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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the landmark agreement at the African Union (AU) summit in Niger which aims to increase trade between African countries. The first step is to cut tariffs for goods from countries within the bloc but the timeframe to do this is yet to be announced. At the moment, African countries trade only about 16% of their goods...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released timelines for the Kogi and Bayelsa Governorship elections scheduled to hold on November 16, 2019. The Commission also released timelines for party primary elections in both states. The primaries for both states is to start on August 18, 2019, to September 5, 2019. Read Also: INEC Took A “Lawless Decision” On Okorocha – Court The...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. He gave the endorsement in Niamey, Niger Republic, making Nigeria the 53rd state on the continent to append its signature to the document. Buhari signed the agreement around 10.48 am local time, as the first event at the opening of the 12th Extra Ordinary Summit of the...

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday departed Abuja for Niamey, Niger Republic to attend the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Niamey. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president along with members of entourage departed the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at...

Hosts Egypt crashed out of 2019 AFCON after a late Thembinkosi Lorch goal gave South Africa a 1-0 win in Cairo in a Round of 16 clash. The 1996 champions will now meet three-times champions Nigeria on Wednesday in the quarter-finals. The Pharaohs were left stunned as Thembinkosi Lorch’s late strike silenced the home fans giving South Africa a 1-0 victory. Having...

By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Chief Ndudi Elumelu and six other members of House of Representatives for one month over the minority leadership tussle in the lower chamber. The other suspended members are Wole Oke, Lynda Ikpeazu, Anayo Edwin, Gideon Gwadi, Toby Okechukwu and Adekoya Abdul-Majid. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, announced this at...

By Bodunde Tenabe NIEPA Nigeria Ondo has organized a workshop towards building the capacities of Board members of Bayelsa Education Development Trust Fund (BEDTF). The workshop held in Warri, Delta State was targeted at the Chairman, Executive Secretary and the upper echelon of the board, and aimed at building their capacities to better support the development of education in Bayelsa...

By Bodunde Tenabe The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Youth Council (EYC) has conferred on the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), Professor Lilian Imuetinyan Salami, The Distinguished African Female Personality of the Year Award. The honor was presented on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by the Youth Council...

It was a moment of glory for Nigeria at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt on Saturday evening when the country’s senior national team, the Super Eagles, shot down defending champions Indomitable Lions of Cameroun to power into the quarter-finals. Man of the match Odion Ighalo put Nigeria ahead in the 19th minute but two quick goals...

Former Ogun State Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Olusegun Osoba, has sensationally revealed how elders of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere and the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD), destroyed Chief Olu Falae’s chance of becoming Nigeria’s president in 1999. Osoba, a former Managing Director of Daily Times, made the revelation in an interview with journalists,...