The House of Representatives has demanded justification for Nigeria’s huge financial contribution to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which amounted to 1.177billion dollars in 16 years. The House mandated its committees on Inter-parliamentary Relations and ECOWAS Parliament as well as Foreign Affairs to determine the justification....
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A former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu has appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate court in the UK over organ harvesting charges. The prosecutor claims that David Ukpo, who alleged that he was coerced to donate his kidney to the Senator’s daughter, is 15 years. The case has...
Mr Ime Umoh, the Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, says Nigeria is the largest producer of catfish in Africa. Umoh said this at a two-day FISH4ACP workshop on Tuesday in Lagos to unveil a 10-year plan for the sustainable development of Nigeria’s...
The Super Falcons’ contingent to the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco has began camping in Rabat, an official said on Monday in Abuja. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed in a statement that the team landed in Casablanca on Monday....
Last week, thousands marched in the streets of London to protest the soaring cost of living in Britain and demand the government do more. The story was the same in Italy, in Israel, in Australia, in Germany – where workers are on strike, demanding the government ‘Stop the Inflation...
By YAKUBU SOLOMON, Abuja – Super Falcons’ Head Coach Randy Waldrum has picked team captain Onome Ebi and 24 other players to represent Nigeria at the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a statement on...
Five-time world champions Golden Eaglets on Friday edged the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 to win the WAFU B Under-17 Championship at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victory for Nigeria has come barely few weeks after they claimed...
Team Nigeria on Friday qualified for the men’s 4×100 metres relay event of the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S.. The quartet of Favour Ashe, Godson Brume, Alaba Akintola and Udodi Onwuzurike, who are reigning World Under-20 champions, ran a new time of 38.34 seconds. The team booked...
The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, says there is more of internal trafficking than external trafficking. Waziri-Azi disclosed this on Thursday in Benin at a meeting she held with stakeholders and partners of the agency in Edo. She explained that...
The WHO says Nigeria is one of the countries that have reported cases of monkeypox. It says more than 3,200 cases have been confirmed in 48 countries and in five of its regions globally. “In Nigeria, the proportion of women affected is much higher than elsewhere. “It is critical...
Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos, has been ranked as the world’s second least liveable urban area due to social unrest, terrorism and conflict. According to the latest 2022 Global Liveability Index, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of most liveable cities in the world for...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Great Britain where he again reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement in...
Registration for the eNaira hackathon, geared towards ideating innovative solutions for the newly launched digital currency, organised by the Africa Fintech Foundry (an innovative hub established to identify and accelerate innovative startups in Africa), in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is billed to open on June...
President Muhammadu Buhari says it’s not in his place to determine if the political ambition of Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, infringes on any laws that affects his productivity. Buhari stated this on Tuesday during his interview with Bloomberg. There have been debates around the central bank’s independence following...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on the media to use their various platforms to promote peace and guard against acts, capable of promoting division in the country. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, made the call at a media briefing on Wednesday...
YouTube has called for Black creators, artists, songwriters, others for Black Voices Fund, Class for 2023,. Solafunmi Sosanya, YouTube Lead for Nigeria, said on Wednesday that the fund created in 2020 would support Black creators, artists, songwriters, and producers with the resources and support that would enable them to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja on Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. A statement issued by the president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, said President Buhari...
President Muhamamdu Buhari has defended the federal government’s decision to keep paying fuel subsidies. In a response to Bloomberg, the President said the effects of removing fuel subsidies would have been too harsh on the Nigerian people. He said the government is working on boosting local capacity in order...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is decentralising the nation’s national grid through renewable mini-grids to address the challenges of electricity supply across the country. The president, who revealed this in an interview he granted Bloomberg News, said the Federal Government had earmarked 550 million dollars to provide 20,000...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Nigeria is holding back about $450 million in revenue earned by foreign airlines operating in the country. Vice President for Africa and the Middle East, IATA, Kamil Al Awadhi, made the remark on Sunday at the opening of its 78th annual general...