Popular Nigerian veteran actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has complained about the suffering that Nigerians go through in the country. Omotola posted on her Instagram story on Thursday night that Nigerians were suffering needlessly. She wrote, “After living in the US now for about 2 years. Not just visiting but living and changing systems. “I now see many things we managed and Read More
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has revealed the presence of ‘a dangerous group’ in Nigeria causing mayhem. Audi made the revelation Wednesday at the NSCDC headquarters in Abuja, during the opening ceremony of the last Commandant General conference for the year 2022 with zonal commanders and state commandants of the Read More
A citizens-led anti-sabotage group on the aeges of The Natives has said it will do everything possible to defend Nigerians from being shortchanged by some cartels in oil sector, hence it will for a monitoring body across the country against saboteurs. It, however, commended the management of the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) led by Mele KyarI, for Read More
Nigerians who ran in the midterm election of the United States of America, emerged winners of the just concluded election Tuesday night. In a congratulatory post, the Chairman/ CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, shared the news on her Twitter handle on Wednesday. She wrote; These Nigerian Americans won their elections in Georgia last night. A hearty Read More
By Chizoba Ogbeche Abuja The Dubai authorities have announced complete ban on visa issuance to Nigerians in a notice issued to its trade partners in Nigeria. The authorities declared that “all Dubai applications submitted are now rejected,” adding that the rejections would be sent in batches. The rejections, which are said to be the decision of the United Arab Emirates Read More
The United Kingdom is considering tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country. The Times UK quoted the UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, as saying the government was considering tightening the rules on dependants. Home Secretary, Suella Braverman was considering tightening the rules on dependants after Home Office immigration figures showed a “surprising inconsistency” across Read More
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, has called on Nigerians to participate actively in the upcoming elections by voting, warning that abstaining from voting was a disservice to the Christian faith. Kaigama made the call at the 3rd Abuja Catholic Archdiocesan General Assembly with the theme “Witness in Politics: The Role of the Catholic Faithful” which is being Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says with the right platforms, young Nigerians will always rise up to national and global challenges, while finding solutions to them through innovation and technology. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the vice president delivered a pre-recorded keynote remarks at the Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) N50 billion Endowment Fund Launch in Read More
Many Nigerian professionals are leaving the shores of the nation for greener pastures abroad. BARNABAS OLABISI reports. The recent mass exodus of Nigerian professionals for greener pastures especially in education and health sectors is at alarming rate as it is taking a toll on critical sectors of the nation’s economy and future development of the nation.Professionals who spoke on these Read More
A colleague of mine once said it is better to watch Nigerians as they entertain you. That, he said, gives you joy instead of the worries and potential heart failure you get when you take most of them serious. But are Nigerians entertainers? The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines an entertainer as “a person whose job is amusing or interesting Read More
An expert in the real estate sector, Patrick Aminu has appealed to Nigerians to always understand the history of the property they intend to buy. Aminu, who made this known in a chat with Blueprint further said people should not be afraid to buy a pre- foreclosed property as it is not illegal. He explained that first, anyone looking for Read More
Although, the pardon last week of former governors of Taraba state, Jolly Nyame, and Joshua Dariye of Plateau state, among 159 other convicts, by the Council of State, has drawn the ire of many Nigerians, including the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, human rights organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and fiery lawyer Femi Falana, the underlying wisdom in Read More
The Mayor of Girne, Cyprus, Engineer NiDai Gungordu, has pleddge that the citizens of the country will continue to accommodate foreigners without discrimination. He spoke in Girne, when leaders of African Nations in North Cyprus (ANNC) led by the founder, Oya Baspinarli, a Cypriot, paid him a courtesy visit. A statement issued in Cyprus over the weekend by the President Read More
Minister of Water Resources Suleiman Adamu has said that only 20% of hospitals have basic sanitation facilities, adding that this should raise concerns over the poor hygiene situations in the country. Adamu said this recently at the Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Sanitation in Abuja, noting that these statistics were abysmally low and Nigerians should show more commitment to change the narrative. Read More
Russia has given the assurance that it would continue to provide necessary assistance to ensure the safety and well-being of Nigerian citizens in the Russian Federation. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow, Russia, on the sideline of the meeting between officials of the two countries. The meeting was between the Read More
Politicians are gathering again to outdo one another through the formation of alternative platforms for elective offices. ELEOJO IDACHABA writes on the desirability or otherwise of a third force that can displace the two major political parties come 2023. As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, politicians in their usual gimmicks are devising every conceivable option to remain afloat since Read More
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Nigerians to desist from patronising unlicensed finance houses. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made the appeal Thursday in Yola at the 2022 Central Bank of Nigeria Fair. Speaking at the Fair which has as its theme “Promoting Financial stability and Economic development”, he noted that a lot of Nigeria were daily falling victims Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would continue to defend the interest of Nigerians “wherever they may be” as the nation began the evacuation of citizens stranded following the Russia-Ukraine war. The president’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, said in a statement on Friday that the president stated this Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, at a Town Hall Meeting with a Read More
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said many Nigerians have been moved out of Ukraine amidst attacks by Russia. Onyeama, who disclosed this in a ‘Daily Update’ on Nigerians in Ukraine, assured that efforts were on top gear to ensure that all Nigerians were evacuated “in safety and dignity.” According to the update: “In the last 24 hours, Read More
The world and its economies are going digital and Nigeria cannot be an exception as efforts are being made in that direction. ELEOJO IDACHABA writes what Nigeria stands to get from a digitised economy. At last, what seemed like eternity is becoming a reality as the federal government is finally working towards an integrated digital economy. At a public forum Read More
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Friday flagged off a novel issuance and re-issuance of Nigerian passports’ intervention programme in a move to ease the stress Nigerians residing in Germany faced in accessing passports. This was contained in a statement issued in Bauchi. According to the statement, the initiative came on the heels of the immense difficulties faced by Read More
Nigeria will score a first in inter modal accident investigation on the African continent if President Muhammadu Buhari assent to a bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency. The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill barely a month after the House of Representatives did same. When assented Read More
The admonition by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to Nigerians on the indiscriminate use of pesticides to eliminate insects in their homes is very necessary. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, gave the warning in a statement issued in Abuja, recently. The NAFDAC boss particularly mentioned a chemical known as Toptoxin fumigation tablets which Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the nation’s poor and vulnerable “remain top priority for protection and lifting from the poverty cycle.” The president stated this at the virtual official presentation of the Country Review Report of Nigeria. He stated this at the 31st Africa Peer Review Forum of the African Union leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday. President Read More
A new public opinion poll released by NOIPolls has revealed that the top key areas Nigerians want the government to focus its attention in 2022 are security, inflation and economy. Others are electricity, health, agriculture, education, water and roads. While result shows that 50 percent Nigerians want government to focus on security, 44 percent of Nigerians want attention focused on Read More
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