By Emmanuel Oloniruha Former President Muhammadu Buhari has described Vice-President Kashim Shettima as a politician whose career has been remarkable. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Adviser to the former president in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, quoted Buhari in a telephone call to Shettima as saying thisContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as a crucial player in the Nigeria’s media landscape. Shettima said this at an audience with the management of NAN, led by its Managing Director, Malam Ali Mohammed Ali, at the Presidential Villa, on MondayContinue Reading
By Priscilla Osaje Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy (FMACCE), has presented the ministry’s Strategic Roadmap for Nigeria’s creative sector to members of the diplomatic community and international partners. Musawa made the presentation at the Diplomatic and International Development Partners Forum, at the UN HouseContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon Nigeria and Bulgaria recorded a huge leap in bilateral trade in the first five months of 2024, Yanko Yoldarnov, Bulgaria’s envoy to Nigeria, has disclosed. According to him, Bulgaria’s exports to Nigeria grew by 122 per cent and imports from the largest West African economyContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The deal between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and new Super Eagles coach Bruno Labbadia has been aborted. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NFF had announced on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with German coach Labbadia to become theContinue Reading
By Kayode Adebiyi Dangote Group’s industrialisation stride in Nigeria has received yet another momentum as federal lawmakers back the company’s stride. Members of the House of Representatives who visited Dangote Cement Plc in Obajana, Kogi State, expressed their delight at the economic impact the company has made inContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal The National Hospital, Abuja, has unveiled an ambitious plan to establish a state-of-the-art medical facility that will reduce medical tourism by Nigerians. The hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Muhammad Raji, announced this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in AbujaContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal The National Hospital in Abuja says the brain drain plaguing the health sector has reduced its workforce from 3,000 to 2,500. This is in spite its 25 years of medical breakthroughs and significant staff expansion. Prof. Muhammad Raji, Chief Medical Director of the NationalContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi A former House of Representative member, Lanre Laoshe, has repaid his N1,200 student loan, received between 1976 and 1979, with the sum of N3,189,217. This is contained in a statement by Nasir Ayitogo of the Communications Department, Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) on Tuesday inContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko The Presidency will take concrete steps to remove Nigeria from the grey list of the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF), before the May 2025 deadline. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to the President, gave the assurance during a fact-finding visit to the officeContinue Reading
