The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has said that Nigeria requires an all-of-society approach to curtail the various forms of insecurity facing it. At the opening of a two-day workshop on “Use of Broadcasting in Complementing the Military in Conflict Mitigation and Management” on Thursday in Abuja, General Irabor, who was represented by the Director of Training …

Lagos, Ogun, Kano and Oyo States, and the Federal Capital Territory were the top five locations with mobile internet subscriptions in Nigeria last year. Collectively, the five areas accounted for 33.52 per cent (51.90 million) of the mobile subscriptions (154.85 million) in the country in 2022, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS had revealed …

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital today, 36 days to his inauguration as the country’s sixth Executive President. Tinubu travelled out of the country about a month ago. According to his communication team, he jetted to Paris, France to have a rest after a hectic election campaign, and to also preform the lesser hajj in …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed disapproval of subsidy policies for certain commodities in Nigeria, Kenya, and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, giving reasons why it should be scrapped. At the just concluded World Bank and IMF Spring meetings in Washington DC, United, IMF’s Director of African Department, Mr Abebe Selassie, however, indicated that the institution would not interfere …

Direct flights between Israel and Nigeria will begin on 20th April, the Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Mr Michael Freeman said in Abuja on Saturday. “On 20th April, we will be starting direct air links between Israel and Nigeria; there will be twice weekly flights from Lagos, Abuja, and Tel Aviv with Air Peace Airline. “This would not have been …

As the 2023 edition of the World Bank Group (WBG) Spring meetings draw to a close today in Washington DC, United States of America, Nigeria’s participation, for the first time ever, appears to have been coloured with policy protest coming from civil society groups. On the sidelines of the meetings, Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CSLAC), one …

Against the backdrop of the imminent assumption of office, the World Bank Group (WBG) has given a long list of challenges that need to be addressed in the immediate term by the new leadership of the Federal Government. At a press briefing on Thursday during the ongoing Spring Meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions in Washington D.C., United States, WBG …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has assured that the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will be the best ever conducted in the history of the country. NPC’s Federal Commissioner in Gombe State, Mr Abubakar Danburam stated this in Gombe on Tuesday during the inauguration of a 16-member Advocacy and Logistics Committee for the 2023 Population and Housing Census in …

United Kingdom-based Prophet, Tomi Arayomi has taken to social media to relive his experience in the hands of agents of the Department of State Services (DSS), who whisked him, his wife, Prophetess Tahmar, and his aide away on Good Friday in Abuja. Arayomi, the founder of RIG Nation and Pioneer Church was in the country with his wife to minister …

Nigerian weightlifter, Adenike Olarinoye has been appointed into the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa’s Athlete’s Commission (ANOCA). According to the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Mr Tony Nezianya, the appointment was approved at an ANOCA forum held in Algiers, Algeria. Nezianya also said that NOC Secretary-General, Mr Tunde Poopola congratulated Olarinoye and said that …