The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 108 stranded Nigerians from Tripoli, Libya. The returnees, who were assisted back to the country through a special intervention of the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, arrived aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800, with registration number 5A-DMG, at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja. Among …

Nigerians have been advised to embrace cycling as alternative means of transportation in the midst of fuel subsidy removal in the country. At the celebration of the 2023 World Bicycle Day on Saturday, Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Joshua Adekanye said that it is advisable for the general public to make use of bicycles …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has reassured the public of the safety of its server and data as they prepare for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that a staff of commission’s Comptroller of Chanchaga Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State, Mr Sanusi Maigida said that the NPC server was hacked. Maigida had …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed plans to evacuate over 2,000 Nigerians in crisis-hit Sudan this morning. This came on a day management of Air Peace expressed its willingness to evacuate Nigerians stranded in the Horn of Africa country free of charge. This is even as the Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa also …

The Federal Government said it is making preparations to evacuate about 5,500 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan through the Egyptian town of Luxor. The government said it was seeking Egypt’s support so that the stranded Nigerians could be moved to Luxor. The Director of Special Duties of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), who doubles as Chairman of NEMA’s Committee …

Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that Nigerians have lost confidence in the government. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke virtually from Washington at the inauguration of the Transition Council of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, in Aba, regretted that the political class in the country had dashed the hopes of the electorate. Delivering …

Nigerians seeking employment in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have been warned against falling prey to online scammers advertising job applications. The Punch reports that the apex bank disassociated itself from a fake recruitment portal purportedly hiring employees for the bankers’ bank. In a statement issued on Thursday, April 13, by the acting director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, the …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said it had received 104 stranded Nigerians from N’Djamena, Chad Republic, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. The Coordinator of the Kano Territorial Office of the agency, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi announced this while receiving the returnees yesterday in Kano. Represented by Suleiman Sa’ad-Abubakar, the Head of Human Resources at NEMA …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) on Thursday in Enugu assured depositors of the safety of their money against unusual bank failures. The assurance was given by the Senior Manager, Enugu Zonal Office of NDIC, Mr Othman Afolayan who represented the Managing Director, Mr Bello Hassan at the NDIC Day at the ongoing 34th Enugu International Trade Fair. He said …

Following the Super Eagles’ lackluster 0-1 outcome against Guinea-Bissau in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Friday, top football stakeholders in the nation have urged the Nigeria Football Federation to fire the coach, José Peseiro. With three games remaining, the Djurtus from the West African nation go one point …