Pope Francis has granted audience to 112 pilgrims from Nigeria currently in Rome for the 2022 special pilgrimage organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC). The pilgrims were led to the papal audience at the Vatican City by His Grace, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, among other high profile personalities....
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan (ETP) would require funding of about 1.9 trillion U.S. dollars up to 2060. Osinbajo represented by the Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, said this in Abuja while declaring open the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum(ESEF)2022. ”For the...
Sen.Olamilekan Adeola (APC-Lagos West) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen .Bola Tinubu, is the best man to lead Nigeria come 2023. Adeola, Chairman,Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement during an empowerment programme he organised for his constituents on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the government and people of India following reports that at least 141 people have died after a British-era bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed on Sunday evening. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that apart from those that died,...
Nigeria won their first-ever FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup bronze medals on Sunday in Mumbai after a 3-2 penalty kicks shootout win over Germany. Both teams had started the competition against each other, with the Germans coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at the Pandit Jawaharlal...
The manager of Tanzania Team, Ahmed Maroko, says his boys lost by 2-0 in the second leg of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match due to their inability to read the game. Maroko, in a post-match interview with newsmen, said that his team could not accurately read...
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says Nigeria loses at least 700,000 barrels of crude oil to thieves daily. He made the assertion at the 2002 graduation of students of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun, Delta on Saturday. The minister who was represented by Ambassador Gabriel...
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nigeria, Hidayet Bayraktar, has said that drones and helicopters from Turkey will soon arrive in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen the security architecture of the country. Bayraktar made this known during the commemoration of the 99th National Day of the...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says the party will build an egalitarian, free and prosperous Nigeria if elected in 2023. Obi made the promise on Friday in Abakaliki, while speaking at an event organised in his honour by the Ebonyi chapter of the Civil...
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after attending the First World Bio Summit in Seoul, South Korea. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft carrying the president and members of his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja...
Flamingos are out of the 7th FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India after they lost to Colombia through a penalty shootout on Wednesday at Goa in their semi-final clash. Defender Comfort Folorunso hit her kick against Luisa Agudelo in sudden death to send the South Americans into the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea, expressed Nigeria’s desire to widen the scope of trade relations with the Republic of Korea beyond gas exports. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement said Buhari was speaking during a bilateral meeting with his Korean counterpart, Mr....
The Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests’ Association (NCDPA) has said that it will mobilise effectively the church’s faithful that are of voting age for the 2023 general elections. The President of the Calabar Archdiocesan chapter of the association, Rev. Emmenuel Duke, said this at its 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM)...
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) will continue to engage Nigeria on its strategic priorities areas such as economic and social infrastructure, the President of the bank, Dr Muhammad Aljasseer has said. Aljaseer made this known while briefing newsmen while visiting project sites in Kano State on Tuesday. The president,...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a unique opportunity to consolidate Africa’s large market, which will address the economic challenges of the continent. Osinbajo made the assertion at a hybrid International Conference on Africa’s Economy at Newark, New Jersey, with the theme, “African’s...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, said that Nigeria was already experiencing the negative fallout of climate change seen in the flooding in different parts of the country, as well as encroaching desertification and drought from the northern part. The President made...
Mobile messenger service WhatsApp experienced widespread technical disruptions on Tuesday. Users of the service in many countries reported on Twitter and other channels that they could no longer send messages. Nigerians and other users of the instant communication app, owned by Meta, had reported that they were unable to...
President Muhammadu Buhari is about to bequeath to Nigerians one of the best legacies as the National Population Commission (NPC) has concluded plans to hold the next census in April 2023. That will make it 17 years after the last census held in 2006. Nigerians, and indeed, the world...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is providing US$ 210 million for the development of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme in Nigeria. AfDB’s President, Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this in his virtual address at the inauguration of SAPZ programme on Monday in Abuja. SAPZ programme, inaugurated by...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has reassured Nigerians and all other residents and visitors in the country that it will effectively review the security advisory issued by the United States of America Embassy in Abuja at the weekend. The security advisory, which was widely circulated...