By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has set a new dawn in the relationship between Nigeria and France with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Campus France on collaboration in the areas of joint research and promotion of innovation, training of qualified...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Accra on Tuesday to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC). The presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Saturday said it is making frantic efforts to evacuate stranded Nigerians from the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), who disclosed this in a statement, explained that it is impossible for any flights...
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles were on Friday in Zurich drawn in Group D alongside Brazil, Italy and Dominican Republic for the first round of the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria were among the 24 countries which earlier secured their respective places...
President Muhammadu Buhari says democracy has a bright future in Nigeria. Fielding questions from newsmen after Friday’s Eid-el-Fitr prayers in Abuja, the president said his conviction was based on Nigerians’ disposition to defend democracy against all threats. “Nigerians appreciate the stability of democracy. “The outcome of the 2023 elections...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) I’m Plateau State has felicitated with Muslims across the country, urging them to fervently pray for peace, unity and stability of the polity and the nation. Plateau APC Chairman, Chief Rufus Bature made the call in a goodwil mesage signed by the State Publicity...
The crescent of Shawwal, the 10th lunar month, signifying the end of Ramadhan, has been sighted in Tumair and Sudair, in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Consequently, Friday, the 21st of April, 2023, is the Eid-l-Fitr celebration in the country. This was announced via a verified twitter handle of the...
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not confer any advantage on his ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) during the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Mohammed briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the...
The newly appointed Force Commander, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, has taken over the command of the force from erstwhile commander, Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chibuisi assumed duty on Wednesday in N’Djamena, Chad Republic, having served in the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Debt Management Office (DMO) has debunked a media report that Nigeria defaulted in loans repayments to China. Recalled that media reports making the rounds have alleged that Nigeria failed to fully service its debt to China, which had accumulated to N110.31 billion in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader departed Saudi Arabia via King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria has a crucial and strategic role to play in the transition to a more sustainable energy future for the continent and the rest of the world, even as Africa would need rapid industrialization to get millions of its...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As part of his ongoing official engagements in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Muhammadu Buhari hosted religious and traditional leaders from across the six geopolitical zones of the country at an Iftar dinner (breaking of fast). At the end of the event, President...
Nigeria has the capacity to export medical officers to needy nations if available potential are adequately harnessed and planned. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta stated this while inaugurating the Collegiate System in the State’s Schools of Nursing at the College of Nursing, Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC) has recorded 79 deaths and a total of 1,336 suspected cases of cholera in the country so far in 2023. The NCDC, via its official website, said this in its latest cholera situation epidemiological report....
Participants at a four days energy summit have called for more collaboration from all stakeholders to humanizing energy in Nigeria. They made the call on Monday in Abuja at the 6th edition of Nigeria International Energy Submit. N.I.E.S (2023), hosted by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Federal Republic of...
An international Field Officer for Baseball/Softball, Lanre Bolarinwa, on Saturday called on stakeholders in sports to initiate deliberate plans to realise Nigeria’s potential in sports. Bolarinwa made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the ongoing West Africa Little League tournament in Lagos....
BY JOY ADARA, Abuja – A delegation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met with Nigerian representatives on 4th and 5th April 2023, at a workshop it jointly organised with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to discuss the maximisation of the benefits of the Two-Pillar...
Mr Chinedu Onyeizu, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia, says Nigeria needs to strengthen its democratic institutions to stay on course rather than resort to an Interim National Government. Onyeizu, who was the LP candidate for Abia South at the Feb.25 National Assembly election, said this...