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Mr Benjamin Okoli, President, Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA), said President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to that country would allay citizens’ fears of xenophobic attacks from South Africans. Okoli said this in a…

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it had commenced payment to depositors of 154 Micro Finance Banks (MFBs) that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked their licences in 2018 due to insolvency. Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim,…

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has called on the Federal Government to send a visitation panel to universities to douse tension and prevent further breakdown of industrial relations in…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos), has asked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to intensify its intervention programmes in areas of health care delivery services and agriculture.…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the legacy of determined, proud and assertive black emancipation left by late Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe will live long in the hearts of Africans.   Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a…

The Nigerian Mission in South Africa says no fewer than 400 Nigerians have indicated interest and registered to be evacuated from South Africa following the recent xenophobic attacks. Nigeria’s Consul General in Johannesburg, Godwin…

By Babajide Okeowo The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria, RIPAN has endorsed the partial closure of the Nigeria-Benin border widely called Seme Border by the Presidency saying this move will save the country over $400 million (N144…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the few Nigerians abroad indulging in criminal activities do not represent the values of majority of the people of the country. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja,…

Professor Joshua Obaleye of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin,  says his team has discovered anti-malaria, anti-cancer and anti-tuberculosis drugs that can be mass-produced to save lives. Obaleye told newsmen in Ilorin …

Mr. Christopher Iziguzo, President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Thursday appealed to the Nigeria Police to protect Journalists as they carry out their legitimate duties across the country. Iziguzo, in a remark at a Forum for…