John Obi Mikel has joined Stoke City, the club has confirmed. He is the fourth signing of the summer for the club “The Nigerian international midfielder joins Morgan Fox, James Chester and Steven Fletcher in checking in at the bet365 Stadium ahead of the 2020/21 Championship season,” a statement obtained via the club’s website stated. […]
Seventy-one young Nigerian girls trafficked to Lebanon and seen in a video that went viral crying for help has been rescued. Seventy-one young Nigerians trafficked to Lebanon and seen in a video that had gone viral where they were crying for help had been rescued and arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, early Monday. […]
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, on Monday called on its agencies to redouble efforts towards implementing policies for a digital economy. Pantami made the call at the rebranding of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Logo, Mission, Core Mandates and Virtual Commissioning of Digital Economy Projects for Digital Nigeria, in […]
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, says most Nigerians do not have enough confidence to test for COVID-19. Ihekweazu disclosed this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s COVID-19 Pandemic Update. The NCDC boss explained that the lack of trust has posed a serious challenge in the Federal Government’s […]
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi today appeared before the House of Representatives Public Hearing on Treaties and Protocols over federal government’s loan request from China. Speaking during the hearing in Abuja on Monday, Amaechi disagreed with the committee, saying he is unaware of a N33 billion contract by the Ministry of Transport but only a $1.6 billion […]
The Minister of Mines and Steel, Olamilekan Adegbite, on Monday, said the Ajeokuta Steel Mill is 90 percent complete and may be functional by early 2023. Adegbite made the remarks while making an appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily. The development of the steel mill was started in the 1970s but has evaded […]
By Foster Obi The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today that Some 1.7 million small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalized agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to improve their incomes, food security and resilience to economic shocks caused by COVID-19 The UN agency said that […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to instruct the Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the 5million naira fine on hate speech. In the letter, the commission asked President Buhari to direct the Information Minister and the […]
By Foster Obi As the nation’s airports begin to reopen gradually for flight operations, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised passengers to desist from giving money and to report any official from any agency that requests money under any guise. A statement signed by Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs.), General Manager, Corporate Affairs, said, […]
The number of migrants reaching Italy by sea shot up from the previous 12-month period, but in contrast to recent years, the majority of the arrivals didn’t need rescue and made it to shore by themselves. According to Interior Ministry figures released Saturday, from Aug. 1, 2019 through July 31 of this year, 16,347 migrants […]