The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says discussions were ongoing to assist the country from the $4 billion Ukraine Crisis Adjustment Trade Financing Programme for Africa (UKAFPA) launched last month. According to it, the move would help mitigate the impact of the food and fuel crises in Nigeria. Prof. Benedict...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the brutal terrorist attacks in Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau, describing the killings as heinous. The president in a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu said the perpetrators should not be allowed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved immediate release of 40,000 metric tons of assorted grains from the Strategic Grains Reserve, to assist less-privileged Nigerians to celebrate the forthcoming Easter and Sallah festivities. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammed Mahmood, made the announcement when he briefed State House...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production declined to an average of 1.354 million barrels per day in March 2022. OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for April 2022 which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN)...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The economy of Europe and Central Asia is expected to shrink by 4.1 percent this year, compared with the pre-war forecast of 3 percent growth, as the economic shocks from the war compound the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its Economic Update...
A new video showing the children of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu praying for her has surfaced online which has got people emotional. Recall that the talented singer, who was popular for her hit song, ‘Ekwueme’ alongside gospel music sensation Prosper Ochimana, died on Friday leaving behind four children...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Monday revealed that corporates, individuals, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are indebted to the federal government to the tune of N5.2 trillion. Nigeria is expected to borrow over N5 trillion to finance its...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advised Federal Government to focus more on Child Rights Act to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Education. This was even as it said Nigeria is facing one of the worst crisis of staggering learning outcomes in...
It is another blackout in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States after the national grid collapsed on Friday evening. At least three Distribution Companies (DISCOs) confirmed the development via their respective social media handles, informing their customers of the situation in their respective domains. They include Eko Electricity...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emiefele and Mr Temitope Ogunsemo, the founder of Krystal Digital Solutions L.td., have been listed in the Forbes Africa Undiscovered Series for Nigeria. Mr Uri Onojake of GLG Communications, a consultancy firm, made the disclosure in a statement on...
Prof Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel laureate, has said Nigeria is gradually seceding from humanity. Soyinka spoke in Lagos State on Thursday at a media session titled, “Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity.” According to him, the widespread cases of injustices in Nigeria and the disposition...
Director – General (DG), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr Rufus Ebegba, on Thursday said Nigeria has set standard for the African continent in the regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Ebegba spoke in Abuja while welcoming a team of regulators from Ghana’s Biosafety Management Authority who came to...
Even though it qualifies as a national tragedy that deserves every attention, it is important to underline that the present piece is not a direct reaction to the recent reported bombing by ‘terrorist’ of a moving train along Abuja-Kaduna rail track- an incident that resulted in the death of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has identified voter education and sensitisation as one of the core areas it would require the support of the United Nations to successfully conduct a free, fair, credible, and inclusive 2023 general election. The Daily bulletin issued by the commission quoted INEC Chairman,...
…Tasks member states on increased collaboration By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Having successfully piloted the affairs of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) as Chairman in the last one year, Nigeria has handed over the mantle of leadership of the Assembly to the Republic of Guinea. Prof. Umar...
A bill seeking to amend the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) and also outlaw cross-dressing in Nigeria has been introduced for first reading at the House of Representatives. Referencing Section 4 of the same-sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) Honourable Muda Lawal Ulnar who sponsored the bill on Tuesday during...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched a two-year $9.5 million advancing nutrition programme to improve the nutritional health of Nigerians in Bauchi, Kebbi, and Sokoto states. The programme will address the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition, provide technical support, share innovations,...
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP (PDP), Zoning Committee, says it will present its unanimous decision on zoning to the party National Executive Committee (NEC). The Chairman of the committee and Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, disclosed this after the committee’s meeting held at Benue State Governor’s lodge on...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has released schedule of local borrowings of about N720billion by the Federal Government for the second quarter. The schedule is contained in the DMO’s “FGN Bonds Issuance Calendar For The Second Quarter, 2022’’. The calendar shows that , on April 25, the DMO would...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service has named Shell as a “leading tax compliant organisation in Nigeria for 2021.” At an award ceremony in Abuja last week as part of the second annual National Tax Dialogue, Shell companies in Nigeria also won the award for...