Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has hailed the talent and resilience of Nigerians wherever they are, noting that “the country is blessed with great talents and Nigerians are among some of the most creative and smartest persons around the world.’’ The Vice Read more
Three people were killed and four others wounded on Wednesday in a suicide attack in Cameroon’s restive Far North, a local official said. “Just before 10:00 am, a suicide bomber who crossed from Nigeria entered Kolofata and blew himself up,” Read more
Normal aviation services resumed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja yesterday as the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika re-opened the facilities a day earlier than the April 19 schedule. The airport was shut for six weeks Read more
The UN said Wednesday it had found a further 17 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central Kasai region, an area plagued by violence between tribal militias and security forces. Fighting erupted in Kasai after government troops last Read more
The Presidency has commenced efforts to strengthen the mechanism of the Whistle blower policy following breakthroughs in the war against corruption and unaccounted wealth. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this Read more
The Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) will from May 22-25, 2017 hold discussions on the life and times of the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, to remember him four years after his death. Director of Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday continued its intervention in the foreign exchange segment of the financial market with the injection of fresh $220 million into the various sectors of the economy. The CBN, in a statement issued by the Read more
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has met with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, barely an hour after the announcement Lawal’s suspension from office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the closed-door meeting is Read more
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday began a special military exercise in Southern Kaduna code-named “Operation Harbin Kunama II” – Scorpion Sting-, to checkmate farmers/herdsmen and ethno-religious crises in the area. The three-decade-old crisis mostly occurred in Kaura, Kafanchan and Zango-Kataf Read more
Lawyers for the Zambian opposition leader arrested last week after allegedly refusing to give way to President Edgar Lungu’s convoy have asked a court to throw out an associated treason charge. Hakainde Hichilema has been jailed since the police raided Read more