The British High Commission in Nigeria said in a statement on Friday that the three additional flights would bring the total number of people flown back to the UK from Nigeria on Government charter flights to around 2,000.
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In one of his bestsellers, The Zahir, Paulo Coelho said there are two major problems in life: knowing when to begin and knowing when to stop.
There is a popular proverb in Nigeria: “The bigger the head, the bigger the headache.” A similar idiomatic expression in Nigeria’s unique Pidgin English parlance is: “Big man, big problem.”
The Peoples Democratic Party Vice Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Peter Obi, on Saturday condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari on the death of his Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari.
Nigeria and the Republic of Chad on Thursday agreed to sustain the tempo for the defeat suffered by Boko Haram where five bases of the terror group in both countries were destroyed.
Facebook says it will be expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan African, including Nigeria
The figure was released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle.
The Federal Government has said there is a rise in the cases of community transmission of the Coronavirus Disease in the country, with fewer imported cases.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has emphasised the need for an all-inclusive relief package for Nigerians by the Government, arising from the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of solidarity to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, who is down with Coronavirus Disease.
In Nigeria, my country of close to 200 million people, the COVID-19 lockdown began on March 30 in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory. As with nations the world over, we are following the advice of a scientifically-led national action plan to halt and then defeat the spread of the virus by staying at home to save lives.
World football governing body, FIFA, has postponed the Super Eagles 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Squirrels of Republic of Benin, originally scheduled to be played in June.
The Federal Government has denied issuing licence for the deployment of Fifth Generation Mobile Networks technology in Nigeria.
QPR attacker and Tottenham transfer target Eberechi Eze has opened up about his difficult decision whether to pursue an international career with England or Nigeria.
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives said Nigeria earned a total of $32.63 billion from the oil and gas sector in 2018.
Nigeria’s Super Falcons moved up one spot from 39th to 38th in the latest FIFA Women’s World Ranking.
The Senate, on Tuesday adjourned plenary session till April 7, 2020 over the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria.
As Nigeria records 36 cases and one death from Coronavirus (Covid-19), the Federal Government says the people should brace up for tougher decisions to contain the pandemic.
A suspected human trafficker, Abubakar Suleiman, has admitted to Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team that so far, he has assisted in the trafficking of over 100 Nigerian ladies to Libya through the desert and usually charges N10,000 for each of them.
Tottenham and Liverpool have both been told to pay Lille in excess of £90 million (N39 billion) if they want to sign striker Victor Osimhen during the summer transfer window, with Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp both looking to improve their attacking line.