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Nigeria on Tuesday expressed concerns over the decision of the U.S. to exclude it from participating in the U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj event on alleged killings of Nigerians of a specific faith group. The Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN, Mr Syndoph Endoni, said the decision to...

Influential U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj says Nigeria is a beautiful nation with deep faith traditions and ”beautiful barbs” that she is eager to see. Minaj, 42, whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, made this known at a UN event in New York, highlighting the killings in Nigeria, she said...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said hunger ending by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade. By 2026 a staggering 318 million people would face crisis levels of hunger...

 Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has  presented permanent and pensionable appointment letters to the 400 newly recruited Mathematics teachers for the state’s Secondary Schools. This is contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature, in Kano on Wednesday. Yusuf described the recruitment as a direct response...

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, says the Gold and Gemstone Conference and Exhibition (GGCE) is a veritable platform to expand opportunities, deepen regional integration and chart a future for Nigeria’s mineral wealth. Alake, underscored the importance of the GGCE at a news conference held ahead of...

ASUU has warned that it will resume its nationwide strike if an agreement is not reached with President Bola Tinubu’s government. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that it will resume its nationwide strike if an agreement is not reached with President Bola Tinubu’s government at the expiration...

Mr Wike later arrived at the party secretariat at about 11:15 a.m. Crisis on Tuesday erupted at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat, as the Taminu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) and that of factional acting National Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed, clashed. The factional acting chairman, Mohammed is backed by...

If I was president, I would order the military to occupy Borno State or any state under siege by bandits or armed groups until they clear those areas,” said Mr. Abubakar. I am deeply saddened and extremely shocked and disturbed by news making the rounds of the killing of Brig....

…As police adopts five minutes response to distress call The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, CP Miller Dantawaye calling for stronger collaboration between the media and security agencies in...

A Disability Rights Advocate, Mr Stephen Waya, has raised concern over the continued delay in the release of feeding funds to rehabilitation centres in Kaduna State. According to him, the obnoxious situation has kept many students with disabilities at home eight weeks into the 2025 academic session. In a statement issued...