The National Legal Adviser of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Bem Angwe, has lamented that most politicians have taken advantage of the hunger and poverty in the country to exploit Nigerians leaving them without hope. Angwe disclosed this during the inauguration of the State Executive Committee of...
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A football administrator, Ebere Amaraizu, has urged the Super Eagles to be focused and resilient in the World Cup Qualifier match with the Black Stars of Ghana on Friday. Amaraizu, who is a Director with the Nigerian Nationwide League One, made the call on Tuesday in Enugu while speaking...
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has stated emphatically that the players will do everything to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup when they face archrivals Ghana in a double-header play-off for one of the five tickets allocated to Africa. The Eagles are billed to face the Black Stars...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Very few African Union member states have been projected to achieve universal access to safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation or basic hygiene services by 2030. In other to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene, Africa will...
Senior Vice President of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Mr Fola Fagbule, on Tuesday said that Nigeria ranked high as a destination for foreign direct investment. Fagbule who is the Head of Financial Advisory of AFC, spoke during a plenary session in the 2022 Law Week of Lagos Branch...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has projected that the Nigerian economy will grow by 3.24 per cent in 2022, in spite of rising inflationary challenges occasioned by global socio-economic events. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, made this known on Monday while presenting a communique from the apex...
The future of Nigeria will be the focus on Tuesday as eminent Nigerians meet to propose objective course of action. From Minister to former governors and opinion leaders, the deliberation will focus on “ensuring that Nigeria takes its rightful place in the comity of nations”. Freedom Online, one of...
Super Eagles players on Monday started arriving at the team’s Abuja camp to prepare for the crucial 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against the Black Stars of Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles will face the Black Stars on Friday in Kumasi in...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – To ease transportation stress across the ECOWAS sub region, the African Development Bank (AfDB), has secured $15.6bn for the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan highway corridor. AfDB President Dr Akinwumi Adesina, who made the announcement Thursday at the 2021 Africa Investment Forum virtual boardroom closing...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Minister of State Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva said Nigeria will remain at the vanguard of the crusade for a multifaceted energy transition timetable that will attract more investments for Africa while taking cognizance of the current global energy transition in the direction of...
A security alert has emerged revealing that three serving governors are secretly planning to incite violence in the country, particularly the North. According to reports, the three governors who would be completing their 8 years in office in 2023, are from North Central, North East and South-South geopolitical zones....
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the capacity to govern Nigeria. He made the comment during his visit to the Kaduna State PDP Secretariat to solicit support for his presidential ambitions in 2023. Mr Tambuwal, a stalwart of the opposition PDP, has declared...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been criticized over its alleged failure to arrest former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, wondered why Tinubu has been allowed to move freely despite alleged corruption cases against him while Willie Obiano, who...
It is often said that one man’s loss is another man’s gain. The war between Russia and Ukraine has undoubtedly brought great loss to both parties as lives and properties have been lost. However, in a war, there are undoubtedly two parties which include those who will benefit and...
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, says Nigeria has recorded tremendous breakthrough in import reduction by cumulatively saving N5.03 trillion between 2017 and 2020. The minister disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the 2022 STI Expo in Abuja, on Friday. Onu said the figure was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from London after a routine medical check-up. The presidential aircraft carrying the president landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7.09 p.m. NATIONAL ACCORD has reported that President Buhari had earlier departed...
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Enugu have arrested Kelechi Vitalis Anozie, a suspected fraudster who has been a person of interest to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2019. The EFCC said in a statement that its operatives arrested Anozie on the 10th...
Nigeria has officially raised 1.25 Billion dollars through the issuance of a seven-year Eurobonds in the International Capital Market (ICM). The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Patience Oniha made this known in a statement on Thursday. Oniha said that with this feat, Nigeria has become the first...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Chairman of UBA Banking Group and Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has stated that the reason Nigeria cannot meet its crude oil production quota and benefit from high oil prices is due to oil theft. Elumelu, who disclosed this in a series of tweets, urged...
Nigeria, ECOWAS support WFP’s food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable families with US1m in 2021
Nigeria, ECOWAS support WFP’s food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable families with US1m in 2021
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received the sum of US$1 million in 2021 from the Government of Nigeria as part of an ECOWAS humanitarian assistance to the Nigerian Government for victims of violent conflicts in North West and North East Nigeria. The fund from ECOWAS was granted...