President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Universities to take advantage of the Federal Government’s interventions to boost research activities. Buhari made the call on Saturday during the 5th and 6th combined convocation of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA). Buhari, represented by Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for...
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Renowned virologists in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to be swift in its emergency response to the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa. The virologists including the Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof Oyewale Tomori; ex-National Chairman of the Association of Public...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerian leaders to value the interest of every section of the country in order to build a united nation devoid of agitation, disunity and disenchantment. Jonathan spoke when he led members of the 1981 set of the University of Port Harcourt alumni Association...
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has warned the Federal Government Against removing subsidies on petroleum products. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, had on Wednesday announced that the government would remove fuel subsidy in June 2022 and replace it with a monthly N5,000...
The Federal Government has lifted the ban it placed on Emirates Airline from flying into Nigeria without conditions. The Minister of Aviation , Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement by Mr James Odaudu, Director Public Affairs in the Ministry of Aviation. The News...
Nigeria as a country is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse federation, which consists of 36 autonomous states and the Federal Capital Territory. Apart from this indispensable fact, it is also religiously diverse but the two most prominent religions practiced are the Islamic religion and the Christianity religion. As rightly...
There is no gainsaying that Nigeria is plagued with development challenges such as widespread poverty, insecurity, corruption, gross injustice and ethnic politics. Also, evidence abounds that the nation is in dire need of attention/support from, interventionist’s organizations (private and civil society organization), to help unleash economic development, promotes growth...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decried the increasing cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria, saying it received over 139,780 complaints between 2020 and March 2021. NHRC Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at an event...
Jumia, the Pan-African e-commerce platform, has announced a boost in sales midway into its annual Black Friday promo in Nigeria. The promo which started earlier in the month was scheduled to run till Nov. 30. Jumia said in a statement in Lagos on Thursday that a number of Nigerians...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said it has earmarked the sum of N1 billion each for the establishment of twelve additional Centres of Excellence (COEs) in tertiary institutions. It would be recalled that under the 2020 intervention, 12 TETFund Centers of Excellence were...
Spotify, a music streaming service provider, has launched a self-serve advertising platform, Ad Studio, in Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The innovative advertising medium has been made available to even more artists around the globe. Christopher Li, Director of Digital Planning and Products at Live Nation and...
Human rights group Amnesty International has dismissed the Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed’s claims on the panel report on Police brutality and the EndSARS protests, saying his position is not surprising to them. The minister had during a briefing in Abuja, described the report submitted by the Lagos...
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...
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,...