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...
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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,...
Ecobank Group on Thursday announced two Fintechs in Nigeria and three others as the five finalists of the 2021 Fintech Challenge. The Challenge is designed to help Fintechs with Africa-focused products join forces with the leading pan-African Group to provide Africans with groundbreaking financial services. Mr Tomisin Fashina, Group...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured investors that investment in gas remains a top priority for the country, considering the huge benefits in terms of returns and utility. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement said Buhari gave the assurance when he met...
Save the Children International (SCI), the world’s leading independent organisation for children, on Thursday said that a staggering 78 per cent of girls in northern Nigeria get married before the age of 18. The report, titled “State of the Nigerian Girl Report: An Incisive Diagnosis of Child Marriage”, and...
An agro–industry and value chain expert, Dr Chijioke Osuji, has said Nigeria cannot attain food sufficiency by still engaging in roadside drying of agricultural produce such as grains. Dr. Osuji stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. The expert said that such...
The World Bank has demanded debt transparency as a crucial step in countries’ development process, while it estimates that external financing needs in Nigeria and other low income developing countries will reach $429bn between 2023 and 2025. It added that transparency would facilitate new investments, improve accountability, and help...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Mohammed Bazoum of Niger Republic over the death of 25 school children during a classroom fire outbreak in the Maradi region of the country. The victims were aged between five and six years. President Buhari’s condolence message...
Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigerian President, and also Global Tuberculosis (TB) Ambassador, on Tuesday urged stakeholders to work together to eliminate the disease in the country. Mrs Buhari made the call at the 2021 National TB Conference on Tuesday in Abuja, FCT. The theme for this year...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived in Paris, French capital, for a one-day official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron at Palais de l’Élysée, and will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), November 11-13, 2021. A statement issued on Tuesday by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari’s strong, and activist speech at the opening plenary of the COP-26 climate change summit in Glasgow was not just about the regurgitation of Nigeria’s commitment to climate change but an important message to the rich nations of the world that we...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – An Associate Professor of Political Science, Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa state, George Genyi, has stated that Nigeria has become “repressive and authoritarian” with corruption at its highest level. He stated this while speaking at a ‘state of the nation summit’ organized by the Academic Staff...
In 1984 – 85, I had the misfortune of reporting events at the Special Military Tribunal sitting in Kaduna. The Second Republic had just come to grief and one state governor after another were put on trial for crimes against the Nigerian state. The governors had like all political...