• Nigeria

    Imperative of ending FGM in Nigeria

    Punch Editorial Board Ending the barbaric culture of Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria is a task that should challenge the resolve of the government and people of the country. Despite taking an important step to enact a law banning FGM in 2015, Nigeria still faces an immense battle to ensure ...

  • Nigeria

    171 Libyan returnees arrive in Lagos airport

    ONE hundred and seventy-one Nigerian returnees from Libya yesterday arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, recounting their ordeal.. The returnees were received by Special Adviser to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who cautioned Nigerians to desist from dangerous search for greener in Libya. ...

  • Cina Nigeria

    Fed Govt eyes $2.3b from World Bank, China

    The Federal Government wants to borrow at least $1 billion from the World Bank and to sign within months for a $1.3 billion loan from China to fund railway projects, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said yesterday. The economy needs to plug a gap in its record N7.3 trillion ($23.17 billion) ...

  • Nigeria Finlandia

    Finland @ 100: Finnish Govt Trains Nigerian Students On Creative Coding

    The Republic of Finland has trained Nigerian student on creative coding in Abuja students. The collaboration is part of the CodeBus Africa project, a 100-day tour connecting Finnish and African innovators as part of Finland’s official 100th anniversary celebrations in partnership with the Finnish Aalto University and Abuja-based innovation hub ...

  • Nigeria

    Capacity Development, Panacea To Unemployment – NIMASA DG

    The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has averred that human capacity development initiative is a panacea to the growing unemployment rate in the economy. The DG who said this at the first annual lecture of Swaaya Limited, publishers of Freedom Online ...

  • Nigeria

    MTN Partners LUMOS For 24-Hour Mobile Electricity Power Supply

    y Mbakaan Kwen, AbujaThe global renowned solar energy provider LUMOS has gone into partnership with MTN for mobile solar electricity supply aimed at providing affordable power to homes and small businesses using their mobile phones. Speaking at the event in Abuja, the CEO of LUMOS Mr Davidi Vortman, expressed appreciation ...

  • Nigeria

    FG Directs NIMN To Enforce Statutory Powers

    After operating for eight years without exerting its charter status, the federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari has finally and formally granted legal power to the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, (NIMN). This feat was announced through a formal proclamation by the minister for Industry, Trade and Investments, Dr. ...

  • Nigeria

    Benue Assembly Issues Warrant Of Arrest On NICON Insurance Company

    In line with section 129 (d) of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria as amended, the Benue State House of Assembly, has yesterday issued a warrant of arrest against the management of NICON insurance company for refusing to appear before it for the second consecutive time. Benue ...

  • Nigeria

    Lagos Reads Riot Act To Motorists Over Illegal Parking

    Lagos State Government On Tuesday blamed the perennial traffic congestion in the metropolis on illegal picking and dropping of passengers at undesignated places, saying anyone caught henceforth will face the full wrath of the law. The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Wale Musa who ...

  • India

    NAFDAC Launches Investigation Into Imported Garri From India

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced investigation into the purported import of garri from India. The  Acting  Director  General  of NAFDAC,  Mrs  Yetunde  Oni disclosed  this  in Ilorin,  Kwara state yesterday at a one-day zonal campaign on current regulatory issues in the safe ...