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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed that a delegation from its Committee on Foreign Affairs would depart Nigeria for London on July 1, 2022, to pay a visit to Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, who are both presently in detention over an allegation of organ harvesting. Lawan …

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Fidelity Bank Plc’s long-term issuer default rating (IDR) from ‘B-’ to ‘B’, reflecting the bank’s increased creditworthiness. The rating agency also upgraded Fidelity’s National Long-Term Rating to ‘A(nga)’ from ‘BBB+(nga)’. According to the global rating agency, the upgrade is a result of the Bank’s improving business …

By Yunus Yusuf Lagos, June 28, 2022 The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received 131 stranded Nigerians from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, who was represented by the acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of …

For Akure, Ondo State-born Prince Adelana Adesida, it was day of indescribable joy, when family, friends and well-wishers from all over the world came together on Thursday, June 16, 2022 to celebrate his 70th birthday in grand style in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. The event, which took the …

By Polycarp Auta  Jos, June 28, 2022 The Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, has donated N100 million to 5,000 widows and other less privileged women in Plateau. Mr. Williams Gyang, a member of Musa’s media team, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. Gyang said that the donation …

President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Tuesday, June 28, depart Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The President, who will hold official talks with his Portuguese counterpart will be conferred with the country’s National Honour and decorated with ‘Great Collar of …

ABUJA, JUNE 27, 2022: Hon. (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has described the death of 70-year-old Ambassador Ejeviome Otobo in the United States of America (USA) as very sad and painful. In a condolence message, Dabiri-Erewa said the circumstances of Otobo’s sudden disappearance and eventual death …

Pastor Olatunji Jegede of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Dominion Cathedral, Orange, New Jersey, USA turned 50 recently and was celebrated by family, brethren, friends and well-wishers from far and near. It was joy galore as he danced forward with his family, brethren, friends and well-wishers on Sunday, …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 26, 2022 A Nigerian traditional ruler, Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Samaila Mera, has honoured a respected community leader, Willie Walker, with the Community Hero Lifetime Achievement award in Harlem, New York, United States of America (USA). The award, donated by Mera to the New …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, June 27, 2022 Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, says Nigerians will determine who becomes their leaders in the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this while receiving a team of Special Representatives of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, led by the …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 27, 2022 Nigerians working at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, United States of America (USA) on Monday mourned Amb. Ejeviome Otobo, a retired diplomat with the UN and prayed God to grant his soul eternal rest. Otobo, 70, was declared missing on …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 27, 2022 The head of the United Nations (UN) Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamet Annadif has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to supporting Nigeria in conducting peaceful elections in 2023. UN Spokesperson, Mr. Stéphane Dujarric, told correspondents at a news conference …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, June 27, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with family of career diplomat, Amb. Ejeviome Otobo, aged 70. Late Otobo served the country for many years, before working for the United Nations in various capacities, including non-resident senior fellow in Peacebuilding and Global Economic Policy at …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 26, 2022 Nigeria has presented a very strong and formidable candidate, Mrs. Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia, to serve on the UN Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande made the declaration at a …

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda, hailed Nigerian youths excelling at home and abroad, saying the country will welcome inputs and investments from compatriots with international exposure for the economy to thrive. The President spoke at a town hall meeting with Nigerians in the Diaspora on the margins of …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 25, 2022 A Diplomat, Amb. Peters Emuze, has congratulated Nigeria’s candidate, Mrs. Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia, on her election to the UN Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Eghobamien-Mshelia …

Senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Dominion Cathedral, Orange, New Jersey, United States of America (USA), Pastor (Dr.) Toyin Laoye, has become the Regional Pastor in charge of New Jersey and Vermont. Pastor Laoye (PTL), before her promotion by the RCCG, headed by the General Overseer, …

Tuckahoe, New York, United States of America (USA) Police have said that a village resident who had gone missing was found dead Thursday afternoon. Ejeviome Eloho Otobo, 70, a Diplomat of long standing, educated at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, was last seen on June 15 near Dante Avenue in …

By Stellamaris Ashinze Lagos—June 25, 2022 An IT support firm, Zoho Global Technology Company, has launched a platform to help small businesses transform digitally. The platform tagged: Zoho Africa Digital Enabler coincided with the opening of the company’s first office in Nigeria late on Friday in Lagos. The company is …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Baroness Patricia Scotland, QC, on her reappointment as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Leaders of the Commonwealth meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday reappointed Hon. Scotland by consensus for a further two years to complete the balance of her period in office. The Nigerian leader commended …

Britain’s Prince Charles addresses the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Kigali Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana. Kigali, June 24, 2022 Britain’s Prince Charles expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda on Friday and …

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, His Excellency, Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad-Bande is organising a Dinner Reception for Permanent Representatives, Deputy Permanent Representatives, Elections Officers and other stakeholders in appreciation of the overwhelming support received towards the election of Nigeria’s Ms. Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia to the UN Committee on Elimination of All …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 23, 2022 Nigeria’s candidate, Mrs. Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia, has been elected to the UN Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in a keenly contested election held at the UN headquarters, New York. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of …

President Muhammadu Buhari in a meeting with Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, at CHOGM 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. By Ijeoma Okigbo Kigali, June 24, 2022 Mrs. Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth has promised to hand over “a stronger, more effective, more powerful’’ Commonwealth to an African. The office …

After visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari made a passionate appeal to Nigerians to be tolerant of one another and embrace peace. The President toured the permanent exhibitions at the Memorial and laid a wreath at the mass graves where more than 250,000 victims …