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*Senate President, Ahmad Lawan (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday called for more engagement between Nigeria’s National Assembly and the Egyptian parliament, with a view to sharing ideas that will address the challenges common to the two countries.

*Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State (Nigeria) A social political pressure group, Urhobo Peoples Assembly for Okowa, UPAO, is to embark on a door to door mosquito campaign for Okowa re-election and other candidates of the party from now till eve of the governorship election.

*Mr  Felix Obuah, Rivers State chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP (Nigeria) Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr  Felix Obuah has joined millions of Rivers people to commemorate the successful entry into the New Year 2019, even as he applauded the monumental achievements of Governor Nyesom Wike.

*Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara (Nigeria)  Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has urged Muhammadu Buhari to immediately constitute the North East Development Commission, NEDC, so that the region can be developed and the people in the North East reintegrated.

*Ademola Adeleke (Nigeria) Osun State governorship candidate of the Peoples  Democratic Party, PDP,  Ademola Adeleke, has written a letter to diplomatic missions in Nigeria, informing them that his life was under threat.

*Polluted Ogoni land in Rivers State (Nigeria) Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has said that the Nigerian government and the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited ought to be ashamed of their conduct in Ogoniland rather than speak of cleanup plans for Ogoni as an achievement.

*Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa (Nigeria) Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the renewed killing of Nigerians by fellow Nigerians in South Africa as worrisome and a “dangerous trend.”

*Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture (Nigeria) Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has thanked All Progressives Congress, APC, members and supporters in Kwara State for their unflinching commitment to ensuring that the party emerges stronger than ever in the state, following the defection of some National Assembly members in the state.

(Nigeria) Special Assistant on Projects to the Executive Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Mr Mbuotidem Affia, has said that his desire to contest for one of the seats in the State   House of Assembly next year is to develop his constituency neglected   by both the federal and state governments.

*Dr. Bukola Saraki, President of Nigerian Senate (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday addressed the Upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament known as the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in Moscow.

British Deputy High Commissioner, Ms Laure Beaufils (right) and Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, discuss strategic areas of partnership on the sideline of the Senate Roundtable on Migration and Human Trafficking, held in Benin City.   (Nigeria) Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has commenced talks with the British High Commission and the United Nations Women on areas of partnership spanning resettlement of victims of human trafficking and empowerment.

(Nigeria) Nigeria retained its top ranking as the number one source of African students studying in the United States, according to the 2017 Open Doors Report released. The International Educational Exchange data released by the Institute of International Education, IIE,AL shows that there are 11, 710 Nigerian students currently pursuing their educational goals in the United States, an increase of  9.7 percent over 2016.  Kenya ranks second among African countries with a total of 3189 students in the U.S. and Ghana comes in third with 3111 students.  Overall, the number of African students in the United States climbed to 37,735, an increase of 6.7 percent from 2015/2016.  Fifty six percent are pursuing undergraduate degrees and 28.7 percent are involved in graduate studies. The report also said the overall number of international students in the United States increased by three percent over the previous year.   This marks the eleventh consecutive ye...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun (2nd left) in a handshake with the Ambassador/Head of the Delegation of the European Union, EU, to Nigeria and to ECOWAS, Ketil Karlsen (2nd right) when the ambassador visited the APC National Chairman at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Thursday. They are flanked by the APC National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni (right) and the EU’s Head of Politics, Press and Information Section, Pauline Torehall (left). (Nigeria) The Ambassador/Head of the Delegation of the European Union, EU, to Nigeria and to ECOWAS, Ketil Karlsen on Thursday visited the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC,   Chief John Odigie-Oyegun at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Army has denied allegation that Islamic State, ISIS had in an ambush against Nigerian Army convoy, executed 30 soldiers on Friday.

(Nigeria) Avocats Sans Frontières France, ASF France, has joined in the call for the abolition of death penalty in the country, as the world to mark the 15th anniversary of the World Day against the Death penalty.

(Nigeria) As the world marks the World Day Against the use of the Death Penalty with the theme “Poverty and the death penalty,” a rights group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has reaffirmed its position that the abolition of death penalty in law and practice should be the firm desire of the Nigerian government as death penalty is cruel and inhumane treatment, which has no place in modern society.

*Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (Nigeria) The Buhari Presidency is making specific efforts to enable the private sector to thrive specifically by undertaking extensive 'ease of doing business' reforms, in addition to on-going investment in infrastructure, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

*Governor Henry Dickson B ayelsa State (Nigeria) Bayelsa State governor, Mr Henry Dickson, has called for better business relationship between the Afro-American community and Nigeria.

*Customs officials inspecting one of the seized arm shipment (Nigeria) The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has expressed concerned over 2671 Pump Action rifles imported from Turkey which appears to suggest complicity of Turkish government.

(Nigeria) The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and it's leadership worldwide under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have described as illegal and unconstitutional, the alleged declaration by the Nigerian Army that it is a terrorist group.