Nigeria, Netherlands To Establish Bi-National Commission To Boost Trade, Investment

Nigeria, Netherlands To Establish Bi-National Commission To Boost Trade, Investment

Nigeria and the Kingdom of Netherlands are in talks over establishing a Joint Bi-National Commission to boost existing trade and investment ties between both countries. This latest action is coming on the heels of President Bola Tinubu open invitation to countries that…

Teaching of French Language May Return to Lagos Public Schools

Teaching of French Language May Return to Lagos Public Schools

The teaching of French language may return to many public schools in Lagos State as the government of the state has signed a letter of intent for the promotion of the language in the State. The letter was signed on Wednesday by…

UK Govt congratulates President Tinubu, VP Shettima on their inauguration

UK Govt congratulates President Tinubu, VP Shettima on their inauguration

The United Kingdom Government has congratulated Senators Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima on their inauguration as the President and Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a message to President Tinubu, His Majesty King Charles III said: “Dear Mr….

Modi Sends Indian Defence Minister As Head of Delegation to Tinubu’s Inauguration

Modi Sends Indian Defence Minister As Head of Delegation to Tinubu’s Inauguration

Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modihas sent a high level delegation led by the Defence Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh to the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th President. A statement on Saturday by the Indian High Commission in Nigeria,…

NDLEA intercepts explosives, meth consignment…Arrests Cameroonian in Nigerian military uniform

NDLEA intercepts explosives, meth consignment…Arrests Cameroonian in Nigerian military uniform

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of 32 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, believed to be for bandits camp in Niger state. The spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on…

Nigeria Sets to Showcase Cultural Heritage Worldwide

Nigeria Sets to Showcase Cultural Heritage Worldwide

Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) Otunba Segun Runsewe has said Nigeria’s diverse cultural heritage is ready to be showcased to the rest of the world with the setting up of a new E-library/View Centre. Runsewe said a new…

China To Train Young Nigerians On Cultural Tourism Economy, Says Runsewe

China To Train Young Nigerians On Cultural Tourism Economy, Says Runsewe

China is set to train about 3,000 Nigerian young persons in critical cultural tourism, which is aimed at reducing unemployment and crime in Nigeria. The training which is billed to hold in China, would also mobilize the youths to drive the Nigerian…

NIDCOM Boss Hails Mobolade for Emerging Elected Colorado Mayor

NIDCOM Boss Hails Mobolade for Emerging Elected Colorado Mayor

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has congratulated Yemi Mobolade , for being the first black elected Mayor of Colorado Springs City. In a statement by Gabriel Odu of the Commission’s Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Dabiri-Erewa saidMobolade’s…

FG Launches Passport Front Office in Auchi, Promises Home Delivery of Passport

FG Launches Passport Front Office in Auchi, Promises Home Delivery of Passport

The Federal Government has launched an additional Passport Front Office in Auchi, Edo State, as part of it’s effort towards effective service delivery to Nigerians. This is just as it promised to launch a home delivery service of passport. The Minister of…

Anambra Attack: Two Missing US Employees Now Safe, Under Custody of Nigerian Authorities- US Embassy

Anambra Attack: Two Missing US Employees Now Safe, Under Custody of Nigerian Authorities- US Embassy

Two U.S. Mission employees missing since the May 16 attack in Anambra state are alive and safe, and under the protection of Nigerian authorities in Anambra, the United States Embassy has said. The Embassy in a statement on Friday said: “Two U.S….

UNFPA Raises the Alarm, 68million Women May Be At Risk FGM in 2030

UNFPA Raises the Alarm, 68million Women May Be At Risk FGM in 2030

About 4.3 million girls are presently at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) with the number expected to rise to 68 million by 2030 if not given the deserving attention to curb the dangerous trend, according to the latest report by the…

UN Says US396 million Needed Urgently to Avert Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis in Northeast

UN Says US396 million Needed Urgently to Avert Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis in Northeast

The United Nations has said US$396 million is urgently needed to salvage a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the nation’s Northeast. The UN decried that should something not urgently be done to address the situation, humanitarian partners will only reach about 300,000 of…

UK Appoints New High Commissioner for Nigeria

UK Appoints New High Commissioner for Nigeria

United Kingdom has appointed, Dr Richard Montgomery CMG as the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria. Montgomery, presented his credentials to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, according to a statement by the British High Commission. He…

Two Suspects Arrested Over Attack On US Embassy Staff In Anambra–CP Echeng

Two Suspects Arrested Over Attack On US Embassy Staff In Anambra–CP Echeng

BY SUNNY A. DAVID The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the Police revealed that seven persons…

Blinken Gives Details of Attack on US Convoy

Blinken Gives Details of Attack on US Convoy

The United States’ Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has given details of the attack on US convoy in Nigeria’s Southeast State, Anambra Blinken who disclosed that four members of the advanced party were killed and some others with their whereabouts not still…

NIS Advises UK on Visa Regime

NIS Advises UK on Visa Regime

Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Idris on Wednesday advised the United Kingdom (UK) to review its strict visa regime, insisting that it was such action that powers irregular migration. Idris said this in Abuja at the opening session…

Sudan Government Calls for Classification of RSF as Terrorist Group

Sudan Government Calls for Classification of RSF as Terrorist Group

The Sudanese Government has called for the classification of the rebel group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which is currently in battle with the Sudanese Army, a terrorist group. The government equally said it is yet to close the widow on dialogue and…

EU Insists World is Interested in Democratic, Peaceful, Strong and Prosperous Nigeria

EU Insists World is Interested in Democratic, Peaceful, Strong and Prosperous Nigeria

The European Union has offered to collaborate with the ECOWAS Commission to address the multiple challenges in West Africa and advance peace and security and economic integration agenda of the sub-region, insisting that democratic, peaceful, strong and prosperous Nigeria is in the…

UN Calls on Schoolgirls to Take up Careers in STEM

UN Calls on Schoolgirls to Take up Careers in STEM

The Director of United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Abuja, Ronald Kayanja, has advised girls and young women to aspire and acquire skills for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), insisting that these should not been seen as exclusive professions for…

Senate President Calls on Political Leaders to Imbibe Tenets of Democracy, Give Attention to Issues of Security in West Africa

Senate President Calls on Political Leaders to Imbibe Tenets of Democracy, Give Attention to Issues of Security in West Africa

The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has said elected representatives must be focused and grow the collective ability of imbibing the tenets of democracy, calling for more attention on issues of security in the sub-region in order for development. Speaking at the…

Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum Underscores Mutual Investment, Trade Opportunities

Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum Underscores Mutual Investment, Trade Opportunities

Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers, in partnership with the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Muslim Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Mozambique (AMEEM), today organized the Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum, as part of three-day trade…

New diplomats promise not to let Nigeria down

New diplomats promise not to let Nigeria down

Newly commissioned Ambassadors-in-Situ have pledged not to let the federal government down in the discharge of their statutory duties in Nigeria or while on foreign mission, outside the shores of the country. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Zubairu Dada…

Ekweremadu: Dabiri-Erewa Pleads with UK Government for Leniency

Ekweremadu: Dabiri-Erewa Pleads with UK Government for Leniency

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has joined others in pleading with the UK government to show leniency with former Nigeria Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu awaiting the verdict of the court on organ harvesting. In a statement on…

EU Emphasizes Importance of Media to Democracy

EU Emphasizes Importance of Media to Democracy

The European Union (EU) has emphasized the importance of free, independent and pluralistic media to resilient and healthy democracies, even as it lamented that press freedom is at stake in most parts of the world today. The EU in a statement on…

Sudan: Igbos were among the first evacuees, FG Insists

Sudan: Igbos were among the first evacuees, FG Insists

The Federal Government has clarified that Igbos were among the first set of Nigerians that were evacuated crisis ridden Sudan. The Nigerian government especially theChairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa was called out by a stranded Nigerian in Sudan…

Sudan: FG Gives Update on Evacuation of Nigerians

Sudan: FG Gives Update on Evacuation of Nigerians

The Federal Government has said that 637 Nigerian evacuated from troubled Sudan had arrived the identified safe borders at Aswan, Egypt and are undergoing necessary documentation and clearance before admission into the Egyptian territory for their eventual evacuation to Nigeria, with the…

Buhari Calls for strong interface between Africa, Diaspora

Buhari Calls for strong interface between Africa, Diaspora

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a strong interface among Africans and their Diasporas around the world. Buhari, while speaking at the opening of the 2nd edition of Global African Diaspora Symposium, Abuja, 2023, with the theme “Building Stronger Connections Between Africa…

Saudi-Arabia bound widower, divorcee on Lesser Hajj arrested at Lagos airport with 14.4kg cocaine

Saudi-Arabia bound widower, divorcee on Lesser Hajj arrested at Lagos airport with 14.4kg cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos a widower, Ariyibi Olaseinde and a divorcee, Silifat Akanbi with 14.4 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics while attempting to take…

Okpe Union, United Kingdom Hails Okowa Over Their Kinsman, Oborevwori

Okpe Union, United Kingdom Hails Okowa Over Their Kinsman, Oborevwori

*** Says Governor-Elect Will Not Disappoint Him, Deltans The Okpe Union , United Kingdom, has rained praises on the State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, for his overwhelming support for their Kinsman, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori, JP, FICMC, FNIM, Ukodo…

Dabiri-Erewa Laments Situation in Sudan As Responsible for Non Evacuation of Nigerians

Dabiri-Erewa Laments Situation in Sudan As Responsible for Non Evacuation of Nigerians

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said the situation in Sudan was responsible for the inability to evacuate Nigerians trapped in the country presently engulfed in crisis. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement on Friday by Gabriel Odu of…

Transcorp Hotel Abuja Wins Sales Team of the Year Global Award

Transcorp Hotel Abuja Wins Sales Team of the Year Global Award

Transcorp Hilton Abuja has won the Sales Team of the Year Global Award at the 2022 Commercial Services Summit Awards. A statement by the hotel on Monday read that: “Transcorp Hilton Abuja, the pride of Nigerian hospitality, challenged over 37 Hilton properties…

Modi Advocates for Conservation of Big Cats

Modi Advocates for Conservation of Big Cats

India’s Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has advocated for the conservation of the big cats in order to prevent their extinction. The Prime Minister, in a mega international event held on Sunday at Mysuru, Karnataka, to commemorate 50 years of Project Tiger,…

Surinamese man arrested at PH airport with 9.9kg cocaine concealed in condoms

Surinamese man arrested at PH airport with 9.9kg cocaine concealed in condoms

A 34-year-old male South American from Suriname, Dadda Albert has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers state for bringing into Nigeria 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex…

UN Laments Lack of Funding for Deprived of Northeast Nigeria

UN Laments Lack of Funding for Deprived of Northeast Nigeria

The United Nations has lamented the lack of funding for many indigent and deprived persons affected by the protracted Boko Haram crisis in the Northeast. A statement on Friday by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) read…

UK, Brighter Futures roll out campaigns to tackle cybercrime, cultism in Nigeria

UK, Brighter Futures roll out campaigns to tackle cybercrime, cultism in Nigeria

The war against cyber crimes in the country gets a boost as the Brighter Futures programme, an initiative supported by the United Kingdom government has launched the Thrive Online campaign. The initiative, apart from the launch of efforts to curb the rising…

UNODC, JIC, Italy Commission Facility in Maiduguri to Boost War on Terrorism

UNODC, JIC, Italy Commission Facility in Maiduguri to Boost War on Terrorism

The Joint Investigation Centre (JIC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with financial support from Italy have commissioned a new evidence storage facility in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to boost the ongoing war on terrorism. A press…

European Union allocates N75 million to prevent the spread of diphtheria in Nigeria

European Union allocates N75 million to prevent the spread of diphtheria in Nigeria

The European Union has released €150,000 (N75 million) in humanitarian funds to prevent the spread of diphtheria and assist the most affected communities in the states of Kano, Katsina, Lagos, and Osun. A statement on Monday said the EU funding will enable…

UK trains NDLEA marine officers for effectiveness

UK trains NDLEA marine officers for effectiveness

No fewer than 35 officers of the Marine Command and Seaports Operations of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have undergone diverse trainings organised by the United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, HOIO, in recent weeks. According to a statement on…

Reuters’ Unannounced Appearance at SIIP-NE Questionable As Marie Stopes Denies Involvement In Abortions Of Pregnancies

Reuters’ Unannounced Appearance at SIIP-NE Questionable As Marie Stopes Denies Involvement In Abortions Of Pregnancies

A lawyer from Reuters, Clifford Kalu, walked into the hearing session of the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations in Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East on Friday, despite the international media organization’s refusal to appear before the panel….