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...
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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...
Nine-time African champions Nigeria will take on the senior women national football team of Japan in an international friendly match at the Noevir Stadium in Kobe, Japan on Oct. 6. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Falcons are ranked 39th by world football governing body...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested over 17,647 offenders, convicted and jailed 2, 369 between January 2021 and May 2022. The Chairman, NDLEA retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa said this during a press briefing in commemoration of the World Drug Day on Monday in Abuja....
The 2022 Global Peace Index has ranked Nigeria 143 among 163 independent nations and territories, according to the level of peacefulness. Nigeria moved three places up on the log from the 146th position it was ranked last year. Other countries ahead of Nigeria in the ranking are Mauritius 28;...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Labaran Shuaibu Magaji, a senatorial aspirant in the just concluded primary election for Nasarawa West Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who left for a brief holiday to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has returned to Nigeria. Magaji, who...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that as many as 141 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in-country, up from the previous 110 cases. The NCDC, via its verified website, disclosed this on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that when scientists investigate the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism has been established, with the signing of Executive Order 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need for concerted efforts to effectively tackle the spread of terrorism, especially in the Sahel region. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, stated in Abuja on Friday that the vice-president made the assertion when he received the visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. State...
African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the disbursement of a US$150 million finance facility to First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider. The funding was provided under Afreximbank’s Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA). Afreximbank’s US$150 million financial support will be accessible...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, says Nigeria is endowed with quality commercial minerals in over 500 locations across the country. Adegbite said this in his speech during the Nigerian Day at the 2022 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), International Convention, Trade Show...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party has arrived Egypt to understudy some of their sectors and not to attend the Annual General Meeting of a multinational company as being speculated. M. Obi’s media aide, Valentine Obienyem, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Thursday, shared photos...
A UK court has ruled against Nigeria in the $1.7bn suit against JP Morgan Chase Bank over the transfer of proceeds from the sale of OPL 245. Judge Sara Cockerill of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales Commercial Court held on Tuesday that the Nigerian government...
By Law Mefor It was Mallam Nasir El Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, who once observed that the real problem with Nigeria is impunity, not corruption. Of course, he was right that the brazen corruption and primitive accumulation rocking the nation today and warranting psychiatric evaluation, is borne out...
Shehu Dikko, the 2nd Vice President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has described Nigeria’s 10-0 win over Falcons and True Parrots of São Tomé and Príncipe as a morale booster. Dikko made this known on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos after the...