By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of religious intolerance and inhumanity, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, (BCS) says only the teachings of its leader Olumba Olumba Obu can bring the needed peace in the Country. The spokesman of the organization, Patriarch Christ Shepherd Amah Williams disclosed...
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged its staff to give maximum support to the 2023 general elections and the National Population and Housing Census. The NYSC acting Director-General, Mrs Christy Uba, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the National Programme Desk Officers’...
The LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has said that the country’s biggest challenge is basically that of poor choice of leadership. He said this during the party’s rally in Calabar on Wednesday. Obi, who was received by a large crowd of his supporters at the UJ Esuene Stadium,...
The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State on Wednesday said that the resignation of Mr Doyin Okupe, Campaign Director-General of Labour Party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, had projected Nigeria positively to the world. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okupe stepped down from the position...
The Uniccon Group of Companies says that its collaboration with Canada Trade Commission on Africa’s first humanoid robot “Omeife” is worth $12.6 billion. The Chairman of group, Mr Chuks Ekwueme, said this when the Canada Trade Commissioner from Global Affairs Canada, visited its facilities in Abuja. Chuks said that...
The German Government on Tuesday commenced the official repatriation of 1,130 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria. At a historic repatriation ceremony held in Abuja, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock symbolically handed over 22 of the 1,130 looted artefacts to his Nigeria counterpart, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama and the...
Air transport plays a key role in economic development and in supporting long -term growth. It facilitates a country’s integration into the global economy, provides direct benefits for users and has wider economic benefits through its impact on productivity and growth. To maximise the potential in aviation, President Muhammadu...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abiola Oshodi, says the 2023 presidential election would be beyond ethnic affiliation. Oshodi added that the election would be determined by all Nigerians through their votes and support. Oshodi is the Vice Chairman of the APC in Canada,. In a...
Lamentations, wailing and gales of funerals have trailed the massive floods that Nigerians experienced recently. As communities struggle to build back lives devastated by the disaster, the magnitude of which has never been captured in the country’s history, some important lessons have undoubtedly been learnt. That natural disasters occur,...
In the first in-person meeting with the American President Joe Biden, President Buhari established a personal equation with his US counterpart and got an important recognition for his democratic credentials and activism at home in particular, and Africa in general: “your legacy is a model,” says President Biden. There...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it plans to transform the future of public health by targeting three billion people by 2023. Dr Mie Okamura of the Emergency Preparedness and Response, WHO, said this in Abuja on Saturday during the “Walk The Talk’’ peace awareness exercise. Okamura said the...
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria’s agricultural revolution had led to the creation of over 13million direct and indirect jobs in the last seven and half-years. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement on Saturday, said Buhari disclosed this in Washington DC, USA, at an interactive session entitled,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured U.S. potential investors of massive investment opportunities in Nigeria, especially in the non-oil sector of the economy. Buhari gave the assurance at a dialogue session with some U.S. Investors, Nigerian officials, diplomats and as well as experts from the private sector in Washington...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria remains the best destination for American investors to put their money. He said aside the population advantage in size and demography, various incentives and policies emplaced by the Nigerian Government make it a destination of choice for investment. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria needs help from the private sector to meet its public investment needs. Ahmed said this at the presentation of the latest World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU): “Nigeria’s Choice” and “Country Economic Memorandum(CEM): Charting a New...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Joe Biden of the United States has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts in deepening democracy not only in Nigeria, but also in Africa. The US President said this on Wednesday in Washington during his meeting with leaders of six African countries...
Nigeria on Tuesday pledged its determination to achieving the vision of 30 Gigawatts of energy by the year 2030. President Muhammadu Buhari made the pledge at a discussion panel on Just Energy Transition at the ongoing U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, USA. He used the opportunity to outline the...
Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday called on all African leaders to stop begging for aid and allow the continent assume its rightful position in the world. Akufo-Addo who made the call at the ongoing 3-day U.S.- African Leaders Summit said countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, others have what...
The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) have received 105 Nigerians stranded from Chad at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, made this known while receiving the returnees in Kano. He said that the stranded Nigerians arrived at the International Wing...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has approved the immediate relaxation of the COVID-19 safety measures and travel advisory, including the suspension of all pre-departure, pre-boarding, and post-arrival PCR test requirements. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on...