Umotong explains Brighton's role in Nigeria's Women's World Cup miss

The 26-year-old missed competing on the global stage with the Super Falcons in 2019 during her time with the Seagulls Ini Umotong has admitted that her poor run of goalscoring at Brighton cost her a place in Nigeria's 2019 Women's World Cup squad.  …

We’re committed to buying, promoting Made in Nigeria vehicles – FG

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the briefings which will subsequently involve other cabinet members and some heads and Chief Executive Officers of critical agencies and organisations, are meant to showcase the achievements of the Buhari-led …

Nigeria’s 5m homes solar power initiative groundbreaking project – Osinbajo

The initiative was designed to boost ongoing efforts to fix Nigeria’s energy supply challenge. Under the arrangement, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) will drive the implementation while private companies will install and manage the home systems, …

Nigeria receives new aircraft for COVID-19 vaccines distribution

The new acquisition puts the airline atop other cargo operators in the continent. The airline is also the first cargo airline in Africa to attain the IOSA certificate and has continued to renew it since 2016. Sirika said that the aircraft, fitted for …

Hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria, government official says

Hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted in the early hours of Friday when armed men raided a state-run school in Zamfara State, north-west Nigeria, a government official told CNN. The schoolgirls were taken from their hostels by gunmen who raided the …

Hundreds of schoolgirls missing in northern Nigeria after attack on their school in Zamfara state, residents say

Nigeria's Zamfara attack: Hundreds of schoolgirls feared abducted

Gunmen abduct school students in Nigeria

Unidentified gunmen on Friday abducted scores of students after storming an all-girl school in Nigeria, an official said. Abubakar Dauran, Zamfara State Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, who confirmed the information to reporters in the state …

Ghana, Nigeria explore exchanges to develop gender policy

A two-day exchange programme between the Ghana and Nigeria Immigration Services is underway in Accra to deliberate on progress made, so far, in developing a gender policy strategy. The exchange programme would provide opportunity for both the Ghana …

Nigeria won’t progress without infrastructure borrowing –Ahmed

…says supplementary budget for COVID-19 vaccination underway Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that Nigeria’s economy will regress and get stunted if the country refuses to borrow to build infrastructures. Ahmed, who …