Category: Nigeria

A total of 446 Nigerians are currently in prisons in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE), Nigerian Ambassador, Mohammed Dansanta Rimi has disclosed. He stated this during President Muhammadu Buhari’s town-hall meeting with Nigerians who are based in the UAE. “Although there is no exact record of our citizens in the UAE, owing to the inability […]

The Federal Government has approved N100 billion for the completion of Sections 1 to 4 of the East West road project. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, disclosed this at a meeting with the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), led by its National Chairman, Dr Style Benjamin Tamaranebi, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with groups of investors on the sidelines of the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he called on them to invest in Nigeria. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, revealed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Adesina quoted the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari with Deputy Prime Minister of UAE, Saif bin Zayed Al at the Annual Investment Meeting held in Dubai, UAE on Monday Photo: Bayo Omoboriowo/Buhari Sallau The President is visiting Dubai on the invitation of His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rachid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the official […]

President Muhammadu Buhari lamented on Monday that cyber-crime and terrorism are threatening positive strides being made by Nigeria in digital globalisation. Noting that digital globalisation has transformed the world with daily innovations, he said that is why his government supports digital platforms in its numerous socio-economic programmes. He stated that the nation’s public sector reform […]

Photo: Collapsed building at 50, Kakawa Lagos Island, 50 kilometers away from Ita-Faji It has been described as the poison in the cup. Others say it is a monster that wrecks the ethics in the construction industry. And to the professionals, it is yet another evidence of government’s lip service and lack of political will […]

Soccer legend, Chief Coach and former Captain of Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, is seriously down with an undisclosed ailment. He is in need of about $50,000 to be flown to the United States of America to undergo surgery and for other medical treatment. This was disclosed in a passionate appeal […]

President Buhari delivering a Keynote Address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa, in Amman, Jordan. Photo/Twitter/NGR 6TH APRIL, 2019 Protocols:Permit me to start by thanking His Majesty, King Abdallah Bin Hussein of Jordan, for the special invitation to speak to you briefly at this event. 2. I also […]

Reactions have continued to trail the purported resignation of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Thursday night, to stave off his possible retirement by President Muhammadu Buhari, following a recommendation to that effect by the National Judicial Council (NJC). An online news platform broke the news of his resignation with […]

Less than two months after he was charged with non-declaration of assets that government critics said was politically motivated, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has resigned, his lawyer said on Friday, His lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, told AFP, without giving further details: “Yes, he resigned yesterday.” President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Onnoghen just weeks before […]