Tag: Border closure, Minister, Nigerians
Nigerians will benefit from border closure — Minister
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba-Shehuri, says Nigerians would benefit from the closure of the country’s land borders...
Nigerians are eating expired rice, says Hameed Ali
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has said that Nigerians are eating expired foreign rice re-bagged and smuggled into the...
90m Nigerians living in extreme poverty, says FG
Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has said that no fewer than 90 million Nigerians,...
Osinbajo begs Nigerians to bear with FG over border closure
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday begged Nigerians to bear with the government over the closure of the border with neighbouring countries. Osinbajo speaking...
Lai Mohammed: Nigerians must endure pains of border closure
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says ” there is no gain without pain” and Nigerians must endure the temporary effects of the border...
Another batch of 161 Nigerians return from Libya
Another batch of 161 stranded Nigerians from Libya arrived on Thursday barely 48 hours after 161 returnees were received at the Murtala Muhammed...
161 Nigerians arrive from Libya on Independence Day
As the nation celebrates her 59th independence anniversary, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received another batch of 161 stranded Nigerian...
Navy arrests Nigerians, foreigners for illegal fishing
The Nigerian Navy has arrested two fishing trawlers named ORC 5 and Cynthia belonging to ORC Fishing and Food Processing Limited along the Brass coastline in...
Navy intercepts fishing trawlers, arrests Nigerians, foreigners for alleged illegal fishing activities in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy has arrested two fishing trawlers named ORC 5 and CYNTHIA belonging to ORC Fishing and Food Processing Limited along the Brass coastline in...
More Nigerians return from South Africa
The second batch of 315 Nigerians returned from South Africa on Wednesday at about 7:22 p.m. at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,...
2 Nigerians, 4 others arrested in India for drug deal
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized Afghan Heroin worth more than Rs 30 crore (about $4.2million) and arrested six persons, including two...
FG to give Nigerians who fled South Africa loan, airtime
The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that Nigerians who fled South Africa over xenophobic attacks...
