The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is planning a food relief programme targeting 700,000 people in Zimbabwe who are affected by a poor harvest and the Ukraine war, an official said. Zimbabwe’s government is working with agencies to provide food [...]
While many oil and gas producing countries are maximizing the present global crisis to improve output and revenue, rising pipeline sabotage and insecurity in the Niger Delta have continued to hamper the growth outlook for Nigeria’s oil and gas export. [...]
The Senate Committee on Finance has expressed dissatisfaction with the projected N12.41 trillion budget deficit contained in the 2023-2025 MTEF/FSP. The Chairman of the Committee, Solomon Adeola (APC, Lagos), stated the position of the committee on Tuesday during the interactive [...]
The abductors of the vice chairman of Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Frank Ozue, have established contact with his family, demanding a ransom of N30 million. The council vice chairman was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Sunday [...]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Jinaidu Wasagu, has defected to the All Progressives Congress. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that eight ex-PDP ward chairmen, secretaries, youths and women leaders were [...]
South African government plans to end recurring power cuts could take at least a year to deliver results, a top executive at state energy utility Eskom has said. Africa’s most industrialised economy is set for its worst year of electricity [...]
At least 15 people were killed over the last two days in Colombia in a spate of violent incidents, authorities said, highlighting the huge task facing President Gustavo Petro. In the northern city of Barranquilla, six people were shot dead [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly lauds Governor of Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi who has been elected as President of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), in his capacity as Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). The election was held after a conference [...]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured eligible Nigerians who registered in the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, that they will get their Permanent Voters Card PVCs by October. According to a statement released on Monday, in Abuja [...]
Federal Government has charged Nigeria’s Indigenous tech-powered mobility company (NAIRAXI ) and other private sectors on the invention to deploy workable strategies aimed at tackling challenges of mass transit across the nation. This came few weeks before the new Minister [...]
Nigeria’s crude oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, figures from its regulator show, as the nation grappled with rampant theft from its pipelines. The country’s total oil and condensates output dropped to an annual [...]
King Charles III on Friday readied to address his mourning subjects on the first full day of his new reign as Britain and the world commemorated the extraordinary life of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. At 73, Charles is [...]
The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday said Nigeria’s foreign trade fell to N12.8 trillion in the second quarter of the year (Q2’22) from N13 trillion in the previous quarter. The statistics office disclosed this in its Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics [...]
A Nigerian Army officer, identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi, has been dismissed from the service for engaging in theft, SaharaReporters has learnt. The officer was attached to the Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport (NASST), Ugbowo, Benin City, Edo State [...]
The President also re-emphasized the importance of synergy between the armed forces, other security agencies and the general population for peace and security. President Buhari, who also commissioned the newly constructed Nigerian Navy Sports Complex, commended the Chief of the Naval [...]
Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye replaced his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level reshuffle on Wednesday after warning of a “coup” plot against him. Security Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca was sworn in before parliament as the new premier of [...]
Federal Government, yesterday, vowed it would sanction foreign airlines selling tickets to Nigerians in dollars, stressing that the practice violates the country’s laws. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while fielding questions from reporters after the Federal Executive Council [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos urged Nigerians to believe in the capability of the armed forces to safeguard and bring long-lasting peace and stability to the country. Declaring open the 12th Nigerian Navy Games, LAGOS 2022, the president assured Nigerians [...]
Prince Charles, the former Prince of Wales has become the new King of United Kingdom. This followed the passage of her mother, Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday afternoon. According to BBC, Charles is expected to be proclaimed King in the [...]
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 30 suspects in connection with the ongoing cult clash that have claimed the lives of three persons in the Gboko Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the clash involving [...]
At least 15 people died in western Uganda after their homes were buried in a landslide triggered by torrential rains, the Red Cross has said. Most of those killed were women and children, Uganda Red Cross spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita said [...]
The lead negotiator between the Nigerian government and bandits in Norther Nigeria Tukur Mamu has been arrested in Cairo Egypt. Mamu has been vocal about his role in negotiating the freedom of persons kidnapped by bandits from a train en [...]
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday visited Nigeria and expressed his country’s desire to increase energy import from Nigeria. According to Femi Adesina, a presidential spokesperson, Mr Duda expressed his country’s interest while lauding the delivery of liquefied natural gas [...]
The 43 Muslim worshippers who were kidnapped at Zugu community in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State have regained their freedom. According to DAILY POST, they were released by the terrorists after a ransom of N5 million and [...]
The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has described the continued importation of petroleum products into Nigeria, despite the country’s being one of the largest producers of crude oil in the world, as shameful. Obaseki said this on Sunday in Ewohimi, Esan [...]
Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after it warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the coming months. The Horn [...]
Ahead of a break or mar meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) on Thursday, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, upped the ante in his faceoff with the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, when he [...]
The federal government has suspended the proposed new tax on phone calls and other telecommunications services. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this on Monday. He said the planned excise duty on telecommunication services has been suspended. [...]
The Nigerian anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in some parts of Lagos State. The commission said the suspected internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo boys’ were arrested at Awoyaya and [...]
Two weeks after suspension of the nationwide strike by electricity workers that threw the nation into blackout, indications have emerged of a fresh looming strike over alleged unwillingness of government to resolve issues of unpaid entitlements to former workers of the [...]
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