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The United States government has announced its endorsement of former the Nigerian minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to emerge as the director general of the World Trade Organization. The U.S. disclosed this in a statement by its office of trade representative. It became clear earlier on Friday that Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister and World Bank executive, […]

World Bank has approved $500 million to support Nigeria to improve its electricity distribution sector. The bank, in a statement on Friday, said that the project will help boost electricity access by improving the performance of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) through a large scale metering program desired by Nigerians for a long time. It explained […]

The World Health Organisation-led COVAX global initiative has failed to shortlist Nigeria for the Pfizer vaccines following the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to store the vaccines at the required -70 degrees Celsius. The Nigerian government had stated that it was expected to receive 100,000 doses through the COVAX initiative, […]

President Joe Biden announced “America is back” on Thursday and declared that “diplomacy is back at the center” of US foreign policy as he said the US will end all support for Saudi Arabia’s offensive operations in Yemen, one of several changes he announced in his first major foreign-policy speech since taking office. Biden’s announcement at the […]

The Federal Government yesterday said there was a resurgence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in the country. Director, Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in a statement, cited a report from the National Veterinary Research Institute in Vom, Plateau State, received on January 29. He said all the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reassured Nigerian youths that he will offer his full support to see them grow in politics, and other endeavours, admitting the crucial role of young people in the development of the country. ‘‘While I will be looking forward to a more robust engagement with young people across the country, I […]

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of the Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) have been directed to embark on a nationwide strike from Friday. The directive was issued in a statement signed by the leaders of both university staff associations on Thursday. Representatives of the federal government […]

The federal government has approved the establishment of 20 private universities. Nigeria will now have a total of 99 private tertiary institutions. Adamu Adamu, minister of education, announced the approvals on Wednesday after a federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu noted that the new universities will be given provisional […]

Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, has apologised to Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, hours after he described the monarch as a “Fulani slave”. According to Igboho, the Ooni had failed to tell President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting in Abuja, the truth about the plight of Yoruba people in […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to rise amid plans by the Nigerian government to rebase the economy to 2018/19. Sunday Ichedi, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, on Wednesday made the plan to rebase the economy known, in a statement announcing the bureau’s commencement of the National Business Sample Survey. Mr Ichedi […]

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma is confident that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will continue to be at the helm of affairs in the country, saying that Nigerians would vote for the ruling party again in the 2023 general elections. He disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Giving the activities […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday warned Nigerians that they either take the COVID-19 vaccine or they may become sick and die. The government also said a COVID-19 testing laboratory will soon be established at the State House Clinic. Presidential Task Force (PTF) Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, […]

Tunde Bakare, overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, says President Muhammadu Buhari has disappointed Nigerians. Bakare stated this while speaking with Dele Momodu, a journalist and publisher of Ovation Magazine, in a virtual interview on Instagram, held on Tuesday. The pastor said the drum of disintegration “is louder […]

Former Beauty Queen and Flavour’s baby mama, Anna Banner has stated that she almost took her life at some point. She made this known on social media while giving details on some of the challenges she has so far faced in life. Anna Banner who recounted having a baby at 20 for Flavour, said she […]

After two days of drop in infections, Nigeria reported a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with Lagos and Anambra States topping the chat. Figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, showed that the nation posted 1,634 new cases with six deaths on Tuesday. This represents a sharp increase from the […]

The Federal Government has extended the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. News of the extension was contained in a statement signed by spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the ​Nigeria Identity Management Commission. According to the statement, which was dated February 1, the extension […]

In line with the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021 signed last week by President Muhammadu Buhari, Lagos State Governor, Mr, Babjide Sanwo-Olu has made it mandatory for residents to wear face masks or face six months jail term. This came on a day Sanwo-Olu announced the approval of N200 million to support the ongoing COVID-19 […]

Nigeria lost 405 persons to coronavirus in the last two months, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Monday. Seventy-five health workers were infected last week, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Federal Government said seven cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 have been identified in the country. […]