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By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Feb. 7, 2022 FMDQ Securities Exchange Ltd. has announced the listing of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s four billion dollars Eurobonds under its global medium-term note programme on its platform. This is contained in a statement by FMDQ Exchange made available to the News Agency of …

In continuation of the celebration of the Black History Month, marked annually every February, Dr. Akil Khalfani, Director of Essex County College, New Jersey, United States of America (USA)’s Africana Institute, will, tomorrow, February 8, 2022, speak on “Black Votes Matter.” A Professor of Sociology, a political activist and social …

By Maureen Okon (with additional reports) Abuja, Feb. 6, 2022 The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Sunday, called on Nigerian citizens living in Ukraine to remain calm, amid growing fears that Russia could invade Ukraine. The call is contained in a statement by Mr. Gabriel Odu, a Media, Public …

Seven years old this year, the African Entertainment Awards USA (AEAUSA) has continued to blaze the trail as the foremost African entertainment event in the United States and in the world. The Award that is being organized by a financial expert, Mr. Dominic Tamin, aims at unifying the African continent …

From: Ruth  Yarnap,Bauchi The Nigeria Cancer Society, Bauchi chapter has called on governments to establish more cancer care centres  in their states. Bauch state chairperson, Dr Habiba Ismail made the call when speaking with our correspondent in an exclusive interview on this year’s World Cancer Day saying that with the …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has passed a vote of confidence on its President General, Ambassador Professor George Obiozor, hailing his commitment to the actualisation of Igbo presidency in 2023 and to a political solution to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu …

As All Saints College wins ‘Sing for Life’ music competition Wife of the Governor of Ondo State and founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN), Chief (Mrs.) Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has said the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria is raising young girls who would become competent future cancer awareness advocates. …

Leading energy company, Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), has received accolades from industry regulator, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), for deliberate and active investment in Nigeria’s critical gas infrastructure to supply gas for powering industries in key locations in the country. The Chief Executive of NMDPRA, Farouk …

Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr honours her mother’s heroism with new book, ‘I Am Because We Are: An African Mother’s Fight for Soul of a Nation’   To honour the memory and inspirational life of her mother, Dr. Dora Akunyili whose life and legacy inspired millions by facing down misogyny and battling corruption …

  The Holy Ghost Service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) holds today, Friday, February 4, 2022 at the Church’s expansive Campground on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria. The theme of the program, as announced by the General Overseer (G.O) of RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, is “Miracles.” Other …

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has inaugurated the Board of Adapalm Nigeria Ltd with a promise that his government will not meddle in the operations of the organisation. Inaugurating the Board, which has Mr. Mustapha Chike Obi as Chairman on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at the New Executive Chamber …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Feb 3, 2022 Futureview Asset Management has offered investment tips for building an efficient portfolio due to speculative higher inflationary pressure following the Federal Government’s retention of petroleum products subsidy. The Managing Director, Futureview, Mrs. Ugochi Nnodi, disclosed this in a statement made available to the …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Feb. 2, 2022 CNN’s top boss, Jeff Zucker, on Wednesday resigned from the network after he didn’t disclose a romantic relationship with another senior executive at the company. Zucker has been at the helm of the affairs of the cable network for nine years. He …

(In celebration of the Black history month!) For the purpose of this soliloquy, we will describe descendants of former slaves in the United State as Black Americans while their cousins who arrived as immigrants these 20th and 21st centuries as African Immigrants, just to draw a distinction. Why is there …

Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), a global public policy and business advisory Council focused on the development of Mbaise and Imo State, in Nigeria, has resolved to adopt agriculture as a strategic pathway to empowerment of youths and mitigation of insecurity in the rural areas and as tool to tackle the …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Feb. 1, 2022 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr of Nigeria as the Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Sawyerr succeeds Maj. Gen. Kefyalew Amde Tessema of Ethiopia to whom the …

By Busayo Onijala/Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Feb. 1, 2022 The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of no-interview-visa-renewal services with a view to assisting non-immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria who have qualified to renew their visas. The U.S Mission in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement by its Public …

Oslo, Feb. 1, 2022 Norwegian lawmakers who had a track record of picking winners of Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, announced names it nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Among the nominees were British nature broadcaster, David Attenborough, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Belarusian dissident, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Also …

Moscow, Feb. 1, 2022 The U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) introduced a temporary lockdown on federal jails nationwide, following mass brawl at a high-security penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas that left two people dead. Earlier in the day, a fight broke out between several inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont in …

Lagos, Tuesday February 1, 2022. Filled with so much emotions and grieve, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has visited the Agboluaje family in Ebute Metta, Lagos State to console them over the loss of their son, Fadlullah Agboluaje. Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa who described the death …

Nestlé Nigeria’s Maggi cooking show is sizzling in the South West of Nigeria. ‘O Ta Lenu’, the third in the series of Maggi cooking shows retains the same MasterChef style which MAGGI introduced as ‘Muna Kwarya’ in Northern Nigeria and ‘O setigo’ in Southern Nigeria last year. O Ta Lenu …

Applicants at the UK Visa Application Centre at Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way, Maryland on Monday By Oladele Eniola Lagos, Jan. 31, 2022 Thousands of visa applicants on Monday besieged Lagos offices of VFS Global, United Kingdom (UK) Visa Application Centre, following resumption of visa application processing by the British mission. The …

Berlin, Jan. 30, 2022 Adama Traore has joined FC Barcelona on loan until the end of the season, in spite of the Wolverhampton Wanderers’ winger previously appearing close to signing for Tottenham. Traore came through Barca’s youth system before leaving for Aston Villa in 2015, and will now return to …