The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has intensified efforts towards completion of the multi-billion Millennium Tower in the nation’s capital. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who led members of the Nigeria India Business Council on...
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The Federal Government of Nigeria and the United States Government have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement signing ceremony was held in the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami on...
President Muhammadu Buhari says football remains the number one sport in Nigeria and a national asset. According to the president, his administration will resist any attempt to undermine its development. Buhari stated this when he received the 10-year Football Development Masterplan submitted by the Minister of Youth and Sports...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rejected Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 general elections. IPOB spokesman, Mr. Emmanuel Powerful, who made their stance known in a statement issued in Wednesday, said the separatist’s group...
The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) National Secretary, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, on Monday, said there was no alternative to the ruling party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Omisore made this assertion when speaking with newsmen after he had a meeting with some leaders of the party at the APC...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of selected food items increased in July. It made the declaration in its Selected Food Prices Watch Report for July 2022 released in Abuja on Monday. The NBS stated that the average price of 1kg of white beans rose by 23.22...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, inaugurated a 16-member Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC), with Alhaji Aliko Dangote as Chairman. The president believed that the successful implementation of the Council’s agenda and savings from estimated economic burden of the disease would save Nigeria about N687 billion...
Poor finishing and hard luck did Nigeria in on Sunday to bow out of the ongoing FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup after a 0-2 loss to The Netherlands. The Falconets could not reenact earlier round performances, which saw them winning all three group phase matches, in this their quarter-final...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the stability of Chad Republic and all neighboring countries, is in Nigeria’s interest. The president made this position known while receiving a Special Envoy from the Transitional President of Chad, Gen. Mahamat Idris Derby in the State House, Abuja, on Friday. The Nigerian leader, who...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Center for People’s Health, Peace and Progress (3ps) with support from the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID-SCALE) and the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) has organized a one day workshop on improving the...
A former Information Minister Professor Jerry Gana on Friday urged Governor Nyesom Wike not to be weighed down by those who may have “disappointed” him recently, expressing optimism that the Rivers State leader will rule Nigeria in the future. Professor Gana, who praised Wike for his “sustained emphasis on...
The Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Mr Matsunaga Kazuyoshi ,says that the annual bilateral trade volume between Nigeria and Japan stands at one billion dollars. Kazuyoshi said this at the 2nd Japan-Nigeria business facilitation council meeting on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Spotify, an online musical streaming platform has announced Nigerian artiste, Adelabu Alexander, popularly known as “Magixx” as its “Fresh Finds Africa artiste” for August. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music for sub-Saharan Africa, made this known in a statement on Friday. Okumu said that Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist existed...
Nations are like the families we come from. We have certain people in our various families or extended families who act like leeches. They contribute nothing to the material improvement of their family, while sucking up the family resources in disproportionate amounts. They complain of unfilial neglect as soon...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), digital currency, eNaira has recorded 200,000 volumes and four billion Naira value of transactions since its inauguration in 2021. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor said this on Thursday in Abuja at the grand finale of the “eNaira Hackathon”. The News Agency of...
The Falconets overturned a goal deficit to thrash Canada 3-1 in their last Group C game at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup early Thursday. A goalkeeping error had gifted the Canadians a second-minute lead via a Kaila Novak strike. But it took Nigeria 22 minutes to go level....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Telecommunication and Technology Sustainability Working Group (TTSWG), a Nigerian pro-technology and non-governmental organisation that advocates for sustainability in the ICT sector, has announced the launch of its secretariat in Lagos, Nigeria. The group also announced its membership openings for interested organisations and institutions This is contained...
After harvesting of crops, it is mostly women that process the corps into food, and take them to sell at the market places. Women also always willingly and occupationally cook the food for their respective families and occasional guests. Many of these women are also food sellers in food...
A Nutrition Manager with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Elhaji Diop, says no fewer than 1.24 million under-five children in Katsina State are stunted due to malnutrition. Diop, from the Kano Field Office of UNICEF, disclosed this on Wednesday in Katsina, at a media dialogue on “Stronger with...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 60 new suspected cases of monkeypox in its latest situation report covering Aug. 1 to Aug. 7 in 18 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In its epidemiological report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...