Tag: Nigeria
Strike: ASUU Holds Crucial Meeting Over Appeal Court Ruling
Following the ruling by the Appeal Court, ordering the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to suspend its 8-month-old strike with immediate effect, the...
51,541 Prison Inmates Awaiting Trial – Minister
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says the high number of Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATIs) is putting undue pressure on custodial centres in the country.The...
What I will do if elected President — Peter Obi
Unveils plans on insecurity, oil theft, economy, corruption Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has unveiled his policy thrust if elected President of...
The West Must Return Africa’s Stolen Assets, As Well As Its...
By Muhammadu BuhariNigerians were delighted by the news this summer that 72 artefacts, known as the Benin Bronzes, held by the Horniman Museum in...
Nigeria’s Leather Products Exports Hit $800m- Official
The Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) Zaria, Prof. Muhammad Yakubu, said Nigeria’s total exports of leather products has hit 800...
President Buhari , XI Jinping Felicitate on Two Nations’ National Days
President Muhammadu Buhari and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have exchanged pleasantries on the occasion of the two nations’ independence anniversary on October 1.While...
Insecurity: 1,500 Schools Closed, 2,295 Teachers Killed Since North East Insurgency...
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has called attention to the state of basic education in the North East, warning that about one...
No State has Approval, Authorization for Automatic Weapons – Presidency
The Presidency wishes to strongly assert that there is no state, not Katsina, not any other state in the federation that has been authorized...
Nigeria Records USD1.6 Bn Export to U.S in 2020, Seeks Increase...
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the United States as Nigeria's main trading partner and one of ‘‘our most important diplomatic partners,’’ underscoring the need...
In New York: Buhari Says Investment in Security Yielding Good Results
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed delight that investments in improving security are yielding good dividends, lauding the Nigeria military for making significant progress...
President Buhari Calls for Better Afro-Arab Cooperation to Resolve Issues of...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday called on African countries and their Arab partners to work hard and be more united to realise common objectives.This is...
FG Releases 62nd Independence Anniversary Programmes
The Federal Government on Wednesday released the line up of programmes to commemorate the country’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.Joe Mutah, the Chief Press Secretary in...
UNGA: President Buhari Says Nigeria Promoting Democracy, Rule of Law in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York vowed to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect...
All not well with Nigeria, we told Buhari many times –...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Tuesday in Abuja, stated that all is not well with Nigeria.The revered monarch also disclosed that...
President Buhari Congratulates NDLEA Chairman on Drug Bust
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, congratulated the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), on the recent very...
Nigeria Hosts Global Investment Forum in New York
In its continued bid to further open up the country's economy to international capital and attract foreign investment, the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the...
ASUU strike: Lecturers Demand Reopening of Varsities
Group of lecturers under the aegis of Congress of University Academics, CONUA has called for the immediate reopening of universities for the resumption of...
Nigeria Records 8 new Lassa fever Infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded eight additional Lassa fever infections and one death between Sept. 5 and 11,...
President Buhari Departs to New York Sunday to Attend 77Th UN...
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja, Sunday, September 18, for New York, United States to attend the annual meeting of world leaders, the United...
NIMC Enrolls 89m Nigerians in Database
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday said more than 89 million persons had been recorded in the ongoing nationwide National Identity Number (NIN)...
