Biafra Veterans, represented by the president of the Association of Retired War Affected Police Officers (ARWAPO), Matthew Udeh, says the Biafran war is over and Nigeria is one forever. Speaking at an occasion on Tuesday, Udeh said the country was one and commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his “forthrightness and believing in one Nigeria”. The […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against rushing into currency integration. The regional body is targetting 2020 for the achievement of this goal. But in his speech at the fourth meeting of the presidential task force on the ECOWAS currency programme, Buhari said the framework for implementing the single […]
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Governors from the southern part of Nigeria are calling for true federalism and devolution of powers to states. Their demand was made during a meeting which held in Lagos on Monday. In a communique read by Akinwunmi Ambode, the host, the governors resolved to collaborate with one another for the growth and development. Ambode said […]
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Speaking at a conference which the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) organised for media handlers, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the achievements of the current administration are there for all to see and not based on lies and propaganda. The minister said Nigerians are brilliant and discerning people who would not take in […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has projected that the registered voters in the country might increase by about 10 million to over 80 million by 2019. The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, made the prediction at a roundtable organised by the European Union Electoral Follow-up Mission to Nigeria and West Africa, held in Abuja. […]
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NIGERIA – The Comptroller General of Customs, Retired Colonel Ahmed Ali has said that the Turkish authorities are working with Nigeria in the fight against illegal import of firearms into Nigeria. Colonel Ali speaking in Istanbul said the Turkish authorities were unaware that pump action rifles form part of items on the country’s restrictive list […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to Nigeria after a state visit to Turkey. Find pictures of his arrival below.
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Africa’s representatives at the 2017 ITTF World Cup, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and Egypt’s Omar Assar went into the competition spirited, but their fight could not carry them to the quarterfinal of the the tournament as they on Saturday October 21. Having worked their way into the main draw (round of 16) of the prestigious tournament, […]
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Lagos state has the highest number of prisoners in Nigeria, with a record population of 7,396 out of the total of 68,686 in all states of the federation. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Bayelsa, which has 444, is the least populated, next to Ekiti with 585. The statistics showed that […]
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Nigeria’s inflation rate has again dropped from 16.01 percent in August to 15,98 per cent in September, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, shows. A report by NBS released on Tuesday in Abuja, showed that the drop in Nigeria’s rate of inflation in September was the eight consecutive month that the index would […]
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