Nigeria
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:18:09 GMTGender Equality: People Without Reliable Connectivity are Being Left Behind
[allAfrica] When I was invited to submit comments to the United Nations on how to best "leave no one behind" during the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), I faced a problem. Writing my feedback was not hard, what challenged m...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:21:07 GMTSetting Up High Quality, Reputable Centres'll Boost Health Sector - - Hammond
[Vanguard] The Stanford Seed Transformation Network, Nigeria chapter, has called for the setting up of more high quality, reputable, and reliable specialist healthcare institutions and centres in Nigeria to boost the profile of the nation's healthcar...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:20:14 GMTNigerian Judicial Officers Demand Bribe for Favourable Rulings - U.S. Report
[This Day] A new report by the United States Department of State has alleged that the judiciary in Nigeria remains susceptible to corruption and is constantly under pressure from the executive and legislative arms of government.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:17:50 GMTSenate Sets Up 13-Man Panel to Investigate Crude Oil Theft
[This Day] Following public outrage against the massive stealing of Nigeria's crude oil, which had seen the country lose huge earnings as well as hobbled its ability to meet the quota allocated by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OP...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:16:57 GMTSecurity Challenges - Digging Deep, With Our Backs Are On the Wall
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Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:16:56 GMTBuhari Vows to Punish Perpetrators of Plateau Massacre, Mourns Sokoto Boat Accident Victims
[Premium Times] The attacks, which happened on Sunday, were carried out in Kukawa, Gyambawu, Dungur, Kyaram, Yelwa, Dadda, Wanka, Shuwaka, Gwammadaji, and Dadin Kowa communities of the state.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:16:56 GMTBandits Release Zamfara Health College Students
[Premium Times] Deputy provost of the college, Jamilu Lawal, confirmed the release of the remaining four students to PREMIUM TIMES in a phone conversation Thursday night.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:36 GMTVeteran Highlife Musician, Orlando Julius, Dies At 79
[Daily Trust] Legendary Nigerian highlife musician, Orlando Julius, has died at 79. The news of his death was announced by the Managing Director of Evergreen Music, Bimbo Esho who wrote that the wife of the deceased had reached her in the early hours...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:33 GMTRising Insecurity - You Must Act Now, Council of State Tells Buhari
[Leadership] The Council of State has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast to curb the worsening security situation across the country.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:31 GMTOsinachi - Lawan Urges Police to Probe Death of Gospel Singer
[Leadership] President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the police and all relevant law enforcement agencies to investigate the death of Abuja-based gospel artiste, Mrs. Osinachi Nwachukwu.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:29 GMTDon't Allow Ethnicity, Religion Divide Us, Anglican Bishop Urges Nigerians
[Vanguard] THE Bishop, Diocese of Nike, Anglican Communion, Dr. Christian Onyeka Onyia, has urged Nigerians not to allow ethnic and religious issues divide them, tasking them to strive to live as brothers and sisters.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:24 GMTYour Biggest Mistake in Life Was Parting Ways With Don Jazzy, Uche Maduagwu Tells D'Banj
[Vanguard] Controversial Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu has said that D'banj's biggest mistake in life was parting ways with his former business partner, Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Don Jazzy.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:29:46 GMT24 Chibok Parents Dead, 109 Girls Still in Captivity
[Daily Trust] Chibok community in the Southern part of Borno State on Thursday joined the rest of the country to mark the eighth year anniversary of the abduction of schoolgirls in their domain, with parents and community leaders describing the day a...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:39 GMTSuper Eagles Coaching Job Highest Honour - Abd'allah
[Daily Trust] The newly appointed assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Usman Abd'Allah, has described his appointment as the highest honour that can come the way of any football coach.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:31:00 GMTIs TikTok's Influence On the Music Industry a Fad or Here to Stay?
[This Day] To a large extent, the gap between Nigerian artists and their foreign counterparts is continually bridged by technology. Unlike in the 1990s, various advancements in technology have led to the birth of platforms that have increased the rea...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:28:47 GMTSix Mass Kidnappings After the Chibok Girls
[Daily Trust] On this day, eight years ago, Boko Haram insurgents invaded a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, at dead of night and abducted hundreds of teenage schoolgirls.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:13:43 GMTU.S. Approves $1 Billion Arms Sale to Nigeria
[Premium Times] According to a statement Thursday by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the equipments are to cost Nigeria about $997 million.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:42:57 GMTNigerians Eagerly Await Goodluck Jonathan to Declare Intention for President - Report
[This Day] It has been revealed from behind the scenes in the political circles that Nigerians of different ethnic extraction, political organisations and power brokers among major political parties are now eagerly waiting for former President Goodlu...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:42:44 GMTBuhari Will Implement Judgement On 35% Affirmative Action for Women - Minister
[Premium Times] The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, informed of steps being made to fulfil the implementation of 35% Affirmative Action for Women in public offices
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:42:36 GMTBuhari Seeks Passage of Money Laundering, Terrorism Prevention Bills
[Premium Times] Mr Buhari said the deficiencies in the country's Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism regime (AML/CFT), make it imperative for the passage of both bill.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:14 GMTBuhari Writes National Assembly, Seeks Passage of Money Laundering, Terrorism Prevention Bills
[Vanguard] The two arms of the National Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives, yesterday, received the Money Laundering and Terrorism Prevention Bills transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari for expeditious consideration and passage.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:09 GMTPlateau Massacre - How 106 Persons Were Killed, Over 100 Houses Burnt in One Night
[Vanguard] More facts, yesterday, emerged about how 106 persons were killed by bandits, who attacked about 10 communities in Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau State on Sunday.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:08 GMTResidents Lament Again As Water Scarcity Hits Plateau
[Vanguard] TYPICAL of a plateau, water scarcity has remained a lingering problem in Jos, the Plateau State capital with many sharing the few available water sources with lower animals in many parts of the town. The situation is worrisome as the probl...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:04 GMTWe May Dump APC - Aregbesola's Loyalist
[Vanguard] As the crisis between Osun state Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola lingers, loyalists of the Minister of Interior said the group may dump the ruling party in the state.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:01 GMTBenue Bandits Attacks - Two-Year-Old Battles for Life After Being Shot On Her Vagina
[Vanguard] Two years old Msurshima Iorshie is currently battling for her life at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, after she was reportedly shot on her vagina by the armed herdsmen who last Monday invaded Tiortyu community in Tarka...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:48:46 GMTUN Allocates $15m to Address Rising Food Insecurity in Nigeria
[Premium Times] Around 4.5 million people across Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya are already, or soon will be, facing emergency levels of hunger.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:48:45 GMTVeteran Saxophonist, Orlando Julius Dies At 79
[Premium Times] Orlando Julius, was a saxophonist, singer, band leader, and songwriter closely associated with afrobeat music.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:43 GMTDidn't Tinubu Just Goof On MC Oluomo?
[This Day] Felix Oboagwina opines that the All Progressives Congress strongman and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu has shown clear bias in handling the crisis between the National Headquarters of the National Union of Road Transpo...
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:41 GMTU.S. State Dept Approves $1 Billion Sale of Cobra Attack Helicopters to Nigeria, Delayed Over Human Rights Concerns
[This Day] The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns.
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:40 GMTDJ Cuppy Urges Youths to Gear Up for 2023 Elections
[This Day] Nigerian Disc Jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy recently opined that Nigeria being a country with a huge youth population, would clearly be a deciding factor come 2023.