In a bid to reposition the Amnesty Programme, President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator with effect from August 21.
This followed the President’s approval of the disengagement of Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo from Office as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme with...
Nigeria's former Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected for another 5year term as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors.
Adesina's election was disclosed by a Social Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, who confirmed the news in a congratulatory tweet on...
A Nigerian-born Canadian, Kaycee Madu, has been appointed by the Canadian Government as Justice Minister and Solicitor General of Alberta, a province in Canada.
The 47-year-old, who was born and raised in Southeast Nigeria, replaces Doug Schweitzer, who is now Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation.
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday says the priority in Republic of Mali now should be securing the country, which is largely occupied by terrorists.
According to a statement by Buhari's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesiyan, the President spoke Wednesday when he received briefings from ECOWAS Special Envoy...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has said it would soon commence a review process for issuing state of origin documents to individuals, just as specific steps would be mapped out to follow due process before the documents are given to anyone.
Speaking through his Commissioner for Special Duties...
Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Access Bank’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe; Governor, Central Bank of Seychelles, Caroline Abel; former Chief Executive Officer of Agusto & Co., Vivien Shobo; among others have emerged winners of the 2020 Edition of the African Banker Awards...
A former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank, Adetokunbo Mukail Abiru, Wednesday officially joined the race for Lagos East Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Abiru was on Wednesday received at the APC Secretariat along ACME Road in Ikeja by Lagos State Chairman of...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has tendered unreserved apologies for referring to a journalist, Eyo Charles, as “stupid."
"I met with my advisors till late last night and I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word ‘stupid’ which I used in my encounter with a...
As a follow up to revelations that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) had never received funding as contained in the 2004 National Assembly Acts, the Nigerian Senate has directed the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure remittance of 1% from the federation account into the...
