President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that the 2023 general elections would be free, fair and credible, as manipulations would not be allowed in any form. The President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the president gave the assurance while hosting West African...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday in Bissau, Guinea Bissau, be decorated with the country’s highest honour in recognition of his contributions to the political stability of the West African nation. The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu stated this in a statement on Tuesday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As Nigeria and Vietnam continue to deepen cooperation across different sectors, when properly nurtured, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says Nigeria’s friendship with the Southeast Asian country can yield much more beneficial fruits for citizens of both nations. Prof. Osinbajo was speaking on Monday...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to handing over leadership to an elected president on May 29, 2023, saying that his term in office will end on that day in line with constitution. The president stated this at a brief remark when he hosted the Special Envoy of...
Mr Tunji Oyebanji, Managing Director 11 Plc, says the huge amount being spent on fuel subsidy by the Federal Government is preventing investments in critical areas of the economy and worsening the unemployment situation in the country. Oyebanji said this at the yearly programme of the Institute of Change...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has secured the conviction of no fewer than 530 persons for human trafficking in the country. The Commander, Benin Zonal Command of NAPTIP stated this in his welcome remark at the ongoing 3...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In a determined effort to deepen the long-standing bilateral relations between Nigeria and Vietnam, both countries plan to work together more, particularly in the areas of digital economy, telecommunications, agriculture and trade, among others, for the mutual benefit of the citizens. The need for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has performed the official ground-breaking ceremony of the new ECOWAS Headquarters complex also known as the Eye of West Africa, to be constructed by the Chinese Government. President Buhari declared that the edifice will strengthen the brotherhood of African countries. The building which comes in the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Permanent Secretary State House, Tijjani Umar has called on Nigerians at all levels to contribute their quota in the national drive towards ending the HIV/AIDS scourge. Speaking at a one-day Sensitisation workshop organized by the State House Medical Centre to mark the 2022...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations has released the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) report, which reveal that in 2023, an estimate of 339 million people across the world will need humanitarian assistance. According to the report, about 230 million most vulnerable people in 69 countries of the...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday in Abuja inaugurated Omeife, Africa’s first humanoid to boost Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technological development in Nigeria and the continent. Osinbajo was represented by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, who in turn was represented by the Director-General, National Information...
Barr Kayode Ajulo, a Constitutional Lawyer, has called for the appointment of auxiliary judges to decide cases in courts in a bid to stop some cases going up to the Supreme Court. The legal practitioner told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that there were...
The Uniccon Group of Companies says it is set to unveil Africa’s first humanoid robot named ‘Omeife’, in Nigeria. The group’s CEO, Mr Chuks Ekwueme, who made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the event is scheduled to hold on Friday. Ekwueme said that the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged more vigilance and tightening of security around borders, drawing attention to the increased number of arms, ammunition, and other weapons from the Russia and Ukraine war in the Lake Chad Basin. At the 16th Summit of...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, won the hearts of his fellow African leaders in Niamey, Niger Republic, who shared glowing testimonies of his leadership qualities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the African leaders were in Niamey for the African Union Summit on...
Nigeria has begun the process of refining gold, gemstones and other mineral resources in the six geo-political regions of Nigeria. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite said this when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. According to him, adding...
Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peace Keeping Centre (MLAILPKC) in Jaji, Kaduna State, has graduated 65 troops, to be deployed for peace keeping mission in Mali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the troops form Nigerian Medical Contingent 9 Level II Hospital for the United Nations...
President, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Prof. Taiwo Obindo, says Nigeria currently has one qualified psychiatric doctor to about a million people. “This development has made accessibility and deliverability of psychiatric care relatively difficult in the country,’’ Obindo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu....
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has said that the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) remained a huge threat to Nigeria’s security. Monguno said this during the destruction of over 3,000 small arms recovered from across the country by the National Centre for...
The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) says it has recovered over 3,000 illegal arms in the last 18 months from across the country. Retired Maj.-Gen. Abba Dikko, the National Coordinator of the Centre made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in...