Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed her willingness to commence direct flights to Nigeria. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
The Ondo State Governor and Chairman, Southern Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday, took a swipe at his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, for criticising the legal approach adopted
Leader of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Wednesday, said Nigeria’s north was actually a minority, but which has maintained a majority claim over the rest of
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested one Okey Eze at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with 350 wraps of cocaine worth over N2.3billion (about
A new guild of artists from Nigeria’s Benin City has offered to donate artworks to the British Museum in London as a way to encourage it to return the priceless
As a way of boosting South Africa’s energy security and also ending the procurement process by 2024, the country is set to go ahead with plans for a new 2,500-megawatt
The Republic of Nicaragua has called for stronger bilateral cooperation with the Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua, Denis Moncada Colindres, made the call during
Nigeria’s government and her Danish counterpart have expressed readiness to collaborate to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The renewed effort by both governments took place during a bilateral
Eleven days after the House of Assembly passed the bill prohibiting open grazing of cattle in Lagos, the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday has signed it into law.
Ikoyi, a London-based restaurant has become the first in the United Kingdom to be awarded the prestigious ‘One To Watch Award’ by the World 50 Best Restaurants. Serving African-inspired food,
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have estimated that more than 300,000 children have lost their lives in the troubled north-eastern region of
The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of his countrymen from genocide was convicted of terrorism offenses Monday and sentenced to 25 years at a trial
In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a health center last week, a mother and her newborn weighing just 1.7 pounds died
The United States will reopen in November to air travelers from 33 countries including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House
Taking a bus is part and parcel of everyday living for millions of commuters in Lagos. But as the demand for transport services continues to skyrocket, infrastructural development is
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the country’s economy cannot be transformed for as long as the West African country is being
Nigeria’s federal government has granted the police and the appropriate bodies the powers to prosecute all passengers presenting a forged COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) results after the expiration of
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In commemoration of the 2021 World Clean-up Day, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has evacuated over 75,000 plastic bottles from a Ilashe beach in Lagos. The evacuation was undertaken
Operatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have destroyed over 14 hectares of cannabis cultivated farms in Edo State. This is part of continued nationwide ‘offensive action’ against
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