THE host, Elephants Of Ivory Coast beat Super Eagles of Nigeria 2-1 to win the Africa Cup of Nations 2024. It’s was all Ivory Coast but they weren’t able to make their possession count and Nigeria strike with their first serious attempt in the 38th minute. A corner is only half cleared to William Troost-Ekong […]
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Nigeria might not be able to fill all the 95,000 hajj seats allotted to it for 2024 pilgrimage to Makkah as many would-be pilgrims were yet to either deposit the fare or pay the balance. The devaluation of the Nigerian currency, Naira, has upped the hajj fare to N4.9 million for this year’s intending pilgrims […]
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The UK Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch, has arrived in Nigeria to begin a 3-day visit to deepen the UK-Nigeria partnership. Ndidiamaka Eze, the Senior Press & Public Affairs Officer at the UK High Commission in Nigeria, said this in a statement on Sunday. Following the former Foreign Secretary’s visit to Nigeria […]
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The United States Coast Guard USCG, has offered Nigeria a three-year plan to work with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA for the removal of the Condition of Entry (CoE), placed on American-bound vessels from Nigeria. Commander Juliet Hudson announced this at the USCG headquarters in Washington DC during a peer review visit […]
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In a strategic move to actualise the “Forge Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration” pillar outlined in the Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2.0 2024-2027), the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi CCIE, has affirmed commitment to collaborate effectively with the Minister of Communications, Technology, and Innovations of Sierra […]
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The Development Director for the British High Commission, Nigeria, Ms Cynthia Rowe, and Kaduna State Governor. Uba Sani, have signed the Kaduna Mutual Accountability Framework (K-MAF). The signing means the revitalised commitment to support good governance, human capital development with a focus on health, education, social protection, economic recovery, and poverty reduction for the state. […]
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Herbert Wigwe, the immediate past Managing Director of Access Bank and current Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, is dead. Wigwe was reportedly on board a chopper with his wife, son and three other passengers when the unfortunate incident happened at California. They were reportedly heading for Las Vegas to watch Super Bowl, the annual […]
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GLOBAL economic stakeholders have pledged their support for Ecofairs 2024 as part of efforts aimed at enhancing the goals of Intra-African trade under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ecofairs is a business initiative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Friendly Countries […]
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Early this week, Aisha Rimi, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar in Abuja. The Minister reaffirmed support for NIPC’s external operations and the government commitment to fostering and facilitating investments in Nigeria.
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Africa’s top businessman and philanthropist ,Aliko Dangote and former President Olusegun Obasanjo have met with the President Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Félix Tshisekedi with prospect of going into mining and agricultural sectors. It would be recalled that President Tshisekedi was sworn-in last January as the new President, having won the Presidential elections for […]
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