The list of nominees for the 64th annual Grammy Awards is out and Nigerian artists Wizkid and Femi Kuti earned nominations in two categories. They both were nominated in the Best Global Music Performance and Best Global Music Album categories. Femi Kuti’s Pà Pá Pà was nominated in the...
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This piece stemmed from an unusual occurrence/event which glaringly did more than anything else to support the claim by well-meaning Nigerians that healthcare professionals do not feel bound to seriously observe basic standards of care or are generally unwilling to accept responsibility for their failure to deliver expected quality...
The Federal Government has again dismissed reports on plans to hike fuel price in the country. Chief Executive Officer of the Midstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, who made this position known in Abuja on Tuesday, reassured that there were no plan to increase the official price of Premium...
The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF), Aminu Tambuwal has said that Nigeria must embrace restructuring to survive. Tambuwal stated this in his remark at a two-day PDP National Retreat with the theme: “It’s time to rescue Nigeria”, held on Tuesday in Abuja. Tambuwal, who is also the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has revealed that over the past five years, the West and Central Africa region have consistently had some of the highest numbers of UN-verified grave violations against children in armed conflict. A statement issued on Tuesday by UNICEF Communication Officer, Borno State, Mrs....
The National Chairman-Elect, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has said that for the party to reclaim power, it must demonstrate to Nigerians that it could run a better government. Ayu stated this at a two-day PDP National Retreat 2021 with the theme: “It’s time to rescue Nigeria”...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the state governments are ready to support the Federal Government in the elimination of fuel subsidy regime. El-Rufai gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja, at the presentation of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update, November 2021 edition titled...
The Federal Government has berated the Cable News Network (CNN) for prematurely celebrating a leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Oct. 20, 2020 Lekki Toll Gate incidence in Lagos. At a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture,...
The Vice President of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Ms. Finda Koroma has said the only successful way to fight terrorism within the region is to attack its root causes. Ms. Koroma said this at the inauguration of the Early Warning Study on the Spillover of Violent...
Nigeria’s Music star, David Adeleke a.k.a Davido, says he has redeemed his N50 million pledged as part of N200 million donations to orphanages in Nigeria to Wema Bank. Recalled that Davido had earlier announced that N200 million received from friends and colleagues would be donated to orphanages in Nigeria....
Nigerian singer, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid bagged three awards at the recent All Africa Music Awards 2021. During the event, which was held in Lagos on Sunday night, Wizkid won the Artist of the Year Awards, and his song, Essence, which featured Temz bagged the Best African...
With presidential election results from all but one of Nigeria’s 36 states counted, and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, clearly in unassailable lead, President Jonathan had telephoned Mr. Buhari to concede defeat. At the time the call was made, the Independent National Electoral Commission was...
A team of Nigerian Medical Doctors has successfully conducted free open heart surgeries in Sokoto. Members of the team were drawn from Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. The surgeries were conducted at the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, (UDUTHS) Sokoto,...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to completely remove fuel and electricity subsidies early next year. In its preliminary findings at the end of its official staff visit to the country under the Artile IV Mission, IMF also called for reforms in...
Some Nigerian stakeholders in the North-East have identified obsolete environmental and forestry laws as a trigger for the continuous plundering of forests for firewood and charcoal in the zone. Others say that acute scarcity of kerosene and high cost of gas are major obstacles to effective conservation of forest...
The Nigeria`s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, will on Monday convene the General Assembly of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) in Abuja. This is contained in statement by Mr Aliyu Abdullahi, Special Assistant on Media to the first Lady on Saturday in Abuja, According to Abdullahi, Mrs Buhari...
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello making a remark at Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue on Friday in Abuja Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has described political stability and social security for the people as major factors needed to thrive a united Nigeria. Governor Yahaya stated this while...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership has steadily showed that the party is the most organised, well-structured and fully motivated platform for bringing development to the country. Buhari said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja while felicitating Gov....
US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, and Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, on Thursday, signed a new $2.17 billion Development Objectives Assistance Agreement (DOAG) to promote health, education, economic growth, stable government, and security in Nigeria. According to a statement by the US Mission in Nigeria, the...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – An international organization, Network For Africa Congregational Theology (NetACT) made up of pastors and lecturers from theological seminaries has resolved to change the backward nature of Nigeria and Africa in general through the gospel of unity and progress engendered by good political leadership. The...