Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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External border management remains a key issue to ensure the EU’s security – Carmelo Abela
"The management of the European Union's external border remains a key issue in a bid to ensure European citizens' security while maintaining smooth internal border crossings," Minister for Home Affairs and National Security, Carmelo Abela, told Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).Mr Leggeri ...
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Reps seeks US congress support on legislative development
The House of Representatives’ members have solicited for the support of their counterparts in the United States parliament to strengthen the country’s legislative capacity and procedures. Hon. Johnson Agbonayinma, Chairman, House ad – hoc committee on Nigeria-United States Relations made the solicitation yesterday while receiving a delegation from House Democracy ...
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Diasporas Can Save The Nation From Recession – Dabiri-Erewa
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said that the federal government is looking to draw on the vast resources of its diaspora to help develop the country and also save the country from economic recession. Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this in Abuja, ...
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Reps Seek US Collaboration on Legislative Procedures
The House of Representatives in Tuesday solicited the collaboration of their counterparts in the United States parliament to strengthen the country’s legislative procedures. Chairman, ad-hoc committee on Nigeria-United States relations, Johnson Agbonayinma, stated this during a meeting with a delegation from House Democracy Partnership (HDP) of the US House ...
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Tea vendor bags nine months for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a 31-year-old tea vendor, Adamu Dungus, to nine-month imprisonment for trafficking in 300 grammes of Tramadol. Tramadol, a psychotropic substance, is on the government’s prohibition list of drugs. The convict, who was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for ...
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Avengers blow up Chevron pipeline in fresh attack
Ovie Okpare, Warri The Niger Delta Avengers on Tuesday morning attacked an export line operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited at Escravos in the Warri South West Council Area of Delta State. The attack which the militant group claimed responsibility for reportedly occurred on Tuesday morning at about 3:45am. It marks ...
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Illegal oil export: Court won’t bar journalists from Total’s case
Ramon Oladimeji Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an application to bar journalists from covering and reporting the proceedings in the case of alleged illegal oil export filed by the Federal Government against multinational oil company, Total E&P Nigeria Plc. The Federal Government sued ...
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Economy: APC’s comments prove Buhari administration is clueless – PDP
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the open acceptance of responsibility for the economic downturn in the country by the All Progressive Congress-led Federal Government has vindicated its earlier position that the President Buhari Administration is clueless. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State had on Monday ...
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Senate to ban street begging
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday described street begging as a menace that is embarrassing the country. It therefore began a move to enact a law that will make street begging illegal. The lawmaker representing Bauchi-Central Senatorial District, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, while moving a motion titled, ‘Menace of ...
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Hold FG responsible if herdsmen attack Ekiti – Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has indicted the Federal Government for not condemning the threat issued by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria against the state. MACBAN, the umbrella body of herdsmen in Nigeria, had on Saturday threatened to wage war against the state for enacting ...
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Quacks may sack us, doctors warn FG
Akasike Chukwudi, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Medical Association has expressed worries that quacks may take over their profession if the health sector was not adequately funded. The doctors stated this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during the opening of the 2016 Physicians’ Week, tagged, ‘Health care in a frail economy: ...
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Illegal migrants: FG backs Kenya over arrest of 26 Nigerians
The Federal Government has backed Kenyan Government on the arrest of 26 Nigerians in the country on Oct. 22 for flouting visa laws. A statement by the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Acting Spokesperson, Jane Bassey-Adams on Tuesday in Abuja, alleged that the arrested persons were not in possession of valid ...
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PDP to FG: Declare emergency on economy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to declare “emergency” on the economy. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Adeyeye also advised government to invite competent hands to manage and ...
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Increase in fuel price will be an invitation to revolution – TUC
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has warned the government against any contemplated increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol, saying such move will be an open invitation to revolution in the country. In a statement signed by President and Secretary General of the ...
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Nigeria: Irony of Nigeria's Investment Drive
[This Day] In one breath, Nigerian leaders travel abroad in search of foreign investments and in yet another, turn around to frustrate the investors.
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Nigeria: Eko Atlantic to Boost Nigeria's FDI Drive
[This Day] Eko Atlantic, the rising smart city being developed from reclaimed land on the shores of Victoria Island is attracting more and more international investors as awareness about the new city's potentials grows among the international audience. As such, the project is expected to be one of the leading ...
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President Goodluck Jonathan Speech to Oxford Students
BEING A SPEECH BY DR. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, FORMER PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT: “A CONVERSATION TO DISCUSS THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP” AT THE OXFORD UNION 24TH OCTOBER 2016. Protocols. 1. It is my pleasure and a great honour to be in the hallowed chambers of the Oxford ...
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NMA wants DSS to extend ‘sting operation’ to health sector
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Nigerian Medical Association has called on the Federal Government to extend the sting operation by the Department of State Services to all other sectors of the economy, particularly health, as it was done in the judiciary where some judges were arrested for alleged graft. The NMA ...
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No hiding place for corrupt office-holders, says Magu
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, in Kaduna on Monday said there would be no hiding place for corrupt public office-holders in the country. Magu, who spoke on the sideline of the National Open Government Partnership retreat taking place in Kaduna, dismissed insinuations ...
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42 European investors coming in November, says FG
Representatives of 42 investors from European countries will come into the country next month to consider areas of investment in the various sectors of the Nigerian economy, the Federal Government has said. According to the government, the advance teams of the investors will be in Nigeria in November to meet ...
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Reps accuse MDAs, insurance firms of defrauding FG
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives has uncovered alleged “fraudulent practices” perpetrated by insurance firms in connivance with Ministries, Departments and Agencies to defraud the Federal Government of billions of naira annually in insurance premiums. An ad hoc committee of the House cited some of the practices on Monday ...