CATHOLIC Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Rev Ignatius Kaigama, has insisted that Nigeria’s social and ethnic diversities are not a mistake, but a divine arrangement. According to him, God designed the country’s national life to be marked by cooperation rather than competition among the various socio-cultural entities in Nigeria. ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Yusha’u Ahmed as the Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES Sunday that Mr Ahmed will officially be assuming office as the new DG Monday. Mr Megwa ...
A regional coalition of pro-democracy civil society organisations has said Nigeria’s general elections have implications for similar polls taking place in two West African countries within the year. The two other West African countries are Sierra Leone and Liberia. The West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) said this on Friday ...
The Federal Government said on Thursday that the number of base stations in Nigeria providing fourth generation communication network in the country has reached 39,006 while the number of people who have access to broadband services have risen to 88,273,690. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, who ...
THE Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by the South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of former Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, retd as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC. In a statement on Thursday by PANDEF National Publicity Secretary, Ken ...
The federal government says all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination. Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services, said this on Monday during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja. In December 2022, the federal government had relaxed COVID rules in the country. ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Lagos to officially commission the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport, first in Nigeria. He will equally commission other projects built by the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Buhari arrived at the Murtala Muhammad Airport, Lagos on Monday at 3:33pm. Some of the projects slated for ...
Nigeria has begun an attempt to overturn the $11 billion debt awarded in favour of Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID). In 2019, a British court gave P&ID the go-ahead to seize Nigerian assets worth $9 billion over a 2010 contract. The company claimed it entered into an agreement with Nigeria ...
The Federal Government yesterday denied giving any directives to marketers to raise the pump price of petrol from N180 per litre to N195. The denial comes a day after marketers raised the price of petrol after a memo from Federal Government owned NNPC Retails Limited. Despite the hike in rate, ...
Google parent company, Alphabet has announced its plans to layoff 12,000 workers in 6% of its global workforce. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sundar Pichai made the announcement in an email on Friday, according to the Economic Times.He said the layoffs will affect jobs globally and across the entire company, ...
