The recall takes effect immediately, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs has been directed to take the necessary administrative and diplomatic steps to give effect to this directive.

IT was a sunny, hot day in Oshodi, Lagos. And as usual the streets were commercially active with shoppers and sellers of goods at the numerous shops and the sidewalks struggling for space with motorists and pedestrians.

Nollywood actress Angela Okorie has publicly apologised to her colleague Mercy Johnson weeks after her arrest and detention over alleged cyber-related offences linked to their long-running feud.

The Governor Umar Namadi-led Jigawa State Government is translating federal livestock reforms into subnational action through strategic partnerships aligned with the Jigawa State Agricultural Transformation Policy. A major milestone in this effort was the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Jigawa State Government and El‑Meena Farms Ltd, which launched the Jigawa Alfalfa Value Chain Development […]

US-based Nigerian music professional and a member of the Grammy Recording Academy, Richardine Bartee, has offered a simple explanation as to why South African singer Tyla beat Davido and other nominees to win the Best African Performance category award at the just concluded 68th Grammy ceremony.

There have been many African musicians and singers who have graced the Grammy stage at one time or another.

​When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria’s National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified as his priorities human asset development, poverty reduction and fighting insecurity.  Last week, his official spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, appeared to forget or renounce that policy direction, when he acknowledged […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have in the last 24 hours recorded major operational successes across multiple theatres, rescuing kidnapped victims, arresting criminal suspects.

Former governors of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa and Owelle Rochas Okorocha, were absent as the state honoured its past governors—both living and deceased—at the grand finale of activities marking its Golden Jubilee celebration.

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