President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the management of the National Human Rights Commission of his continuous support in its efforts to get closer to the people in order to assuage their grievances. The President gave the assurance when he received in audience the Governing Council of the Commission in...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians and the international community of free and fair elections in 2023 general elections, and peaceful transfer of power. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the president gave the assurance in his remark at a Virtual...
Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Gas & President Nigerian Gas Association , Ed Ubong has called for urgent strategy to grown Nigeria’s capacity in the gas sub-sector. This, according to him, would ensure that gas is used to spur industrial development across all parts of the country. “We need to begin...
Nigeria will on Friday begin the administration of COVID-19 booster shots, days after the Federal Government approved the decision. “Following the detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Federal Government reviewed the country’s vaccination programme and resolved to introduce the booster dose using the Pfizer Bio-N-Tech...
Nigerians could argue that the entire problem (both real and probable) currently confronting the nation are caused by the inability of the present administration to effectively secure the nation and manage the nation’s resources. From that point, the story is well known. Such an argument cannot be viewed as...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government is currently working to grow the country’s gas reserve from 206 trillion cubic feet to 600 TCF. Sylva gave the assurance on Wednesday at the 23rd World Petroleum Congress in Houston, Texas, U.S. The News Agency...
By IBRAHIM MUHAMMED – The news of suspension of flight from Nigeria by Saudi Arabia General authority of civil aviation came as a shock and an unexpected development at this particular period of time. There are many factors being ascribed to the reason for the suspension of flight by...
WhatsApp on Wednesday launched ‘YouSaid,’ a campaign that educates people on how to verify information and reduce the spread of false news in Nigeria. WhatsApp in a statement said that the campaign offers tips for users to spot false news and take responsibility in minimising its spread. It noted...
Airtel Nigeria, a leading telecommunications services provider, on Wednesday said it would feed 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across five camps in Nigeria. Mr Surendran Chemmenkotil, the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, said this at a virtual news conference to kick start the 2021 edition of the “Five...
UTM Offshore and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a MoU to raise 2 billion dollars for the development of Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. Dr Yahuza Kassim, Principal Consultant for the development of the facility stated in Lagos on Wednesday that the MoU was...
Am I a good leader? I do not know and I guess no one else does. The people, the future and history will stand judge and I will accept their judgments no matter what it might be. Nevertheless, I am fully convinced that I am leading my people, not...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – “The world should not have to choose between energy poverty and climate change as this can be addressed with both natural gas and Liquified Petroleum Gas as transition fuels alongside other renewable sources.” This was the kernel of the lead keynote address delivered by...
The Senate has condemned in strong terms the U.K Government’s inclusion of Nigeria in its COVID-19 red list. In a motion, Senator Ike Ekweremadu at plenary on Tuesday, said the decision by the British Government to include Nigeria in the list, with its concomitant implications, will affect many citizens...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, has said equipping Nigerians with technical skills acquisition is an enduring solution to the spate of unemployment in the country. Sir Ari stated this on Tuesday in Jos at a media forum organised...
A labour leader, Mr Issa Aremu, has described the travel ban by the United Kingdom and other Western countries on Nigeria and some Southern African countries, as Afro-phobia. Aremu, the Director General, Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), made the assertion in an interview with newsmen on...
By JACKSON OLALI – Every society has its models, pathfinders who brave the odds and dare the impossible, some even at young age. Benedict Peters is in this club of outliers. In the Nigerian milieu, he numbers among the role models for the youth. An exemplar of the true...
The United States continued to sit atop the latest edition of the FIBA women’s basketball world rankings released on Monday, while China stayed seventh on the rankings. The 10 highest-ranked sides are the United States, Spain, Australia, Canada, France, Belgium, China, Japan, Turkey and Serbia. Turkey moved up to...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has commended Nigeria for its huge investment in health security during the fight against COVID-19. The Emergency Preparedness and Response Cluster Lead of the WHO in Nigeria, Dr Rex Mpazanje, gave the commendation on Monday in Abuja, at a three-day Technical Meeting of the...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Senator Jariigbe Agom, representing Cross River North Senatorial District, has said education, politics and ethnicity can make or Mar a nation. The lawmaker disclosed this during a public lecture which he delivered at the main auditorium of the International Conference Hall at the University of...
Nigeria’s total merchandise trade rose to N13.3 trillion in Quarter Three of 2021, representing 10.43 per cent increase over N12.02 trillion recorded in Quarter Two, Mr Simon Harry, the Statistician-General of the Federation, has said. Harry announced this on Monday in Abuja during a media conference on the “Foreign...