Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government signed last Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chinese firm Huawei that provides for 2,000 ICT trainee jobs to young Nigerians next year. The MOU was signed at the office of the … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari called early Sunday Australia, to congratulate Wellington Jighere the first African and Nigerian to emerge World Scrabble Champion. Wellington Jighere, 36, defeated Lewis Mackay of Cambridge, England, by 448 points to 426 … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s efforts to end the importation of petroleum products for domestic consumption will get a boost when the country’s first major privately-owned oil refinery begins operation in 2018. According to local media reports, work is progressing … Read More
New York, UN (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to strengthen the mechanism aimed at dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption. President Buhari made the call in his address at the 70th General … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who stashed away ill-gotten oil money, freeze and recover the loot and prosecute the culprits. President Buhari made the vow Tuesday … Read More
Africa-Afrique (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the US on July 20, to hold bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington DC. The visit will underscore the US longstanding friendship with Nigeria, the commitment to strengthening and expanding US … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari assured Tuesday the nation that all public funds stolen by government officials would be recovered, and that the days of impunity, lack of accountability and fiscal recklessness in the management of national … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged African leaders to do everything possible to reverse the ‘ugly trend’ of African youths dying in droves while attempting to illegally migrate to Europe in search of ‘better life’. … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has slammed both South Africa and Nigeria at the African Union Summit because they had both voted for a United Nations Security Council Resolution in 2011 which authorised military action against … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Munich, Germany, Sunday afternoon to begin a two-day official visit, during which he will participate in the G-7 Outreach programme for invited heads of government and global institutions. President Buhari … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday appointed two spokesmen in the first set of appointments into his three-day-old administration. According to a State House statement, President of the umbrella Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and current … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s federal government is to hire independent forensic auditors to examine the books of the state-owned oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to unravel whether or not it failed to remit oil revenues to the … Read More
