By BABARA KALU, Akwa – Anambra State Government has declared Tuesday as a public holiday in honour of Nigeria’s first president, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, who was born on November 16, 1904. Governor, Chief Willie Obiano announced this in a statement issued by the state commissioner for Information and Public...
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The Super Eagles’ delegation to Saturday’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Liberia in Tangier, Morocco flew into Lagos on Sunday morning aboard a chartered Air Peace flight, with team captain Ahmed Musa insisting they would best Cape Verde in their final group qualifier. The aircraft touched down at the...
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), on Sunday gave the assurance that a new and acceptable revenue formula that will tackle new development realities in the country will be in place. Chief Elias Mbam, the Commission’s Chairman, gave the reassurance in an interview with the News Agency...
Mr Edwin Akpam, an Ethnographer, on Sunday, stressed the need to use carbon dating to authenticate the stolen Benin bronze artefacts billed to be repatriated by Britain to Nigeria. Carbon dating is the determination of the age of material by means of its content of carbon 14. Akpam, Assistant...
The Federal Government has described the allegation by Global Advocates for Terrorism Eradication (GATE) that its officials are sponsors of terrorism, as a disgusting distraction. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the Minister of Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Mohammed said that the...
The Super Eagles on Saturday defeated the Lone Star of Liberia 2-0 at the Grand Stade de Tangier, Morocco, in a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying Matchday five Group C encounter. Two strikes from the penalty spot earned Nigeria all three points against Liberia to set up a...
The Technical Director, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF), Christopher Nwadei, has said the Federation has discovered lifters who would represent the country in International Championships. Nwadei disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the maiden edition of the Inspector-General ot Police (IGP) National Open Weightlifting Championship, on Friday in Abuja....
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called for concerted effort on the part elites, political and religious leaders to work towards promoting the unity of Nigeria. Osinbajo made the call at a public presentation of a book written by retired Maj.-Gen. Pat Akem-Vingir titled, “Winning Leadership (Strategic Leadership...
The Assembly of Health Ministers of the ECOWAS region on Friday announced that Nigeria and other African countries would get access to the newly developed malaria vaccine by the first quarter of 2022. The Health Minister of Ghana, who is also the chairman of the assembly, Dr Kweku Agyeman-Manu,...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians all over the world are very competitive, noting that they acquired the trait from home where the citizens have been properly educated and immersed in business rudiments. The President stated this on Friday when he met with the Minister of State Foreign Affairs of...
It is possible that the first contact was made in 1601 between the French and the peoples of “Guinee” – the name for the lands we know today as Nigeria. Only a few years before, the then Protestant King of France Henry had devised a plan for adventurer Francois...
The Federal Government has said no fewer than 67 million people have registered for National Identification Number (NIN), which is the foundation for economy growth and national security. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Mallam Isa Pantami, disclosed this in Paris at the Nigeria international Partnership Forum held...
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the offer by the United Arab Emirate (UAE) to partner with Nigeria in the areas of renewable energy, agriculture, infrastructure logistics. The partnership also include provision of vaccines to further control the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement, said...
Pledges to tackle global challenges to taxation … By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, a renowned tax administrator has been elected by the 47 member countries of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) as its 15th President...
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has charged the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) to ensure the safety and profitability of Nigeria’s N12.8 trillion pension assets. Mrs Toki Mabogunje, President, LCCI, gave the charge while speaking at the PENCOM Special Day at the 2021 Lagos International Trade Fair...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world commemorates World Pneumonia Day today, UNICEF has revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of overall air pollution-related pneumonia deaths of children under-five in the world, and the highest number of household air pollution-related pneumonia deaths among children under-five. A statement...
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said smuggling is responsible for the rising cost of rice in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, the Minister said smuggling is affecting the market and hurting the citizens. “Unfortunately there is a...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal next week, where he will discuss ending the Covid-19 pandemic and battling climate change, his spokesman said Thursday. Blinken will meet with the president of each country to “advance US-Africa collaboration on shared global priorities,” state department...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has said that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the country in the past one year Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this on Thursday while addressing newsmen at a media briefing organised by the...
Senate President Ahmed Lawan says the National Assembly will help Enyimba Automated Shoe Company (ENASCO) to get funding and patronage from government agencies. Lawan made the promise on Thursday in Aba during the inauguration of the company located at Umukalika, off Obikabia Junction, Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia. “This project,...