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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 […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has pleaded with Nigerians not to take a cue from President Muhammadu Buhari to violate COVID-19 protocols. This was contained in a press statement titled, “PDP Expresses Dismay By Buhari’s Violation of COVID-19 Law…Charges Nigerians Not to Follow Such Examples,” signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has violated the Health Protection Regulations order he signed last week. On Saturday, the President revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Daura, Katsina State. Daily Post observed that the President was at different times in midst of scores of people against the physical distance provision of the order. […]

At a time when many thought that the coronavirus pandemic was coming to an end, there is now a second wave of the virus in Nigeria, which appears to be more virulent. Many celebrities and notable personalities, who contracted the virus, have spoken about their ordeals, and a United Kingdom-based actress, Victoria Inyama, has lent […]

In a statement on Friday, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, said the people behind the plot intend to deploy the media in publishing several allegations against the president. He also said some of the accusations in the publications will include allegations that Buhari is suppressing a particular religion or ethnic groups. “There is compelling reason to […]

The Federal Government is contemplating lockdown in part of Lagos, Abuja, Plateau and Kaduna, as COVID-19 cases shot up in those areas. National Incident Manager, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mukhtar Muhammed, in a interview on Channels TV Sunrise Daily programme lamented the sharp increase in COVID-19 in the affected states. He said even if […]

Atlanta Rapper T.I and his wife Tiny Harris have been accused by several women of sexual abuse and sexual trafficking. Former best friend of Tiny, Sabrina Peterson, who has an ongoing feud with the Harris’ has claimed that the couple have sexually abused several women. Sabrina also alleged that the three time Grammy award winner […]

Following misgivings in some parts of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised that the COVID-19 vaccines to be procured by government will not endanger the people’s health. He pleaded with the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to assist in the mobilisation for vaccination. The President bared his mind during an audience […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday pledged to be just and fair to all Nigerians, irrespective of their religion or ethnicity. He said neither his personal decisions nor policies of the Federal Government under his watch are influenced by religious prejudice. The President spoke when the leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), […]