Nigeria

The minister stated this when he received a delegation from the Africa-Asia Rural Development Organisation (AARDO) led by Secretary General of the Organisation, Eng. Wassfi Hassan El Sreihin in his office in Abuja.

The Federal Government said that electricity generation from hydro sources could reach 19,000 megawatts if fully harnessed.

National Health Insurance Scheme on Tuesday urged health workers to treat patients with respect and dignity in order to ease access to healthcare.

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Engr. Kailani Mohammad, in Kaduna has said, all efforts to pull down President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2019 general elections will not succeed, stressing that, the presidential election will just be a walk over for the incumbent president and the party.

A United States-based Nigerian Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Prof. Diuto Esiobu, has urged Nigerians to embrace biotechnology certification, saying it will boost the economy and generate at least $1bn in the near future.

The Nigerian government will unveil the name and logo of the new national airline on Wednesday.

Iceland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson stepped down on Tuesday, a few weeks after leading the tiny nation at its first World Cup.

The Lagos headquarters of ExxonMobil has been shut down by the company’s workers’ unions over the alleged dismissal of 860 security personnel without entitlement.

The federal government has concluded arrangements to begin the enrolment of all military personnel on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), scheme from July 30.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday called for a reduction in cement price, while inaugurating the 350 million dollars BUA Cement Plant at Kalambaina, Sokoto State.

A Magistrate Court, in Enugu North Magisterial District, Tuesday, ordered the Attorney-General of Enugu State and the Nigeria Prisons Service to produce members of Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) incarcerated since May 24.

The former President of Mauritius, Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, is expected to arrive the country on Wednesday for the 3rd edition of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) 2018 Women in Development Enterprise Across African Programme and Power Lunch.

Nigeria midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo, has revealed that he turned down Premier League interest this summer before opting to join English Championships club, Stoke City.

Chief Chris Giwa, President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said that FIFA, the world soccer governing body, has not communicated its ban threat to the NFF.

Nigeria have been confirmed as the hosts of the 2021 edition of the WAFU Cup of Nations.

A former governorship aspirant and chieftain of Accord Party (AP) in Ogun State, Omooba Segun Adewale, has decried the alleged vote buying in the just concluded Ekiti governorship election, describing the development as “worrisome and detrimental to Nigeria’s democracy”.

Nigeria will need N254 billion (N254,445,322,600) to prosecute the 2019 general election, a letter sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate has indicated. The letter sought the approval of the sum which will be drawn from the 2018 and 2019 budgets.

The Nigerian government will send a plane to repatriate the 200 defrauded Nigerian citizens currently stranded in Russia.