Nigeria

THE United States has declared its readiness to help Nigeria to uncover the individuals behind the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, stated this yesterday during a chat with journalists in…

A prominent group, under the auspices of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (CNEPD), has de­manded the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Baba­gana Monguno (rtd.) following…

MINISTER of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has reassured that Nigeria cannot go the way of Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with…

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 357 new cases of the dreaded Coronavirus with Rivers leading the pack. Data from the public health agency showed that the South-south state recorded 170 new infections yesterday, placing…

THE Indonesian government has formally apologised to the Nigerian government over the manhandling of its diplomat in the South-East Asian country. A video of an accredited Nigerian diplomat, m Mohammed Buba, being rough-handled by…

THE government of Indonesia has apologised to Nigeria over the manhandling of a Nigerian Embassy staff by immigration officers. The country's Ambassador to Nigeria, Usra Hendra Harahap, ten­dered the apology yesterday when he was summoned…

NIGERIA women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have crashed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after losing to Japan in their final group game this morning. The Otis Hughley-led team had lost their previous two game against the United States…

THE People’s Republic of China has assured Nigerians that the country would not slip into a debt trap since its loans are mutually beneficial. Cui Jianchun, the country's Ambassador to Nigeria, gave this assurance yesterday while…