By Stanley Nwanosike The Ndigbo Unity Forum, a pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, has urged the Federal Government to recruit 500,000 additional policemen to beef up security in the country. The Executive Director of the forum, Chief Augustine Chukwudum, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of 0.5 (0.005) per cent Cybersecurity Levy on electronic transfers. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President stated the NLC position in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Ajaero was reacting toContinue Reading
By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara says the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) must continue in the task of propagating Nigeria well to help attract more investment to the country. AbdulRazaq said this while receiving the agency’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice-President Kashim Shettima is expected to depart Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit is organised by the Corporate Council on Africa. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, theContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Jamaican government says it intends to pursue a robust collaboration with Nigeria in the film and animation industries. The Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Lincoln Downer, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, inContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Nigerian workers on the occasion of annual May Day celebration by workers globally. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday in Abuja. The President saluted Nigerian workersContinue Reading
By Chimezie Anaso Patrick-Estate Onyedum, Chairman, Anambra State Sports Development Commission (ASSDC), has said that 756 primary and secondary schools would participate in the state’s 2024 School Sports Festival. Onyedum said this at the Pre-Competition Press Conference ahead of the festival scheduled to hold in Awka. He said the festivalContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The National Union of Market Traders Employers of Nigeria (NUMTEN) has pledged to end illegal price fixing and exploitation in Nigerian markets Mr James Chukwuma, NUMTEN President made the pledge while receiving the union’s Certificate of Registration from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Usman Aliyu Kidnapping has become very common in Nigeria with people abducted on the highways, Railways, schools, and even their houses. While some get to return home after huge sums are paid, others get killed while some victims are turned into wives, sex toys or slaves of their abductorsContinue Reading
Bulgarian news agency chief says news should be free Mr Kiri Valchev, Director-General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), has said that news should not be treated as a commodity but as a human right. He was speaking during the second day of science readings hosted by Sofia University’s FacultyContinue Reading
