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Twenty residents of Bauchi State have lost their lives to Cholera while 302 others are receiving treatment in hospitals, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, said at a press briefing on Tuesday. Maigoro explained […]

Three years after detaining the Swiss-flagged vessel, San Padre Pio, for territorial waters violation and diesel smuggling, Nigeria is to release the ship after reaching an agreement with the Swiss government. The Swiss foreign ministry, […]

The Federal Government has kicked over WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy, stating that it would engage the owners, Facebook, on perceived gray areas. In a statement at the weekend, the Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday read for a second time a bill that seeks to repeal the law which grants pension and other emoluments to governors and deputies after leaving office. Affected […]

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the proposed Bill before the Senate that makes payers of ransom to kidnappers guilty of a felony and liable to 15 years in jail, with some Nigerians, including victims, […]

The burial proceedings of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior officers has been slated for Saturday in Abuja. The deceased lost their lives in a military plane crash […]

The Nigerian government says there will be no increase in the pump price of petrol in the country in June. The government said this in a statement signed by the Minister of State for Petroleum, […]

[8:41 AM, 5/21/2021] Jimi Disu: All Passport Issuing Centres have been directed to clear existing backlog of applications on or before 31st May, 2021. To this effect requests for Fresh and/or Reissue shall not be […]

By Stephen Kenechukwu The Lagos police say the report of a kidnapping incident in the Lekki area of the state is false. On Tuesday, there were reports on social media suggesting that gunmen were abducting […]

The Federal Government, yesterday, confirmed receipt of £4,214,017.66 million recovered from former Governor James Ibori of Delta State. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who made the confirmation, said […]

Abidemi Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, has spoken on his alleged involvement in a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud. Mr Rufai was arrested by officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni GOVERNOR Bababjide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, formally launched the First and Last Mile, FLM, bus scheme with 500 buses and 100 high capacity buses, under the Lagos State Bus Service Limited, […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron of France has assured President Muhammadu Buhari that his country is willing to support Nigeria with everything to overcome security threats. The two Presidents made the commitment of working […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on European countries and global financial institutions to restructure Africa’s debt portfolios and provide complete debt relief, to reduce the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The president made the […]

Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos state, has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the south-west subcommittee of the contact and strategy committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ambode, who announced the appointment […]

By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, says the 10-point declaration by 17 Southern governors in Asaba, Delta State has exposed the long years of leadership failure in the North. It said […]

Founder of Trinity Church and Convener of the African Leadership Group Pastor Itua Ighodalo has said Nigeria can only delay structural changes to its peril. He said the unitary system masquerading as federalism must give […]