Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, says Nigerians everywhere deserve to live healthy, educated and productive lives, regardless of where in Nigeria they reside, what God they worship or language they speak. Osinbajo said this on Friday in Abuja while addressing the extended National Economic Council (NEC) meeting with focus on Human Capital Development (HCD) held at […]
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A group, on the platform of Migration Enlightenment Project Nigeria, MEPN, has raised the alarm that over 700 Nigerians died in the Mediterranean Sea while migrating illegally in the last six months. The Director MEPN, Femi Awoniyi, who made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja, weekend, said the figure is low, compared to those […]
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The Presidency says it considers a communiqué issued by some ethnic and sectional groups assembled in Abuja recently as the shedding of crocodile tears by selfish leaders. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. He noted that the affected leaders […]
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The National Universities Commission, NUC, yesterday, said only one percent of Nigerian population formed the total enrollment of students in the 164 universities across the country. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Abubakar Rasheed, said this while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja. According to Mr. Rasheed, the 75 private universities in the country account […]
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Nigerian migrants expressed relief as they arrived home on Tuesday from Libya, describing the “hell” of harsh conditions in detention camps where they had been held. African heads of state have condemned the treatment of undocumented migrants in Libya, including widespread violence and apparent slave trading. The 144 returnees who touched down late Tuesday, and […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday said there is nothing he can do for anyone who dares the desert and Mediterranean without documents to prove that they are Nigerians. He disclosed that the Federal Government was hoping to evacuate identified stranded Nigerians in Libya and other countries in order to bring them back to Nigeria and […]
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Facebook, leading social media platform disclosed yesterday in Lagos that over 9.7 million Nigerians visit its site on daily basis. According to the platform, an average online user in Nigeria spends nothing less than seven hours and in Europe, only four hours is spent by an online user. It noted that it is expecting 6 […]
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The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to treat Nigerians as equals irrespective of their ethnic back ground so as to ensure peace and unity of the nation. The Ambassador stated this in Benin City when he was hosted by Governor Godwin Obaseki at a […]
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The Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele Tuesday assured anxious Nigerians that the apex bank was neither over-funding the Federal government or was it operationally strained in anyway. Speaking at the press briefing to announce the decisions taken by its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in Abuja, Emefiele said the CBN has and will always […]
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Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON has said that Nigerians both young and old ‘should ask, what can they do to make Nigeria truly great? What is their contribution? In what way by word, deed, action, can they really bring about a country that is great? A country that we can be proud of? […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has assured that standards of living of Nigerians will improve as the country exited recession. The minister gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja when he received Broadcast Media Editors in his office. He urged well-meaning Nigerians not to listen to pessimists who he accused of downplaying […]
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Seventy-five Nigerians including students and professionals are going to be part of the finalists joining hundreds of their colleagues from the Middle East and Africa for the LafargeHolcim regional awards for Sustainable Construction in Nairobi, Kenya this week. Organized by the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, it is the most significant global competition in sustainable […]
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