WORLD BANK REPORT SHOWS DIASPORA REMITTANCE TO NIGERIA AT $19.5 BILLION IN 2023
A recent World Bank report shows that diaspora remittance to Nigeria is $19.5 billion in 2023, constituting 35 per cent of such fund transfers to sub-Saharan Africa, with decline of 2.9 per cent year-on-year. In the “Migration and Development Brief” the World Bank Group projected that global remittances are expected to grow by 2.3 per […]
NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE INTERCEPTS 40FT CONTAINER LADEN WITH VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF ARMS AT ONNE PORT IN RIVERS STATE.
The Nigeria Customs Service says its operatives have intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port in Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based […]
BORNO STATE GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO SUPPORT EL-KANEMI WARRIORS IN THEIR CONTINENTAL CAMPAIGN
Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on Youths and Sports, Idris Kemdy, says the state government would give El-Kanemi Warriors all the support needed to prosecute their continental campaign. Kemdy stated this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the 2024 President Federation Cup final at the Mobolaji Johnson […]
NIGERIAN AIR FORCE DENIES TRENDING REPORTS OF THE CRASH OF ITS HELICOPTER, SAYS AN UNMANNED DRONE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) popularly known as drone, has crashed in Kaduna on Monday morning and not its helicopter as earlier reported. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Gabkwet said preliminary investigation […]