The organiser of ”Coming to Africa,” a new reality competition TV show is set to offer 100, 0000 dollars to winners in its African Heritage contest. Coming to Africa is an original reality TV show bridging the gap between black cultures around the world by immersing contestants in the...
Nigeria
In 1999, the first private university in Nigeria was established in Okada. It was named Igbinedion University. Since then, private educators and investors have literarily taken over the Tertiary Education sector in Nigeria. However, the cost of running these private institutions continues to sky-rocket, a reflection of the economic...
At the last count, the number of aspirants for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was over 20, and this has made predictions of who would clinche the party ticket seem mostly based on calculations that are more intuitive than certain. The justle for the party...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said Nigeria has successfully forested over 6,191,363 hectares of land through the green bond project. A statement by the President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday, said the president was speaking at the Summit of Heads of State and Government 15th...
Dr Mufutau Raji, a chartered banker, has identified insecurity and high porous borders as some of the factors responsible for the slow growth of industralisation in Nigeria. Raji said this while delivering a lecture to mark the 76th birthday of Alhaji Khamis Olatunde-Badmus, the Asiwaju Muslim Yorubaland, Edo and...
Ebonyi soccer fans have hailed the Flying Eagles’ 2-0 defeat of Black Satellites of Ghana in the ongoing West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B, U-20 competition in Niamey. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Eagles beat defending champions Ghana on Sunday, in its first match...
“The security situation in the country may affect voter mobilisation, deployment of personnel and materials to different parts of the country.” – INEC Mr Festus Okoye, a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in charge of Information and Voter Education, made the above remark in a...
If there is any conversation in recent times that must not be allowed to go with political winds, as it supports the argument that Nigeria’s present political and socioeconomic challenges were created by Nigerians, accelerated by Nigerians and can only be resolved by Nigerians, it is the recent lesson/awareness...
Nigeria’s National Under-20 men football team, the Flying Eagles, on Sunday in Niamey beat their Ghanian counterpart 2-0 in the WAFU-B U-20 championship. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the opening match in Group B of the competition was played at the General Seyni Kountche Stadium, Niamey,...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says he remains the most credible aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 presidential election. Mohammed made the declaration at the Oyo State PDP secretariat in Ibadan on Sunday. The governor called on delegates to support him at the forthcoming...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu,...
Authorities in the United Kingdom have excluded members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and some other secessionists from seeking asylum in their country. In its updated asylum policy published in May and sighted by Channels Television, the UK explained that it took the decision as a result...
Leaders in the South East have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. They made the plea on Friday at a meeting with the President who is on a two-day visit to Ebonyi State. The Chairman of...
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, have intercepted over 1000 bags of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country through the Benin Republic border. The Acting Comptroller of the Unit, Hussein Ejibunu, stated this during a briefing on Thursday. Ejibunu said the rice with...
It has been revealed that the wives of Vice Chancellors of public universities are set to travel to Istanbul, Turkey for a five-day conference. This is as the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities since February 14, 2022, entered its third month. According to...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has stated that failure to allow the Southeast produce the next president of Nigeria will spell doom. The group vehemently kicked against any moves by northern political elites to retain the presidency beyond 2023 when President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the Presidential...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the State House in Abuja. He was received by top government officials. Buhari’s conversation with Guterres centred on the need to ensure peaceful and democratic elections as well as the robust participation of women and young...
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has revealed one of the major problems of Nigeria, saying that the country is interested in borrowing to consume instead of investing. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant said he has visited about thirty-one countries in the world studying the problems...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that whatever the situation and condition is, all will be well with Nigeria. Obasanjo, who said this on Tuesday at a Global Crusade organised by the Deeper Life Bible Church, in Abeokuta,, urged Nigerians to have faith in God. The former President...
President Muhammadu Buhari has downplayed claims that he has a favoured candidate for the 2023 elections, saying he will hand over to whoever Nigerians elect. The President made the remark on Monday while answering questions from journalists after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the Mambilla Barracks parade ground in...