THE Nigerian Army on Saturday graduated 594 ex-Boko Haram members after undergoing six months Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme […]
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Ministers in Charge of Energy from ECOWAS Member States meet in Bissau: Adopt ECOWAS Energy Policy and Some Community
THE Ministers in Charge of Energy from ECOWAS Member States met in Bissau on Friday, March 24, 2023, to adopt […]
Why Keyamo is Walking Naked
By POEM AFTER all the boasts of effortlessly defending all grounds of HE Peter Obi’s petition with certainty, Festus Keyamo, […]
Peter Obi reacts to Akwanga women who protested naked against the rigged Guber election
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Friday said women ought to be honoured and respected, and their […]
Experts validate ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy, Implementation Plan
THE Fifth Regional Meeting on the Development of the ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy met in Accra, Ghana on the 20th to 21st […]
Enugu Poll: “My support for Peter Mbah is Peter Obi’s wish” – LP Chieftain Iyere
COMRADE Kennedy Iyere, a Chieftain of the Labour Party, says his support for Dr Peter Mbah in the just-concluded Governorship […]
Don’t touch Peter Obi, Datti Baba-Ahmed, HURIWA Tells DSS
…wants the coincidental foreign trips of CJN and Bola Tinubu to UK/France investigated CIVIL rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers […]
ECOWAS staff sensitised on cybersecurity concepts, staying safe online
ON 17 March 2023, the ECOWAS Commission’s Directorate of Digital Economy & Post with support from the European Union-funded ECOWAS […]
NDDC moves to boost research capacity of Niger Delta Universities
THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said it is poised to boost the research capacity and capability of universities across […]
Ramadan: Atiku urges Muslims to seek spiritual guidance, peace
FORMER Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Muslims in Nigeria and the world to use the holy month of […]
International Women’s Day 2023: Emefiele seeks gender parity
GODWIN Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has felicitated with Nigerian women and called for more engaging […]
S. Korea’s parliament passes bill for govt. mandatory excess rice purchase
SOUTH Korea’s parliament on Thursday passed a bill to make the government’s purchase of excess rice mandatory. The revised grain […]
OPEC daily basket price stood at $73.96 a barrel Tuesday
THE price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $73.96 a barrel on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, compared with $70.77 the […]
African Scientists brainstorm to boost implementation of ASRIC strategic plan
By Tolu Aiyegbusi IN order to further implement its strategic plan of advancing Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) on the […]
Tanzania confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in […]
Monitoring Nigeria’s cyberspace before, during, and after the 2023 gubernatorial and State Assembly elections
THE Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has brought to the attention of the digital […]
Eyes: Hospital screens 2,000 children in Bauchi
MR Abdullahi Badamasi, the Hospital Manager, Makkah Specialist Eye Hospital in Kano, saysthe facility has conducted free eye screening on more […]
Archbishop Martins condemns ethnic profiling, calls for peace, tolerance
THE Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has condemned in very strong terms all forms of ethnic profiling, […]
Nigeria’s economy maintains nine-quater consecutive growth – CBN
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the Nigerian economy has maintained a positive growth trajectory for nine consecutive quarters, […]
Bayelsa guber: PDP clears Gov. Diri for primary election
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State to contest the party’s primary election for […]
Taraba Guber Polls: NNPP heads to court
PROF. Sani Yahya, the governorship candidate of New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) in Taraba, has rejected the outcome of the […]
Court remands man for allegedly defiling his 18- year-old daughter
AN Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a 36-year-old man, Roland Okajare be remanded in a […]
CPJ welcomes release of French journalist Olivier Dubois after nearly 2 years of captivity in Mali
IN response to news reports that French journalist Olivier Dubois has been freed nearly two years after he was abducted […]
“I am a man with excess grace”– Umahi boasts on enthroning successor
GOV. David Umahi of Ebonyi has boasted that he was a man with excess grace from God which enabled him […]
INEC declares APC’s Uba Sani winner of Kaduna State Guber Election
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Uba Sani, has emerged winner of Saturday’s governorship election […]
Kwara NMA congratulates AbdulRazaq on election victory
NIGERIA Medical Association (NMA), Kwara branch, has congratulated Gov. Abdulrahaman Abdulrazak on his victory at the Saturday governorship election in […]
INEC declares Oborevwori as winner of Delta guber poll
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chief Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner […]
Leading US-Africa Trade and Investments Initiative, Prosper Africa Partners with Africa Fintech Summit as Gold Sponsor
AFRICAN Fintech Summit has announced Prosper Africa as a Gold Sponsor for Africa Fintech Summit in 2023 to be held in Washington DC […]
Immigration hails peaceful election in Kwara
THE Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commended the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s Governorship and state Assembly elections by the Independent […]
ECOWAS to send an integrated mission to assess and validate technical humanitarian needs in Burkina Faso
AN integrated high-level mission of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, will be in Burkina Faso from 21 […]
Trader jailed 3 months for stealing 2 chickens worth N8, 000
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Kingsley Isaac, to three months imprisonment […]
USAID updated aid strategy brings localisation of African healthcare development into renewed focus
WHILE localisation of foreign aid has been a priority for the US government since former President Barack Obama’s time in […]
Election: Lagos Speaker thanks electorate, calls for unity
THE Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Dr Mudashiru Obasa, has commended residents for their participation in the […]
Africans discontent with quality of democracy: Satisfaction with democracy hits all-time low!
While the story on the support for democracy is positive, unfortunately, the picture on the supply side is negative. AFRICANS […]
Sierra Leone: 7 months after August’s riots, no justice yet for victims
AMNESTY International collected testimonies alleging excessive use of force by Sierra Leonean security forces to crack down on protests which […]
French Govt faces no-confidence votes over pension reform
THE French Government faced two no-confidence votes in parliament on Monday after pushing through an unpopular pension overhaul without a […]