archiveOctober 2021

  Nigeria took its turn in the Queen’s Baton Relay ahead of the Commonwealth Games coming up next year in Birmingham as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN who received the Baton on behalf of the President, reminds member-nations of the strong bonds uniting the 72 countries and territories that are...

Speech by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President AfDB Group at the Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, Abuja, Nigeria "Your Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Your Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; The Secretary to the Government of...

  Rite Foods, Nigeria's leading food and beverage company, marks this year's World Food Day with the commitment of providing consumers with its portfolio of quality brands to keep them refreshed and stay healthy. With the 2021 theme as "Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow," World Food Day, which...

 President Muhammudu Buhari has joined the academia in celebrating the renowned geographer, Prof.  Akinlawon Mabogunje, on his 90th birthday, Oct. 18.In a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja, Buhari extolled scholar, administrator and consultant for the historic roles he played in structuring, growth...

Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has been honoured with the “The Sun Man of The Year Award”. The award is the biggest recognition by The Sun Publishing Company Ltd, publishers of The Sun Newspaper. In a statement on Sunday, Mr Garba Muhammad, Group...

MTN Nigeria has compensated its subscribers with airtime and data due to the outage its consumers witnessed last Saturday. The Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, shared the information with subscribers on Sunday. Toriola, via a video message posted on the company’s YouTube channel with its link sent to...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari on the plan of the Federal Government of Nigeria to monitor WhatsApp messages and other social media devices in the country. The human rights group asked the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by...

   An economist, Mr Muda Yusuf, said many investors and state governments were yet to recover from the destruction of public facilities and businesses during the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. Yusuf said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos ahead of...

Ahead of the very 1st anniversary of the October 20 2020 #EndSARS protest in Lagos where gunshots were fired at protesters at the Lekki tollgate, popular Nigerian singer Falz has said Nigerian youths will not be silenced by anyone. In a post shared on his Instagram page this evening, the...

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has taken a swipe at Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Citadel Global Community Church over his ambition to run for president in 2023. Bakare, who paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said he will contest for the...