By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria and Poland on Tuesday in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Agriculture, while pledging their willingness to enlarge the fields of economic cooperation in the energy and manufacturing sectors. The signing took place during the State Visit of President Andrezej Duda...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Andrzej Duda of Poland at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Polish President, who arrived the Presidential Villa at about 10.30a.m, was received by the Nigerian leader at the fore Court...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new Prime Minister of Britain, Liz Truss, on her assumption of this trusted position of leadership. The President rejoiced with the former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, whose antecedents in...
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, is of the opinion that Nigeria might be in a very critical position at the moment, however, all hope is far from lost. At an event on Sunday put together by the Columbia Africa Business Club and...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Dodo Oroji says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has antidote to Nigeria’s myriad of challenges. Oroji, who spoke to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday said, ”the PDP presidential candidate would take Nigeria out of its current situation, if...
Bismark Kobby-Mensah, the Assistant Coach of Ghana’s Black Galaxies, on Saturday said his team did not have it easy beating Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B failed to qualify for the 2022...
The Nigerian team on Saturday recorded their second consecutive defeat at the ongoing 2022 Under-19 Girls African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in their second match of the championship played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium the Nigerian team lost 0-3...
Nigeria recorded 48 additional cases of monkeypox between Aug. 8 and Aug. 14. The 48 cases were recorded in 16 states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated on its website on Saturday. It stated that Lagos State topped the list of new infections with 15 cases, while...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B were on Saturday knocked out of the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying race after losing 4-5 to Ghana via penalty shootout. The CHAN qualifier second leg match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja saw the hard-fighting Eagles score two unreplied goals...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A renewed commitment by both Nigeria and the United States to work together on many global issues, especially on Climate Change and the global energy transition towards net-zero emissions emerged yesterday at the White House after a meeting between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has met with his US counterpart, Kamala Harris, in the White House. Osinbajo, who is on a state visit to the US, shared photos from their meeting on his social media handle on Friday night with the caption; ”The United States has been a long-standing...
The Adamawa Forensic Laboratory is the first of its kind dedicated to cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative. The Country Representative of the UNFPA, Ulla Mueller, said this on Thursday at a two-day stakeholders validation workshop of the forensic...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHU, Yobe – Nigeria alongside other nations that have borders with Sahara Desert have been charged to utilize their funds and modern technology to halt desert encroachment and reclaim land taken by the desert A consultant environmentalist, Malam Shehuri Bukar Bulama gave this charge when he spoke...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has described Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, Dr Hassan Mathew Kukah as a rare servant of God who works selflessly to salvage mankind. Governor Ortom in a goodwill message to mark Bishop Kukah’s 70th birthday, praised his indomitable spirit...
AIDS Health Care Foundation (AHF) and other Civil Society Organisations in the country, on Wednesday urged Nigeria and other countries to contribute to the Global Fund to tackle HIV, TB and Malaria. The Global Fund is targeting to raise 18 billion dollars to tackle the scourge of HIV, TB...
Emirates Airlines has restored its flight operations to Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos. The airline announced this in emails sent to its customers on Wednesday. The email reads: “We are pleased to inform you that effective from 11th September 2022, we will reinstate operations of our flights,” Emirates said...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have arrived in the U.S. on a two-match tour comprising two friendly matches with the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT). Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the first of the two matches...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described the last leader of the former Soviet Union, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, as “a courageous reformer who will be remembered for years to come because of his immeasurable contributions to world peace and openness in his own once rigidly closed...
Fidelity Bank on Tuesday agreed to take over the United Kingdom unit of Nigeria’s second oldest lender, Union Bank. It is the latest phase in the train of divestments by the latter which, beginning late last year, saw Union Bank offload 90 per cent of its shareholding to a...