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The first batch of Nigerians who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan arrived in the country late Wednesday. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission made this known in a terse statement on its Twitter page early Thursday. Sharing photos of the evacuees, the commission tweeted, “The first batch of Nigerians who fled...

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate the manufacturing, use importation, sales and possession of explosives in the country. The passage followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines, Steel Development and Metallurgy, chaired by Senator Tanko Al-Makura. Section 11...

By Augustine Aminu The Global Peace Movement International ,UK has condemned the deliberate massive destruction of operations of Air Peace by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress describing it as evil. The Management of Nigerian Airline, Air Peace has raised the alarm in a statement on Wednesday...

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, unveiled projects executed by the administration of the state’s governor, Nyesom Wike. Tinubu unveiled the Rumuokwuta-Rumuola Flyover and the Chief Magistrate’s court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He shared pictures from the event via his verified Twitter handle. Expressing his gratitude, he wrote, “I...

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons,NAPTIP, has raised alarm on the plight of Nigerian young women working as domestic workers in Iraq. NAPTIP said most of the Nigerian young women working there are exploited in diverse ways on daily basis and now requesting for assistance to return...

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says the current loss of electricity supply in Imo State is as a result of an ongoing industrial action by organised labour. The company said that workers, under the organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), are...

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu has arrived in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital for the inauguration of some projects in the state. Tinubu was received by Governor Nyesom Wike and his entourage on Wednesday at the Port Harcourt International Airport. The jet that conveyed the President-elect landed around 10:00am on...

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), says an Air Peace aircraft has landed in Egypt to airlift stranded Nigerian students in the war torn Sudan to Nigeria Dabiri-Erewa, who made the announcement in a tweet on Tuesday evening, said the aircraft would take students who had...

Amid ongoing conflict in Sudan, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says the Nigerian Embassy in Egypt has successfully moved evacuees from the Sudanese side to the Egyptian side of the Arqeel Border. The commission on Tuesday evening stated further that the students were being prepared for their departure to...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, in Abuja, said his regime had delivered change to Nigerians, especially in the area of affordable housing. Appraising his regime’s performance in office during the inauguration of a housing estate in Zuba, Abuja, on Tuesday, the President claimed that the new housing estate was addressing...