Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has announced that the Federal Government is currently reviewing citizenship applications submitted by 170 foreign nationals. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the minister said the exercise is being undertaken by the Citizenship Advisory Committee, which is tasked with assessing and recommending applications for President…
Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory have lauded FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for settling their 13 months’ outstanding hazard allowance and approving a one-month wage award. The commendation was conveyed in a statement released on Tuesday by the minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka. Olayinka said the…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), seven days to file his final written address in his ongoing trial on alleged terrorism offences. The judge granted the request on Monday after Kanu declined to open his defence, following the…
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Tuesday announced its decision to renew anti-dumping duties on ethanolamines imported from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The duties were initially introduced in 2018 for a period of five years as such imports had caused substantial damage to China’s domestic industry. Following the end of the term…
A Nigerian policy advocacy group has called on President Bola Tinubu to press ahead with his economic reforms, warning that the approach to the 2027 general elections must not derail ongoing progress. At a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, Omoniyi Akinsiju, Chairman of the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), said the government’s structural…
The National Commission for UNESCO (NATCOM-UNESCO), in collaboration with key security agencies, has emphasised peace education and cultural reorientation as key strategies for addressing Nigeria’s growing violence and insecurity. Speaking at the opening of a two-day national conference on Wednesday in Mararaba, the Secretary-General of NATCOM-UNESCO, Mr Lateef Olagunju, reaffirmed the commission’s commitment to fostering…
An estimate of about N21b is needed to completely revive the National Stadium, Lagos, which was abandoned for 17 years before the ongoing work started two years ago. Minister of Sports Sunday Dare who made this known on Friday in Lagos added that 80 per cent of the job has been done with the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided an 80-room new hotel used as cover for distributing illicit substances in Victoria Island, Lagos, and recovered 598 bags of Canadian Loud. In a statement by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, the drugs recovered was with a total weight of 417.3 kilogrammes…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said that both he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to meet as soon as he takes office. “And I know he (Putin) wants to meet, and I’m going to meet him very quickly. “I would have done it sooner ,but you have to get into the office. For…
Bankole Olowookere, Head Coach, Nigeria’s Under-17 women’s national team, says his team will make the country proud in the return leg match against Algeria in the ongoing U-17 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers in Morocco. Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday that the girls are determined to qualify for…
