Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date, and to widely publish the names of anyone suspected to be involved.” SERAP...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the world is at risk of yet another year of record hunger as the global food crisis continues to drive yet more people into worsening levels of acute food insecurity. WFP Executive Director, David...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, has said the airline would soon commence direct flights to Israel. Mr. Onyema stated this during a courtesy visit to The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission( NCPC), Rev Yakubu Pam, in Abuja. A...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Kaduna State for establishing its credentials as an investment destination of choice in Nigeria. President Buhari gave the commendation on Saturday during day three of the ongoing 7th Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit. Buhari was represented by the Minister of State for Industry, Trade...
Nigeria and Egypt have signed partnership agreements worth 30 million dollars between business organisations from both countries at the end of the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Egypt Trade Conference and Exhibition (NETCE) in Cairo. Dr Yousrey El Sharkawi, Chairman, Egypt African Businessmen’s Association (EABA), and Mr Mahmood Ahmadu, President,...
Nigeria bounced back into contention at the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India on Friday with a 4-0 trouncing of New Zealand in Goa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Flamingos, who lost 1-2 to Germany on Tuesday, started the game spiritedly. They came close...
President Muhammmadu Buhari has appealed to member states of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) to remit their outstanding Annual Assessed Contributions to the Secretariat to meet the Commission’s objectives. The President made the appeal at a virtual meeting of the Heads of State and Government of member states...
The Nigerian government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the global tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, to train five million citizens on high-demand technological skills that are needed to advance their respective careers. While signing the agreement on behalf of Nigeria on the margins of the ongoing GITEX...
Angola and Libya have for the second consecutive month maintained their lead over Nigeria as Africa’s highest crude oil producers, according to a report by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). OPEC said this in its Oil Market Report for October, which was obtained by the News...
Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed says Nigeria has signed an agreement with Germany for the repatriation of over 1,130 looted Benin Bronze artifacts back to the country. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington DC on Tuesday, after three...
The Federal Government on Tuesday called for more synergy among the stakeholders to tackle headlong the perennial problems of regional piracy activities in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) nations. The Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, made the call at the opening of a 3-Week...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says a plan is on to make Lagos Africa’s model mega city by 2052. Sanwo-Olu said this on Tuesday, during the 9th edition of Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, held at Victoria Island. He said that the government had made concerted efforts towards the...
The Nigerian government on Tuesday reclaimed 31 stolen Benin Bronze models from three U.S. Museums after 125 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 29 Benin Bronze artifacts were returned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, one from the National Gallery of Art, and another...
The United States has repatriated to Nigeria, 23 Benin Bronzes, part of the thousands of artifacts that were looted by the British during their invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897. At the repatriation ceremony in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed commended...
The story of Corporate Nigeria in 2022, cannot be complete without a chapter on the incredible performance of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, which saw the hitherto encumbered bank now returning to the top of the ladder of the Nigerian banking industry, amid a harvest of international laurels, writes...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Nigerian Statisticians Association (NSA) has organized a 3 day workshop to brainstorm on how best to tackle the high-level insecurity in the country that seemed to have defile all solutions. The workshop which was held in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in N’Djamena, joined the celebrations of the people of Republic of Chad in inaugurating their interim administration to lead the country to elections and the formation of a democratic government. The Nigerian leader, who is the current Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Countries...
Nigeria has opened a new office in Cairo, Egypt, to provide visa application, passport, Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and National Identity Number (NIN) services in the country. Mr Abdul-Razaq Musa, the Executive Assistant to the President on Nigeria-Egypt Cultural and Socio-Economic Forum (NESCEF), made this known in a statement...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday attend the investiture ceremony of Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno as President of the Transitional Team in Republic of Chad for two years. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this...
Teachers worldwide play a critical role in the formation of the behaviour patterns and by extension, the future of young persons. Therefore, the role of teachers goes beyond teaching. The teacher functions in different capacities including parenting, counseling, mentoring and being a role model. Given their strategic position in...