President Buhari greets Wellington Jighere, Africa’s first World Scrabble Champion

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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

First major private oil refinery ‘begins operation in 2018’ in Nigeria

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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

Dismantle safe havens for corruption proceeds, Buhari tells world leaders

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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

Nigeria: Govt will trace stolen oil money, prosecute culprits – Buhari

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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

Buhari, Obama to hold bilateral talks in Washington DC

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

Nigeria: All stolen govt funds will be recovered – Pres. Buhari vows

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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

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari challenges African leaders to stop illegal migration to Europe

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

Mugabe takes aim at SA and Nigeria over Libyan invasion

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

Nigeria: Buhari arrives Germany, to hold talks with Obama, other G-7 leaders

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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

Nigeria: New President Muhammadu Buhari appoints spokesmen

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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

Nigeria: Govt. to hire forensic auditors over alleged missing US$20b oil money

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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

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