Thirty-one Nigerian academics and research interns including nine professors and four senior lecturers were last week inducted for a one-year sabbatical programme and research internship in Shell companies in Nigeria at a ceremony held at the Port Harcourt Headquarters of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC). Drawn from 10…

The interventions of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), through the partial border closure against smuggling, and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) via the Anchors Borrowers Programme (ABP) on the rice sub-sector of the Nigerian economy, have drastically reduced foreign rice prevalence in the Nigerian markets, bringing the figure to 37…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court to: “declare the life pension edict/law 2019, passed by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) null, void, illegal and unconstitutional; and to restrain and stop AMAC, its chairman; deputy chairman; speaker;…

Diaspora Yorubas in North America, otherwise known as Egbe Omo Yoruba, say they welcome the recent launch of a south west security network in Nigeria called Amotekun, and called on “every state assembly in the South-west to urgently pass the enabling laws to validate the establishment of Amotekun as a…

Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Friday, sentenced one Tarila Ebizimor to seven years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N4 million. The convict, a supervisor in the Security Department of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was prosecuted by…

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has applauded the leadership qualities of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, in promoting and identifying with persons with disability, through sports. Governor Ugwuanyi, who spoke during the dinner organized by the Para Powerlifting Federation, with the support of Mrs. Buhari, to raise funds for…

The increase in activities and threats by terrorist groups in the Sahel region can be largely curbed by stepping up relations between Nigeria and the United States of America, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Mr Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Thursday when he received the new U.S. Ambassador…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Kingsley Isitua Obiora to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, President Buhari said the nomination was in accordance with the provision of Section 8(1) (2)…

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has commended the commitment of the Kaduna State Government to peace. Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, stated this Wednesday (today) in Kaduna when he visited Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The primate assured the governor that the Church of Nigeria shares and…

A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has said since the Supreme Court is final, the party must accept its judgment on the elections in Imo State. The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party as the governor of Imo State.…

President Buhari acknowledged that Nigeria had a deficit of teachers.President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said the federal government is ready to engage more qualified teachers to increase the teacher-to-pupil ratio in the country. Receiving the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), President Buhari acknowledged that Nigeria had…

The Federal Government will continue to implement "game-changing infrastructure projects" around the country to connect the nation’s economic zones and drive economic development, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The Vice President further noted that most of the signature projects of the administration, including the Lagos-Kano Rail, Mambilla Hydro Plant,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening spoke to Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on the telephone to commiserate with him, the government and people of Niger Republic, over the terrorist attack of January 9, 2020, in Chinagodrar, which killed scores of soldiers in a military base. President Buhari expressed deep sympathy…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Thursday, hosted the Swedish Ambassador to ECOWAS, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria, Carl Grans, at NCC Head Office with discussions focussing on how the country can enhance Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capacity development and broadband penetration in Nigeria. This is in line with the…

Authorities in Sierra Leone should investigate recent attacks against journalists covering local politics, and should ensure that reporters can do their jobs safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On January 4, a group of men slapped and hit Foday Conteh, a reporter with the privately owned Calabash newspaper,…

With all certainty, someday you will have to take up the mantle of leadership in this country, and you should be prepared for huge responsibilities, President Muhammadu Buhari Friday told Nigerian youths in Abuja. The president, who received All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leaders from the six geo-political zones, advised…

There is a rise in cult related killings in Rivers State, Amnesty International, a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, has said. The organisation said at least 60 were killed in ten months in Khana and Gokana LGA and at least five killed in two days in Rumuodogo, Emohua local…

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday followed with action his resolve to engender a free, fair and credible electoral process. He met at State House, Abuja, with Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, other top officials of the electoral body, and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.…

The Oluwo of Iwo, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has expressed his readiness to join the league of critics of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration should the proposed federal college of education in Osun State not be located in his town. The monarch said taking the proposed higher institution to a town other…

The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today, announced that Oliver Alawuba has been appointed as CEO of UBA Africa, overseeing the bank’s 20 African country operations, ex-Nigeria. He succeeds Victor Osadolor, who retires from the Group Board, after nine years of service working at UBA. UBA Africa serves over…

Introduction Y2020 is significant to Nigeria's policy environment and direction for two reasons. First, it is the year the country should be taking stock of the objectives of Vision 2020, which was launched in 2009 and was designed to lead Nigeria to become one of the Top 20 economies by…

A suspect who had been arrested and charged for pickpocketing and stealing in 2017 by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, was again rearrested by RRS for similar offence. The suspect, Tunde Ajeigbe 27-years-old, with two other accomplices (Ekene and Bolenbe) allegedly rode…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has justified the necessity, appropriateness and significance of the re-designation of the Federal Ministry of Communications as Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (FMoCDE) in October 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari, as he recalled the modest strides of the ministry…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information requests to President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, 36 state governors and their deputies, urging them to use their good offices to: “provide information on summary of the assets, specifically property and income, contained in your asset…

Burundi’s public prosecutor on December 30 asked for a 15-year prison term for four journalists for privately owned online news outlet Iwacu and their driver who are charged with undermining state security, according to Iwacu and other news reports. The prosecutor is also seeking to have the five stripped of…