The Senator representing Kebbi Central Senatorial District of Nigeria, Senator Adamu Aliero, had said that the closure of the Nigeria/Niger Republic border is unwarranted and unnecessary as it is causing enormous hardship and business losses for Nigerians. Senator Aliero, who said this in an interview with Arise News Television on Tuesday said that the border […]
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British energy major Shell has agreed to sell its Nigerian onshore oil and gas subsidiary in Nigeria to a consortium of five mostly local companies for up to $2.4-billion, after nearly a century of operations there. Active in the West African country since the 1930s, Shell has struggled for years with hundreds of oil spills […]
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The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said it would train twenty-nine teachers in South Korea on the Smart Education project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Teachers were drawn from six states, namely Cross River, Bauchi, Anambra, Nasarawa, Kano, and Ekiti reflecting the six geo-political zones […]
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AdminThe National Youth Service Corps has announced that 10 corps members will travel to India on Sunday, to participate in a Youth Exchange Programme organised by the Indian National Cadet Corps. The annual programme is held to commemorate the Independence Anniversary of the Republic of India, drawing participants from Europe, Asia, Africa and other continents. […]
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Admin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Vyacheslav Bril, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, a statement from the Ministry has said. During the meeting promising areas of mutually beneficial cooperation between Belarus and Nigeria in the field of agriculture, […]
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Admin The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has called on its citizens to apply for the Technical Aids Corps (TAC) recruitment exercise for 2024. The exercise is part of the TAC’s scheme aimed at rendering a helping hand to other countries and establishing a presence in countries in which […]
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AdminTerrorism Threat: Nigerian student jailed in UK APerth Sheriff Court in the United Kingdom has sentenced Somtochukwu Okwuoha, a Master’s student at Dundee University, Scotland, to 40 months in prison. On Friday, the 26-year-old international energy studies student was handed the sentence after being found guilty of making terrorism threats against staff and students of […]
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