In a bid to address violence in the Niger Delta region, the European Union has rolled out plans to invest in 60 communities in three Niger Delta states. The Country Director, Search for Common Ground, Fatima Abubakar stated this at the official launch of the European Union-funded project titled: ‘A Community-Centered Approach to Transforming Criminality […]
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that Nigeria can repay its $2.82 billion debt to the Washington-based institution following recent reforms. The explanation followed conclusion of its Executive Board’s Post Financing Assessment with Nigeria. “The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Post Financing Assessment (PFA) and endorsed the Staff Appraisal on […]
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Thousands of Moroccans have taken to the streets of Rabat calling for an end to ties with Israel, over its actions in Gaza. Some waved placards saying “stop the massacre” and “normalisation is treason” during the Sunday march. Politicians from across the spectrum are reported to have been among the crowds. Morocco established diplomatic […]
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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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