All roads lead to Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2600 Woodley Road, NW Washington, D.C. USA on Friday as Nigeria holds a World Diaspora Conference titled US-Nigeria Business, Trade and Investment Forum. Apart from trade and invest...
The Federal government is set to unravel the circumstances surrounding the attack on Oko Prisons in Edo State on Monday, during which high profile criminals and others awaiting trial, numbering 12 escaped. This is even as threat of possible sack hangs,...
Even with pressure on the United States Government to brand Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation, the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, has explained why the Nigerian government is opposed to that move. In an exclusive interview...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the immediate redeployment of 18 commissioners of police to various commands and formations across the federation. Spokesman of the police, CSP Frank Mba made this disclosure ye...
President Goodluck Jonathan will today travel to Dakar, Senegal for a two-day official visit. A statement made available yesterday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati , stated that Jonathan will be received at th...
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has promised to assist the Kano State Police Command and other security agencies over the fight against terrorism in Kano State and the country at large. Alhaji Ado Bayero stated this when the state Commissioner of ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is conducting an assessment of the ‘Cash-Less Lagos’ scheme, to determine when to introduce it in other states of the federation. The Director, Banking and Payments System Dep...
Mrs Mofoluke Dosunmu, Executive Director, Finance and Operations, Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), on Tuesday said that the bridged banks have earned the confidence of the investing public. The bridged banks, namely: Keystone Ba...
Human Rights lawyer, Barrister Femi Falana (SAN) has accused the world bank for grand corruption in Nigeria. According to the human rights lawyer in a statement obtained by our New York Correspondent on Tuesday, the World Bank has just is...
A Senator, Magnus Abe, has advocated training for teachers in the area to sustain the on-going free eye treatment programme for primary and secondary school pupils in the state. He gave the advice on Tuesday in Tai, Rivers during the free eye tr...
The Director-General of the Cross River State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (SACA), Mrs Irene Aniyom, says that 56,350 persons in the state are currently living with the HIV virus. Aniyom made the announcement in an interview with the ...
Following the first-ever detection of African swine fever (ASF)in Ukraine, the United Nations is warning that while control measures appear to have temporarily halted the disease's spread, it has established a firm foothold in the Caucasus and pose...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Menes Zenawi has robbed Africa of a ``committed, forthright, visionary and fearless leader’’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zenawi...
In response to a critical gap in developing malaria vaccines, the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) announced a new collaboration today with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Imperial College London to measure the capacity...
Malam Ibrahim Murtala, a Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) aspirant for Matazu Local Government Chairmanship in the forthcoming council elections in Katsina State, on Tuesday unveiled a youth and women empowerment scheme. Speaking to th...