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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Friday, increased the number of his newly appointed special assistants on political units to 200, 000. Governor Nyesom Wike had on Thursday inaugurated the first batch of the 100,000 special assistants. Inaugurating the last batch of the 100,000 appointees at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local […]

The United Kingdom in travel advisory to its citizens on Friday warned that terrorists are planning to attack the United States. It advised its citizens in the US to be vigilant and avoid public gatherings. According to the UK, the terrorists might target places where foreigners gather or crowded areas as well as transportation channels. The Nation had […]

Nigerians have been warned by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) against use of some Toyota Lexus vehicles over “faulty programming”.  The alert was issued in a statement released on Friday, November 4, by Bisi Kazeem, FRSC’s public education officer.  The agency said the warning became necessary after Toyota’s recalled 14,799 “defective” Lexus vehicles. It was also noted that some Lexus […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Emirates, has suspended its flights to Nigeria indefinitely, citing its trapped funds in Nigeria. It also said it was yet to get its allocation from the $260m released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to clear part of the blocked funds belonging to foreign airlines. Daily Trust reports […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has restated his plan to sell all Nigeria’s refineries to businessmen if elected in 2023. Atiku stated this during a special interview with the Voice of America (VOA Hausa) during his visit to Washington DC, America. He said, “My position on this is […]

Every hour, almost 100 children under the age of five die in Nigeria due to malnutrition, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. The Chief Nutritionist for UNICEF, Nemat Hajeebhoy, said this on Thursday in Abuja during a media executive roundtable meeting organised by the National Council of Nutrition in collaboration with the Office of […]

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has rated Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential Candidate, as a man who has the capacity to deliver. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor said this when Obi visited flood victims in the state. Ortom’s comment comes days after his Oyo counterpart, Seyi Makinde, endorsed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the […]

The Federal Government has revealed that Jigawa State is worst hit in terms of the number of deaths recorded during the devastating floods across the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, made the revelation while featuring in the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications […]

A woman of Nigerian descent, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General of the United States Army at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. Born in London, United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, Azubuike joined the US Army in 1994 and became an aviator after passing the Army Aviation Officer […]

There is no plan to print the proposed new naira notes outside Nigeria, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Board member has said. “All the new currency notes are printed in Nigeria by the Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), so I do not envisage printing outside the country,” the Board member told The Nation in […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has faulted the move to redesign the naira, claiming it has no economic basis and purely political plan. He said this while inaugurating the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Campaign Council at the Presidential Campaign Secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Wednesday. “They say we […]

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi said the Federal Government has not shown compassion to the plight of flood victims across Nigeria. “We want a Nigeria that we will show patriotism by caring for the people on everything. Look at the flooding that has happened all over Nigeria. As far as I am concerned, the […]