The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and its humanitarian partners on Wednesday launched an inter-agency funding appeal of $157 million for people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin region. Kelly Clements, Deputy UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said at the appeal launch in Niamey that “the Boko Haram crisis
Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo was conspicuously absent at Wednesday launch of his new pet project, the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CN) that aims at unseating President Muhammadu Buhari next year. Obasanjo in his last week’s ‘Special Statement’ to President Buhari titled ‘The Way Out: A clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria movement’ Urged the president not
President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to review the entire national security architecture to tackle the nation’s challenges and ensure peaceful co-existence of Nigerians. The made this known in a letter to the Senate President,Bukola Saraki, in a letter dated January 25, 2018, read by Saraki during Wednesday’s plenary. “Action is being initiated and I expect to
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) is set to commence work on its proposed $3 billion (N1.08 trillion) refinery in two states in the federation. The National President of the association, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. IPMAN had
President George Weah of Liberia pledged to cut his salary by 25 per cent on Monday, in a nationwide address in which he warned of tough times ahead for a “broke” country. “The state of the economy that my administration inherited leaves a lot to do and to be decided,” the former international soccer star
Some residents of Anambra have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring the commencement of work at the second Niger Bridge. Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Monday, that the president’s fulfillment of his promise indicated that it was dear to his heart. NAN reports that the
President Muhammadu Buhari departed for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, AU, on Friday. The highlight of the President’s engagements during the visit was his speech under the historic theme for the AU Summit, namely: “Winning the Fight
No fewer than 20 Fulani herdsmen have arrived in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. According to the herdsmen, they were in the state to “settle and graze”. This was made known by the Ogun State Police Command in a statement on Monday through its spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi said the herdsmen have been profiled and
Nigeria’s stocks have been rated among the world’s best-performers in the past four months. Bloomberg reported on Monday that the good performance was as a result of foreign investors. The New York-based financial software, data, and media company, said net foreign inflows to Nigerian equities totalled 337 billion naira ($940 million) last year, the first
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youths Renaissance has reacted to the scathing remarks made against President Muhammadu Buhari by the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare. The group, which threatened to expose the cleric, said Pastor Bakare had formed the habit of constantly criticizing the government without