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Stakeholders at a national conference on building a community of practice for the promotion of freedom of religion in Nigeria, have said that tolerance and respect for fundamental human rights are central to peaceful coexistence and overall development.

Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy’s 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme has received a boost with participants set to receive some 1,144 devices.

From the House of Representatives came assurances that it would put in place measures aimed at wooing investors from Switzerland into the country.

Delta State government, yesterday, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Serendib Capital, United Kingdom (UK), to join other world nations to endorse the restoration of mangrove forest, sea grass protection and preservation of the ecosystem for conservation and environmental sustainability. 

President Bola Tinubu says his administration will ensure that Nigeria is reformed for greater efficiency towards fairness and equity in all aspects of national life.

The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone has warned its citizens about the consumption of several herbal products found to contain high levels of sildenafil citrate, a prescription drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension. The herbal products include Coco Samba, Olekoko Akson Bitters, Oga Abeg, and Good Time Natural Herbal Formula. The…

Nigerian authorities have detained two senior officials of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The detention of the officials came a day after Nigeria's central bank governor Olayemi Cardoso said that about $26 billion mostly from unknown sources flowed through the exchange in the last one year. Nigeria last week…

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has described education as the foundation of civilization explaining why it is top priority in the Six Smart Agenda programme of his administration. Lawal spoke on Wednesday at the flag off distribution of teaching and learning materials to 250 public primary and junior secondary schools throughout the state. The items…

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says prepaid meter upgrade is free of charge to customers within the company’s franchise network in South-East.

The City Management Team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has demolished illegal shanties and structures of Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, turned down the report of its Ad-hoc Committee that investigated the alleged irregularities and corruption in the acquisition of OVH Energy Marketing by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The Hon. Hassan Abubakar Nalaraba-led Committee's report was discarded after it was debated at plenary on Tuesday due to…

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) to holistically investigate the cancellation of $2.4 billion worth of forward contracts sold to manufacturers by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Recently, CBN had announced the invalidation of approximately $2.4 billion worth of forward contracts sold to manufacturers. According…