London, Feb. 14, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The government of Nigeria has announced a N36m cash prize for any Nigerian that finds cure for coronavirus and Lassa fever. Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is currently ravaging China, with about a thousand deaths so far recorded, while many others in several countries are infected. READ ALSO: LESOTHO, THE TINY ...

 London, Feb. 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria has secured a grant of more than $1 million from the U.S. government for technical and financial work on a power plant project in the capital Abuja, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) said on Tuesday. The money will go towards the 1,350 megawatt NNPC-Abuja Independent Power Project plant ...

London, Feb. 8, 2020 (AltAfrica)- The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Nigeria, says it is working towards blocking about 10 billion dollars tax leakages by multinational corporations operating in the country who engaged in illicit profit shifting FIRS Executive Chairman, Mr Muhammad Nami said this at the 2020 Corporate Plan Retreat of the service in ...

London, Feb. 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The United States and Nigeria voiced hope Tuesday that the Trump administration would soon lift onerous visa restrictions slapped on Africa’s most populous country, which said it was “blindsided” by its ally. On a previously scheduled visit to Washington, Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said he sought more information on President ...

London, Feb. 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian government is desperately shopping for about N100bn, the amount needed to reactivate the abandoned fishing terminals in Akwa Ibom State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, stated this on Saturday after a tour of the facilities located at Akai Ebughu and Ibaka ...

London, Dec. 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian government is planning to meet the U.S. government to discuss areas of concern and resolves is issues that necessitated the country being placed on Watch List over religious freedom. The position came hours after the information minister, Lai Mohammed rejected the US designation of Nigeria as a country that engages ...

London, Dec. 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ahead of the full implementation of the the African free trade agreement,  AfCFTA , Nigerian government says Citizens of other African countries travelling to Nigeria will from January 2020 be able to get their visas at the point of entry. This was stated by Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday at the Aswan Forum ...

London, Dec. 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Federal Government on Monday directed the Accountant General of the Federation to publish daily treasury summary statements of financial inflows and outflows. Also, the AGF is to publish daily reports of all payments above N10 million to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). President Muhammadu Buhari gave the directives at the ...

London, Nov. 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The government of Nigeria has officially opened its new Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS), the biggest and most comprehensive in the world, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja The Nigeria Immigration Service, opened the new Migration Information and Data Analysis System to enable immigration and border officials ...

By Simon Kolawole London, Nov. 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-I don’t know about you, but I would say one of the most iconic images of the Buhari administration so far is the one released to the media on Monday, November 4. President Muhammadu Buhari — with a Hausa cap sitting comfortably on his head, a green pen ...