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“For Nigeria and indeed Africa as a whole, achieving the SDGs will mean ending poverty and hunger, safeguarding our ecosystem and the planet and ensuring our people live in peace and prosperity by the year 2030.” This was contained in the address by President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in New York …

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the United States as Nigeria’s main trading partner and one of ‘‘our most important diplomatic partners,’’ underscoring the need for concerted efforts to increase the volume of bilateral trade. The President spoke at a meeting with the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) at the …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has strongly condemned the grievous assault of a female Police Officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by her principal, who is a Legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola and her domestic staff comprising the house maid, one Rebecca Enechido and …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York vowed to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect leaders of their choice. In his farewell speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as President, he told the 77th session that next year, there …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept. 20, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari and some Nigerian political leaders were among world leaders that attended the opening of the General Debate of the 77th UN General Assembly on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari was accompanied by the Minister …

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that the former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, lied about security in Anambra State during his tenure. Speaking at the Youth Conference of APC, a party he was their past Chairman, Oshiomhole had said it was Obi’s …

By Adenike Ayodele Ikeja Sept.19, 2022 An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonu  and collecting 420,000 dollars as ransom from his family. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans’ accomplice, Victor Aduba, …

London, Sept. 19, 2022 Leaders and monarchs from across the globe gathered in London on Monday to bid farewell to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at a state funeral of inimitable pageantry. The pageantry marked the passing of a beloved figure that unified the nation through her 70-year reign. Thousands of people …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept 19, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived New York, United States of America (USA) for the high-level meetings of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The UN Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari arrived at …

Scores of armed bandits belonging to the notorious Bello Turji camp have been eliminated, PRNigeria reports. The bandits were killed during a ‘surprise raid’ by the air troops of Operation Forest Sanity in Zamfara State. The ‘surprise attack’ of the military troops was carried out by two Nigerian Air Force, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 17, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Abuja on Sunday to attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA77). He will address the UNGA on Sept. 21, his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina stated in Abuja on Saturday. “Aside his National Statement, …

  By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Sept. 17, 2022 Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday departed Abuja for London, UK, to represent Nigeria at the state funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth ll.  Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice-president would join members of the Royal Family and other …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 16, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders towards ending the protracted strike by members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The president stated this when he met with the Chairman and select members of Pro-Chancellors of …

The suspects By Deborah Akpede Lagos, Sept. 15, 2022 The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two men – Solomon Barry, 37, and Bright Omega, 36 – for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman in Ikeja, Lagos. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in the statement he …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 15, 2022 The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja conferred Nigerian citizenship to 286 foreigners including 86 Lebanese, 14 Britons, and four Americans. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected foreign nationals were conferred with the status of Nigerian citizenship by President …

Insists: World’s most vulnerable – who did nothing to cause this crisis – are paying a horrific price for decades of intransigence by big emitters. “Lower the temperature — now”….Don’t flood the world today; don’t drown it tomorrow.” By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept. 14, 2022 UN Secretary-General António Guterres …

By Peter Okolie Owerri, Sept. 13, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated three “signature projects” of Gov. Hope Uzodimma, reassuring that the Federal Government would sustain its support for more developmental projects in Imo. Buhari, who arrived the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri at exactly 10:46 a.m, proceeded to …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Nairobi, Sept. 13, 2022 Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the swearing of William Ruto as the fifth President of Kenya is a testament of what robust institutions can do in a democracy. Osinbajo, who was in Nairobi on Tuesday to represent Nigeria at the Kenyan presidential inauguration, spoke …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Sept. 13, 2022 The Department of State Services (DSS) has alleged that its preliminary investigation established the offences of logistic supplier, aiding and abetting acts of terrorism against Tukur Mamu. The DSS, in an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 filed before Justice …

By Peter Okolie Owerri, Sept. 13, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Owerri for today, Tuesday’s inauguration of some “signature projects” executed by Gov. Hope Uzodimma in his 32-month-old administration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s plane touched down at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, …

UN Photo/Evan Schneider Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the closing of the session at UN headquarters, New York   By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept. 13, 2022 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has applauded the outgoing President of 76th session of United Nations …

By Cecilia Ologunagba, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The 77th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has opened with excitement as the UN Headquarters in New York is now a beehive of activities after three years of virtual gatherings. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the UN …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi is hale and hearty and was not attacked by anyone as being rumored. This was confirmed by the former Anambra State Governor’s Media Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, who said that “the news (of Obi’s purported …