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The Lagos State Government has auctioned 83 forfeited vehicles for violating the state’s Transport Sector Reform Law 2018. In a statement issued on Monday by the Director of Public Affairs in the Ministry of Justice, Kayode Oyekanmi, the move is sequel to the orders of the Special Offences Mobile Court set up by the state […]

Following the move to reopen the Lekki Tollgate, many Nigerians mostly youths, have taken to social media threatening to stage another protest. Youth representatives at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Saturday had opposed the reopening of the Lekki toll gate arguing that reopening the toll-gate at this time would be hasty and premature. […]

+ A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel, who is an accountant and the church’s treasurer, was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada […]

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed suggestions that he is being touted as the country’s next president, noting that only God knows Nigeria’s next leader. Amaechi who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics explained that he is focusing on his job as a minister and would not want to be distracted. “I am […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said cryptocurrencies promote illegal activities and raise risks, among other reasons. It said this on Sunday in a statement regarding various comments and reactions following its recent reminder to Deposit Money Banks to desist from transacting in/and with entities dealing in cryptocurrencies. The CBN stated, “The recent regulatory directive […]

Trading in Cryptocurrencies is not backed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act which recognizes the naira as the only legal tender in the Nigerian financial system, an analyst has said. The CBN had on Friday, directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) local financial institutions to […]

The United States President, Joe Biden, has pledged full cooperation with African countries in areas of shared interest. Mr Biden said his administration is committed to partnering with Africa in the areas of trade, commerce, security and health. In a video message he delivered Friday at the 34th virtual African Union Summit, the U.S. leader urged African leaders […]

The Federal Government has lifted the ban it earlier placed on Emirates Airlines. This is coming after the United Arab Emirates granted the carrier permission to withdraw the Rapid Antigen Testing done prior to the departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria, according to a letter by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Due to the development, […]

The World Health Organisation-led COVAX global initiative has failed to shortlist Nigeria for the Pfizer vaccines following the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to store the vaccines at the required -70 degrees Celsius. The Nigerian government had stated that it was expected to receive 100,000 doses through the COVAX initiative, […]

President Joe Biden announced “America is back” on Thursday and declared that “diplomacy is back at the center” of US foreign policy as he said the US will end all support for Saudi Arabia’s offensive operations in Yemen, one of several changes he announced in his first major foreign-policy speech since taking office. Biden’s announcement at the […]

The Federal Government yesterday said there was a resurgence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in the country. Director, Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in a statement, cited a report from the National Veterinary Research Institute in Vom, Plateau State, received on January 29. He said all the […]

Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, has apologised to Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, hours after he described the monarch as a “Fulani slave”. According to Igboho, the Ooni had failed to tell President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting in Abuja, the truth about the plight of Yoruba people in […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday warned Nigerians that they either take the COVID-19 vaccine or they may become sick and die. The government also said a COVID-19 testing laboratory will soon be established at the State House Clinic. Presidential Task Force (PTF) Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, […]

Tunde Bakare, overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, says President Muhammadu Buhari has disappointed Nigerians. Bakare stated this while speaking with Dele Momodu, a journalist and publisher of Ovation Magazine, in a virtual interview on Instagram, held on Tuesday. The pastor said the drum of disintegration “is louder […]

After two days of drop in infections, Nigeria reported a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with Lagos and Anambra States topping the chat. Figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, showed that the nation posted 1,634 new cases with six deaths on Tuesday. This represents a sharp increase from the […]

In line with the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021 signed last week by President Muhammadu Buhari, Lagos State Governor, Mr, Babjide Sanwo-Olu has made it mandatory for residents to wear face masks or face six months jail term. This came on a day Sanwo-Olu announced the approval of N200 million to support the ongoing COVID-19 […]

Nigeria lost 405 persons to coronavirus in the last two months, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Monday. Seventy-five health workers were infected last week, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Federal Government said seven cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 have been identified in the country. […]

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied the allegation that he deliberately supported a “sick” Musa Yar’Adua, for the presidency in 2007, for selfish interests. Obasanjo, who spoke on Sunday in a virtual interview with academic and historian, Toyin Falola, admitted that he knew the late President Musa Yar’Adua was ill but noted that his […]