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I Am Nigerian, This Is My Country – Princess Meghan Declares

Princess Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, says it’s been “humbling” to find out through a genealogy test that she is partly Nigerian as she met with women in the West African nation overnight. On her second day in Nigeria, where…

First Niger Oil Bound for China Blocked in West Africa Border Row

The West African nation of Benin has blocked China’s first shipment of crude oil from Niger amid an ongoing border dispute with Niger following a coup that has put a military junta in power and shaken relations with other African…

Nigerian Prof Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua emerges world’s first black woman Ph.D holder in Cybernetics

Nigerian female scholar, Professor Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, has become the first black woman to earn a doctorate degree (Ph.D) in Cybernetics in the world. Cybernetics is the scientific study of how information is communicated in machines and pieces of electronic equipment…

Niger Receives New Russian Advisers, Equipment

New Russian military advisers and military equipment have arrived in Niger, according to state television in the African country that wants U.S. forces to leave. A first set of about 100 Russian advisers had arrived in Niger on April 10…

Dangote, Adenuga, Soyinka to be honoured at book launch

Dangote, Adenuga, Soyinka to be honoured at book launch Three eminent Nigerians – foremost industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga; and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka – are among distinguished citizens to be honoured at the…

Schools, offices shut as heavy rain returns to desert UAE

Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change. A lightning storm with high winds…

Ghana’s Asante king displays return of looted treasures from British museum

Ghana’s Asante king displays return of looted treasures from British museum Visitors view artefacts returned by the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) on a three-year loan at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana, on May…

No Nigerian will work under inhuman conditions again – Akpabio

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerian workers that the National Assembly and the executive arm of government would work collaboratively to give them a living wage and better working conditions. The Senate President declared that  “No Nigerian worker…

Go Behind the Scenes of Basketmouth’s Upcoming Film “A Ghetto Love Story”

Comedian Basketmouth, known by his stage name Bright Okpocha, is stepping behind the camera for his first feature film, “A Ghetto Love Story,” scheduled for release later this year. Co-written by Basketmouth and Victoria Eze, the film avoids tired tropes…

Workers’ Day: FG declares May 1, Public Holiday

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 1, as public holiday to mark this year’s Workers’ Day. This declaration was contained in a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Aishetu Gogo…