COVID-19: FG reiterates commitment to ensure safety of journalists
The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government is committed to ensure safety of journalists in their coverage of COVID-19 pandemic. Mohammed spoke at…
Woman gives birth on flight conveying Nigerians to Lagos from Dubai
Chairman NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa A chartered plane conveying Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman reportedly went into labour. The Chairman…
COVID-19: FG says 4,000 Nigerians abroad willing to return, secures 1,300 beds in Lagos, AbujaÂ
Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, says about 4,000 Nigerians abroad are willing to come home as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The minister disclosed this at the…
Viral video: Nigerians demand expulsion of Chinese from Nigeria
Since the video of the Consul-General of Nigeria in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China, Mr. Wale Oloko, confronting a Chinese official following the maltreatment of Nigerians in China went viral,…
Nigeria, Ethiopia sign visa waiver agreement for diplomatic, official passport holders
President Muhammadu Buhari and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Nigeria and Ethiopia have signed a visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and official passport holders, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
ECOWAS: President Kabore to head committee on Nigeria’s land border closure
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has constituted a committee, headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso,…
Nigeria working to have U.S. lift travel ban, as Pompeo calls for sharing of important national security informationÂ
Geoffrey Onyeama Nigeria has begun working on the security and information sharing requirements for the lifting of a U.S. travel ban on prospective immigrants from the African nation, Nigerian…
Anthony Joshua presents heavyweight titles to Buhari in UK
Anthony Joshua presents his IBF, WBA, WBO, and IBO titles to President Muhammadu Buhari in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2020. Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has presented his…
Two FUTO students detained in Bosnia to return home soon –Â Dabiri-Erewa
NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa Two Nigerian students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) held in an illegal migrants centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina are expected back into the country…
FG lists conditions for reopening land bordersÂ
The Federal government has given conditions that ECOWAS Member States must adhere to before reopening its border, including that the ECOWAS states must respect the Rule of Origin for imports. Mr…