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President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II and Benin palace to ensure the safe custody of the Benin artefacts that were recently returned from the United kingdom.

President Buhari gave the instruction on Monday at the place of the Oba of Benin during the return of the repossessed Benin artefacts to Oba Ewuare II.

The president was represented by the Nigeria High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Amb. Sarafa Tunde Isola.

‘Our part is to ensure that these high priced objects are preserved in accordance with global best practices.

‘This will undoubtedly assist in the …

A section of a shopping complex at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos was gutted a fire that destroyed goods worth millions of naira.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the affected building is located at number 18, Otigba Street in the busy hub where mobile phones, laptops, and other gadgets worth millions of naira are sold on a daily basis.

According to sources, the fire started in the early hours of Monday and lasted a few hours before it was eventually put out.

Authorities of the Lagos State Police Command have confirmed the incident, although they said …

Less than two weeks after government forces and their allies took control of the UNESCO World Heritage town, Tigray rebels have recaptured the north Ethiopian town of Lalibela according to local residents.

Tigrayan fighters ‘are in the town centre, there’s no fighting,’ said a resident reached by telephone on Sunday afternoon.

‘They came back. They’re already here,’ said another, adding that they appeared to have come from the east, in the direction of Waldia.

‘The population, most of the people are scared. Some are running away. Most of the people, they already left because there might be a revenge. We …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Burkina Faso to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children.

In a statement on Sunday titled, ‘Nigeria/Burkina Faso governments demonstrate the political will to fight human trafficking, Sign MOU,’ Press Officer of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Adekoye Vincent said the new legal instrument was signed in Abuja at the highpoint of the 3rd Nigeria/Burkina Faso Joint Commission held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

According to him, the MOU which is expected …

The federal government has announced that it has just paid lecturers ₦30 billion Revitalisation Fund and ₦22.5 billion Earned Academic Allowance, reiterating that it has made lot of progress in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached with the university workers.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who spoke to newsmen on Sunday morning on the update of government’s engagement with ASUU, revealed that he had received confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Finance that funds had been released to the universities for the revitalisation of infrastructure and payment of earned allowances.

His words; ‘By …

No fewer than 30,000 people in northern Cameroon have fled to Chad after ethnic clashes which have so far claimed at least 22 lives erupted at the weekend.

This was confirmed on Friday by the UN’s refugee agency in a statement on Saturday.

Africa Daily News, New York gatherd that violence broke out in the border village of Ouloumsa on Sunday in a heated disagreement between herders, fishermen, and farmers over dwindling water resources, the UNHCR said in a statement issued from Geneva.

It then spread to neighbouring villages, 10 of which have been burned to the ground.

The clashes …

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Farouk Yahaya, has called on commanders in the Army to plan for a possible increase in the scope and dimension of the activities of violent Non-state actors in the coming year.

The COAS made this call while speaking at the closing ceremony of the Annual Conference in Abuja on Friday. The army chief stated that the focus in the coming year would be to develop capacities for improved performances, adding that emphasis would be placed on both individual and unit training.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that there have been attacks by …

Polish soldiers have found the body of a man next to a backpack and a Nigerian passport in a forest close to the Belarusian border, the police disclosed yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that no fewer than a dozen migrants have been found dead along the border since thousands of people, mostly from the Middle East and Africa, began trying to cross in the summer.

Aid groups warn the toll could be even higher and say freezing conditions make the crossings particularly dangerous.

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated a locally-built Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) 111 in Lagos State. 

The vessel which was built by NNS Oji, is the third of its series to be built by the Nigerian Navy, according to a statement by a presidential aide, Femi Adesina.

He quoted the President as saying during the event that the new inductions to the Naval fleet, would increase the agency’s capacity in securing the nation’s maritime domain.

‘We should note that we are in a critical period where our country is faced with a serious decline in our revenue and the …