’94m Nigerians Currently Live Below Poverty Line’

’94m Nigerians Currently Live Below Poverty Line’

Oxfam International says no fewer than 94,470,535 million people in Nigeria live below extreme poverty line, according to the latest World Poverty Clock. Mr Constant Tchona, Oxfam International Country Director in Nigeria, said this on Monday in Abuja at the...
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Only Lazy Persons Consider Politics as a Profession – Ex-SSG

Only Lazy Persons Consider Politics as a Profession – Ex-SSG

Former Secretary to Kaduna State Government, Alhaji Sama’ila Yakawada, on Thursday said it is only in Nigeria that politics is considered a profession. He described politics as job for lazy persons, adding that the situation had remained so because the ...
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‘Buhari Concludes Plans for Return of Tolls on Federal Roads’

‘Buhari Concludes Plans for Return of Tolls on Federal Roads’

'Buhari Concludes Plans for Return of Tolls on Federal Roads'
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America President Donald Trump Writes Nigeria, says Buhari Should…

America President Donald Trump Writes Nigeria, says Buhari Should…

President Donald Trump of the U.S. has congratulated Nigeria on her 59th Independence Anniversary.
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How Power Outage Caused Multi-million Dollar Facility Loss for WHO in Nigeria

How Power Outage Caused Multi-million Dollar Facility Loss for WHO in Nigeria

NewswatchNigeria can report that World Health Organisation (WHO) vaccination storage facility at the Ayegbaju Market in Osogbo, was on Saturday razed by fire.
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NIGERIA: Why I Entrusted Women with Nation’s Treasury – Buhari

NIGERIA: Why I Entrusted Women with Nation’s Treasury – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says placing women in strategic positions of his government, like the financial sector, is to ensure effective management of limited resources, and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness. The president gave the insight into his pr...
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Opinion: Xenophobia Gives Nigerians More Reasons to Appreciate Home

Opinion: Xenophobia Gives Nigerians More Reasons to Appreciate Home

Welcome back home. …Welcome. Dear brotherly welcome. For sure those beasts will leave to regret their actions. In life you don't value what you have utill you lose it. I know South Africans will surely regret their actions sooner than later and it will too l...
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Custom: Why Nigerian Borders will Remain Closed Until …

Custom: Why Nigerian Borders will Remain Closed Until …

Retired Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says Nigeria’s borders will remain closed until the country and its neighbours agree on existing ECOWAS protocol on movement.
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Xenophobia: Video Highlight as Nigerians Fleeing South Africa Land-in-Lagos

Xenophobia: Video Highlight as Nigerians Fleeing South Africa Land-in-Lagos

After many hours of waiting and anxiety, the Boeing 777 aircraft belonging to Air Peace that evacuated Nigerians from South Africa has landed at the Lagos Airport. The aircraft touched down at 9.37 pm and taxied to the cargo wing of the airport.
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How Deadly ‘Nexophobia, Afrophobia’ in South Africa Led to Political Fallout with Nigeria

How Deadly ‘Nexophobia, Afrophobia’ in South Africa Led to Political Fallout with Nigeria

How Deadly 'Nexophobia, Afrophobia' in South Africa Led to Political Fallout with Nigeria
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