By Justina Auta As Nigeria prepares to celebrate 2025 Children’s Day, the country’s young population has advocated for greater inclusion and protection from the scourge of child trafficking. They made the call on Monday ahead of the Children’s Day celebration organised by the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs inContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan/Funmilayo Adeyemi A group of 47 Nigerian medical students who escaped war-torn Sudan in May 2023 are now struggling to register for the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) examination due to a document snag. The students, many of who fled or were evacuated by the FederalContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, says the country has one of the world’s richest culinary traditions because Turkish foods have been enriched by traces of countless civilisations for centuries. The envoy made this known during an interactive session with select diplomatic correspondents whom he hosted toContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran The Lagos State Government has reiterated that the issue surrounding the local government autonomy was not applicable in the state. It said that the council chairmen had unfettered access to their federal allocations. Mr Bolaji Robert, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, statedContinue Reading
In a major boost to commercial agriculture in Nigeria, the Dangote Group and the Niger State Government are fostering sectoral partnership worth billions of Naira. The conglomerate said significant investment has been deployed into the company’s rice production infrastructure in the state, even as it is partnering the GovernmentContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Niger Government has completed a three-day training for 50 first class graduates as Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs) to assist small business start-ups and existing businesses. The training, organised by Niger government through the Office of the Special Adviser to Gov. Umaru Bago on Social Investment Programme,Continue Reading
By Kayode Adebiyi A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and international human rights lawyer, Mohammed Ndarani, says the Benue Appeals Tribunal has exhibited commendable judicial integrity in the appeals from the Benue State Local Government Election Tribunal. Ndarani, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, said the judgments at theContinue Reading
By Deji Abdulwahab The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has urged its Ulama team to sensitise Nigerian pilgrims on the rudiments of the pilgrimage before performing Hajj rites. Prof. Abubakar Yagawal, NAHCON Commissioner Planning, Research, Statistics, Information and Library Services (PRSILS), said this while speaking with newsmen inContinue Reading
By Deji Abdulwahab The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says 25,075 Nigerian pilgrims have so far been transported to Makkah from Madina with their Nusuk cards. Alhaji Abdulkadri Oloyin, the Coordinator, Madina NAHCON Office, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Madina on Wednesday. The News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
U.S. trade with Africa ‘will be much more focused around a reciprocal relationship, one that addresses the needs on both sides,’ says ambassador Troy Fitrell. Ambassador Troy Fitrell, senior official at the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, said that Washington is “very directly, very intentionally” shifting toward anContinue Reading
