2019: My nomination as vice presidential candidate is about the masses, says Peter Obi
Former Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi says his choice as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to ennoble…
Ngene, Cole, Diala win Nigeria LNG prize for science, literature
Winners of the 2018 Nigeria LNG Prize for Science, Literary and Literature at a presentation, Friday night in Lagos. (NAN Photo) Dr Peter Ngene, Soji Cole…
UN, U.S. ‘shocked’ as Saudi confirms journalist Khashoggi killed
The United Nations and the United States have expressed shock at Saudi Arabia’s confirmation that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its Consulate in Istanbul…
Minimum Wage: FG urges organised labour to accept offer
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige The Federal Government has urged Organised Labour to accept the new minimum wage proposal, considering the capacity and ability of…
INEC insists no extension of deadline for submission of candidates’ list
(INEC officials at the Aso Hall, International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, the venue of the submission of list on Friday (NAN/Photo) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will…
CBN injects $337m, CNY53m into Inter-Bank Forex Market
In another round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday, injected over 337 million dollars in the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. The CBN also intervened…
Facebook Expands its Fact-Checking Programme to Nigeria with Africa Check and AFP
L-R: Communications Manager, Sub Sahara Africa, Kezia Anim-Addo; Public Lead, Anglophone West Africa, Akua Gyekye, and Strategic Media Partnerships Manager, Sub Sahara Africa, Jocelyne Muhutu-Rémy, all of Facebook…
Uber launches Safety Toolkit for riders and drivers
Uber has announced the launch of its new Safety Toolkit which, over the next few weeks, will be rolled out to the millions of riders, drivers…
Twitter pulls down bot network that pushed pro-Saudi talking points about missing Khashoggi
Twitter has suspended a network of suspected Twitter bots on Thursday that pushed pro-Saudi Arabia talking points about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the…
Odinkalu, at GOCOP lecture, lists threats to 2019 election
Professor Chidi Odinkalu, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission has identified electoral violence, hate speech and political innumeracy as some of the major threats capable of undermining the…