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The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, says any system the church attacks will crash, The Punch reports. “When the church goes against a man, his destiny is finished. When the church goes against a system, that system will crash,” he said on Thursday night during a physical […]

The Federal Government has lifted the earlier suspension order on replacement and activation of old Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. In a statement on Thursday, signed by the Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the Commission said the lifting of the ban was on the condition that the person must have enrolled and […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the ongoing enrollment for the National Identification Number (NIN) is free across the country. In a tweet on Thursday, NIMC warned that those who extort applicants risk a seven-year jail term if found guilty of the offence. While citing Sections 14, 20 and 21 of the […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar Abba, yesterday said the lockdown imposed by government across the country following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted operations of the anti-graft agency for five months. He said the investigation initiated by government that led to the suspension of the former […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abba Ali, has reacted to the worsening state of the insecurity in the country, saying President Muhammadu Buhari inherited the problem from the former government of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ali, who spoke from Katsina, disclosed this on Wednesday during a phone interview on Channels […]

Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigerian leaders, not God, should be blamed for the situation of things in the country. Obasanjo said this while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday. According to the elder statesman, no Nigerian should go to sleep hungry considering the enormous resources the nation is blessed […]

The controversy triggered by the reports that the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has relocated out of the country took a new twist on Tuesday. This comes as Mr Aliyu Abdullahi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity (Office of the First Lady), refused to disclose Mrs Buhari’s whereabouts. Rather than […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed disappointment with states, saying despite the resources made available to them, testing for COVID – 19 had been very low. It also said with effect from January 1, 2021, the passports of the first 100 passengers that failed to take their day seven post-arrival PCR test would be published […]

The Lagos state government has threatened to deactivate the passports of travellers refusing to comply with COVID-19 testing protocols. Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, and Gbenga Omotosho, his information and strategy counterpart, made this known in a document on the state’s COVID-19 update. According to the document, over 213,000 persons have been tested out of […]

The House of Representatives has denied that it apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari for inviting him to appear before it over security matters. The spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu, (APC-Abia) said on Monday that the House was unperturbed about the failure of Mr Buhari to appear before it over security matters. He said in a statement […]

An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shanghai court, her lawyer said Monday. Zhang Zhan, 37, was found guilty of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to one of her defense lawyers Zhang Keke, who attended her hearing. […]

Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), has said he does not understand why coronavirus numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa. Recall that Gates and his wife, Melinda, had in more than one occasion, warned that there will be dead bodies all over the streets […]

A former Nigerian lawmaker, Danlami Hamza, is dead. Mr Hamza died on Sunday at a COVID-19 isolation centre at Kwanar Dawaki in Kano, his relative, Abdullahi Kausi, told Premium Times. He was 70. Mr Hamza’s funeral ceremony was conducted at about 5:00 p.m at Fagge, in Kano, amidst tears from family members and supporters. He was […]

Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode has thrown his weight behind the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah for accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism. He said those who refused to accept the truth should jump into the Lagoon. In his Christmas message on Friday, the bishop said there could have been a coup if a non-northern […]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has explained how no fewer than 20 members of the union died of COVID-19 in the last one week. NMA Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Enema Amodu, disclosed this to reporters at a briefing on Friday in Abuja. He noted that the late medical doctors contracted the […]