President, Kashim Shettima. Lawan in a statement on Sunday lamented that the precious life of the Vice President who...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted haziness and sunshine from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Saturday, forecast moderate dust haze in the northern region on Sunday with horizontal visibility ranging from 2km to 5km. The agency anticipated localised visibility of less than...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has slammed Libya with a 50,000 dollars fine and also awarded Nigeria three points from the botched Matchday 4 2025 AFCON Qualifier. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match earlier scheduled to be played between Libya and Nigeria...
The Presidency on Saturday faulted The Guardian newspaper’s lead story of Oct. 25, which had the title: “Calls for military intervention: misery, harsh policies driving Nigerians to desperate choices.” Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, said that the story “openly incited...
The Deputy Incident Manager of National Polio Emergency Operations, Dr Idowu Audu, on Saturday said Nigeria has been consuming 70 percent of the world’s polio vaccines without significant results. Audu, while speaking in Ilorin during a meeting of experts, lamented that while the country was consuming most of the...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded Nigeria all three points of the botched Libya versus Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match that was to have been played on October 15, 2024. The continental football body has also slammed a fine of 50,000 USD on the...