NIGERIA: Border closure leaves rice-loving Nigerians steaming
The days of heaping 50-kilo sacks of rice across the saddle of their motorbike and slipping a few notes to a customs officer are now gone. With Nigeria …
NIGERIA: Buhari orders immediate voluntary evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday ordered the immediate voluntary evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa after days of anti-foreigners attacks in the country, his media adviser Femi Adesina said. …
NIGERIA: FG demands compensation over attacks in South Africa
The Federal Government yesterday demanded compensation and accountability from South Africa over attacks on Nigerians. But it appealed to Nigerians not to retaliate by attacking South African companies …
Fermeture des frontières du Nigéria/Bénin: Une diplomatie qui marque le pas
Il n’est plus aisé de transiter par le Bénin pour se rendre au Nigéria. Depuis le 19 aout dernier, le géant voisin de l’est a fermé ses frontières terrestres avec …
NIGERIA: TraderMoni, MarketMoni beneficiaries doing well – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says feedback from the field and testimonies indicate that the TraderMoni and MarketMoni beneficiaries are doing very well and are paying back their loans. Osinbajo’s spokesman, …
BENIN-NIGERIA - Blocage des frontières terrestres du Nigeria pour 28 jours: Buhari ferme, Talon négocie
Le voisin Nigérian n’a souvent pas regardé d’un bon œil, le rôle joué par le Bénin dans l’importation ou la réimportation de certains produits dont surtout le riz. Cette denrée …
NIGERIA: Wadume’s arrest to bring answers to policemen killing in Taraba – IGP
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has commended his men for the perseverance and painstaking efforts exhibited that led to the arrest of suspected notorious kidnap …
NIGERIA - AfroBasket title: Buhari congratulates D’Tigress
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the national female basketball team, D’Tigress, for an impressive outing at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2019 in Dakar, Senegal, that saw the Nigerian ladies …
NIGERIA: Osinbajo laments unstable electricity in Nigeria, inaugurates power project in Ogun
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday lamented that in spite of Federal Government’s efforts at improving power generation in the country, electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) have failed to deliver uninterrupted …
NIGERIA: ‘A good opportunity to do more’ – Kanu challenged by political appointment
Nwankwo Kanu has pledged to keep supporting the growth of grassroots sports development in Nigeria. The African football great was appointed as Senior Special Assistant on sports …
CAN 2019 : Sénégal vs Tunisie/Algérie vs Nigéria (Demi-finales)
Le dernier carré de la CAN 2019 est connu désormais. Le Sénégal vainqueur du Bénin (1-0) en ouverture des quarts de finale affrontera la Tunisie tombeur de Madagascar (3-0). L’Algérie …
NIGERIA: Buhari and I will never deceive Nigerians – Osinbajo
The Buhari administration is concerned about the plight of ordinary Nigerians and would continue to carry out programmes that would improve their lives, according to Vice President Yemi …
Macron et la culture africaine
Ayant vécu au Nigeria quand il avait fait son stage de l’ENA à l’Ambassade de France, Emmanuel Macron connaît Lagos où il avait régulièrement usé ses semelles sur …
NIGERIA - Dangote to sell $833m in bonds for expansion
Dangote Cement Plc says, it has got approval from Nigerian regulators to issue 300 billion naira ($833 million) in local-currency bonds as it seeks to fund expansion and refinance …
NIGERIA - How Boko Haram attack, kidnap of Dapchi schoolgirls occurred – Residents, School staff
Abdulkareem Haruna Residents of Dapchi, the Yobe community attacked on Monday, said the Boko Haram gunmen that invaded their community had no other mission than to abduct …
NIGERIA - Iyabo Obasanjo speaks on her father’s ‘letter’ to Buhari
Samuel Ogundipe A former Nigerian senator, Iyabo Obasanjo, on Saturday lambasted her detractors who are currently recirculating her 2013 letter to her father. Some social media users had …
NIGERIA - If Our People Insist, We Will Go Back To PDP, Says Kwara Governor
Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, was one of the five governors that walked, with other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), out of the party in the buildup to …
NIGERIA - “I am not in a hurry to do anything” – Buhari
Samuel Ogundipe President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that his experience as a military dictator is one of the major reasons he is not “in a hurry …
Trump Slams Nigerians For Not Returning To Their ‘Huts’ After Seeing America — NYT Report
United States’ President Donald Trump described Nigerians as people living in huts which they would not want to return to whenever they visit America, the New York Times reported Saturday. …
NIGERIA - Folu Agoi: Writers move with time
Folu Agoi is a poet, academic, literary activist and publisher. A former Chairman of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Lagos Chapter, he is currently the President of PEN Nigeria. …
