The 3rd Annual Maritime Conference holding in Lagos has unveiled that Nigeria controls 70 per cent of the economies of West and Central Africa. The conference with the theme, “ Port Costs and Ports Charges: A Recurring Decimal under Port Reform Regime”, was held in honour of Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive and Vice Chairman, […]
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lays a wreath at UN Headquarters for the victims of bombed UN buildings in Baghdad, Abuja Victims of bombed UN buildings in Baghdad, Abuja and others cities around the world have been remembered by the United Nations to commemorate the 2018 World Humanitarian Day. Remembering 22 colleagues killed by the […]
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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has explained that foreign observers for the 2019 general elections would fund their activities, but would be provided with kits. He said in Abuja on Friday that the commission had no prepared budgetary allocation for international observers coming to monitor the elections. Some Civil Society […]
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Kofi Annan in the midst of children UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has opened the floodgates of tribute for one of his predecessors, Kofi Annan who died on Saturday in Geneva. In a statement, Guterres described Annan, who won the Nobel Peace price in 2001 as a guiding force for good. “It is with profound […]
Continue ReadingMuslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia Muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia. Many Egyptian muslims will miss the rite this year because of rising costs. All Muslims are expected to join the annual hajj at least once in a lifetime, provided they are physically and financially able. But many […]
Continue Reading– commiserates with families of the dead, injured The Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday visited the site of the collapsed four-storey building in Jabi, Abuja, which left several trapped. He said he is satisfied with rescue efforts and the emergency response to the incident. He also wished those injured in the incident quick […]
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– Pray for Nigeria, pilgrims urged The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Friday concluded the transportation of Nigeria’s pilgrims to this year’s Hajj with the arrival of about 190, making up 37,746 pilgrims now in Saudi Arabia. The last batch flew in to the country through a Fly Nass airline from Abuja, which […]
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A Nigerian student, Joseph Metuh Onyinye has been freed of a drug charge in Malaysia after the prosecution failed to prove that he knew that an unopened parcel contained methamphetamine, known locally as syabu. Justice Datuk Lim Chong Fong of the High Court in George Town, acquitted Onyinye, 35, without calling for his defence. He […]
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Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80, his foundation said on Saturday. Annan, a Ghanaian national, died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday, two of his close associates said. In Geneva, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced his peaceful death with […]
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[the_ad id=”1966″] Information and Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has warned that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is not to share money but to provide basic needs. He explained that the government was aware of complaints of no money by many Nigerian, but that the administration preferred to invest in infrastructure that would have ripple effects […]
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