There are plans by the Federal Government of Nigeria to imprison the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu indefinitely without trial. Barrister Bruce Fein, the United States-based lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, disclosed this in a letter addressed to the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Fein warned the...
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The volume of trade between Namibia and Nigeria has hit 10 million dollars, says Mr Humphrey Geiseb, High Commissioner of Namibia to Nigeria. Geiseb said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on a wide range of issues centered on the country’s plan to deepen Namibia-Nigeria bilateral relations. According to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Madrid, Spain, on a State Visit at the invitation of the Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the the Presidential aircraft, which left Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 3.30 p.m., conveying the president and some...
NIgeria alongside six other African countries have cumulatively reported about 1,400 monkeypox cases this year up to mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. These include 1,392 suspected and 44 confirmed cases. The cases were reported in Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Nigeria,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has dismissed insinuation that Nigeria has laboratories where monkeypox virus is generated. The NCDC gave the clarifications via its official website on Tuesday, as the country continued to report sporadic cases of monkeypox since January 2022. According to the alleged report, the...
King Felipe, Queen Letizia of Spain send condolences to President Buhari over Port-Harcourt stampede
King Felipe, Queen Letizia of Spain send condolences to President Buhari over Port-Harcourt stampede
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have sent condolences to President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent church stampede in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a message addressed to President Buhari and signed by His Majesty the King, Felipe VI, the Monarch wrote: ‘‘Mr...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Madrid, Spain on a State Visit at the invitation of the Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Adesina, at a separate meeting during the visit,...
The United States has no connection with the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Nigeria, the American embassy in the country has said. It explained that the U.S. government has continued to support Nigerian health authorities with technical assistance and funding to tackle disease outbreaks such as COIVD-19 and monkeypox,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his nomination as the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the just concluded party primary held in Abuja. In a statement on Monday by his Chief...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, says Nigeria will continue to be eligible for preferential trade access to U.S. market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Leonard said this when she visited the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi...
Prof. Jerry Gana, a former member, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) says it is almost certain that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will lead the party to victory in 2023 general elections. Gana said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja,...
Super Eagles’ captain William Troost-Ekong on Saturday cleared into his team’s net to gift Mexico a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in an international friendly at Dallas in the U.S. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match was the Super Eagles’ first of two international friendlies lined...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, endorsed recommendation on setting up an African Standby Force on Terrorism, while calling on leaders to muster the political will that will fuel synergy, enhance intelligence gathering and bring more urgency in tackling violent crimes. Speaking...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says African political leaders must respect the right of citizens to make their choices in elections, and that the right to vote and determine who leads them should not be treated lightly. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Lazarus Chakwera, the...
President Muhammadu Buhari says African political leaders must respect the right of citizens to make their choices at elections. He warned that peoples’ right to vote and determine who leads them should not be treated lightly. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman stated in Abuja on Saturday that Buhari...
Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Samuel Chukwueze and Zaidu Sanusi have withdrawn from the friendly match against Mexico. Three other players; Samson Tijani, Alhassan Yusuf, and Azubuike Okechukwu will also not feature in the game due to various reasons. Defender Leon Balogun has also been ruled out of the...
Mr Olufunwa Akinmade, Divisional Head, Retail, SME Banking and E-Business, Unity Bank Plc, has described the bank’s latest retail product ‘Yanga’ as a unique product aimed at empowering the underbanked women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Akinmade, who stated this during a chat with the media on Friday, noted that a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated the Nigerian child on the occasion of Children’s Day. Senator Lawan noted that May 27 was set aside to draw attention to the rights and plights of children in Nigeria The Senate President in...
Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, PDP presidential aspirant, says whoever emerges as the party’s candidate may likely win the 2023 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP presidential primaries is scheduled for May 28 and 29. Addressing newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, Ohuabunwa who said he...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday departed to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government. A statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the three-day summit,...