The Transition Monitoring Group(TMG) says the increasing use of money by politicians seeking elective positions is a sign of bad omen for Nigeria. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Chairman, TMG, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “The use of money openly by...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appraised the series of consultations held so far towards getting a widely acceptable presidential standard bearer for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari stated this at a meeting held...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Saturday said the current drop in electricity generation is as a result of the partial shutdown of Oben Gas Plant in Edo State. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu disclosed this in a statement in Abuja by his Special Adviser,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday in Accra, Ghana, attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region. The President’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina disclosed this in...
Football enthusiasts in Enugu on Friday called for calm, as the Jose Peseiro-tutored Super Eagles early Friday morning in New Jersey, U.S.A., lost their second international friendly match 0-1 to Ecuador. The defeat was coming barely one week after Mexico handed down a 2-1 defeat to the Super Eagles...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, will on Aug. 29 delivered judgment in the extradition suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, over his alleged link with Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, an alleged internet fraudster held United States. Justice Inyang Ekwo...
Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC Ltd., has reiterated the commitment to sustain the strategic energy partnership between Nigeria and Spain. Kyari made this known while addressing Nigerian and Spanish business leaders on investment opportunities in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry in Madrid, Spain. A statement by...
IITA GoSeed, an early generation seed company, made significant progress in 2021 as sales of improved cassava planting materials averaged $267,277 despite COVID-19 restrictions, the company revealed recently during the annual meeting of the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) today. “Sales were driven...
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Mr Kola Abiola, says he drew inspiration from his deceased father, Chief MKO Abiola to take interest in the 2023 presidential election. Chief MKO Abiola was the presidential candidate of the defunct Social Democratic Party at the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended warm wishes and congratulations, and that of Nigerians, to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee as the British monarchy. In a congratulatory message issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Thursday...
The world governing body for basketball, FIBA, has replaced Nigeria’s female basketball team, the D’Tigress, with Mali for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 in Belgrade. Nigeria was disqualified after President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the country from participating in all international basketball competitions and activities for a period...
Officials for the 2022 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture between Nigeria and Ethiopia are scheduled to arrive in the country on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials include Senegalese referee Mame Coumba Faye, who will take charge of proceedings. She will be...
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...
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,...