By Maureen Okon The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday debunked the transitional proposal for the Republic of Niger as fake. In a communique sent by the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), it condemned the reports as fake news. TheContinue Reading
By Adekunle Williams The Federal Government has given a 90-day ultimatum to owners of disused aircraft littering the strategic areas of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos to remove them. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, gave the directive during his tour of facilities at theContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Republic of Cameroon, in a recent letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs signified intension to open flood gates of Lagdo dam. To riverine areas within the River Benue catchment area, temporarily vacating their homes and relocating to higher grounds in theContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Accountability Lab, has introduced a framework tagged, “Ethics 1st” to promote accountability and ethical behaviour in government procurement processes. Its Country Director, Mr Odeh Friday, said at a Media Roundtable in Abuja on Thursday, that the tool would help to combat corruption andContinue Reading
By Stephen Adeleye Kogi Government has constructed market infrastructure for farmers and women in the agrarian community of Oke-Ofin in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at the inauguration on Thursday, the State Security Adviser, retired Cdr Jerry Omodara, who represented the governor, commended the state government forContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The United Children’s Nation Fund (UNICEF) has partnered Nigerian celebrities as its champions to drive the needed change and provide hope for the vulnerable and adolescent children. Speaking at the event on Wednesday which held at Ikoyi, Lagos, Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Nigeria Representative, said that the championsContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni Former Nigerian Ambassador to the Scandinavian countries, Godknows Igali, has decried the poor reading culture among Nigerians. He noted that the country was gradually losing this to modernism. Amb. Igali stated this in Abuja on Wednesday at a reading colloquium with the theme, “Appraising the Aesthetics ofContinue Reading
By Deji Abdulwahab The Rotary Club says no fewer than 500 women and children have benefitted from free medical outreach in Guidna community in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The President, Rotary Club of Abuja Central Business District (CBD), Rotarian Aisha Ali, said this on Wednesday at the medical outreach inContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Angola has declared the readiness to deepen its bilateral cooperation with Nigeria. Téte António, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during his visit to Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. António was in Nigeria to deliver the AngolanContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will address the 78th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, in hisContinue Reading
