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The Department of State Services (DSS) says it is not currently carrying out any recruitment exercise. According to a statement by the agency’s Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, Ph.D, the clarification became necessary to debunk various false messages by “fraudsters to scam unsuspecting job seekers or their sponsors”. “The public should note that recruitment into […]

The Managing Director, First City Monument Bank Limited, Adam Nuru, has been forced to go on leave to enable the bank to investigate the paternity allegations against him. This was disclosed in a statement by the bank on Tuesday. The statement read, “We are aware of several stories circulating across several media platforms about our […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus, even as Britain ramped up its vaccination program by becoming the first nation to start using the shot developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca. Johnson said people must […]

Nigeria posted a new level of daily COVID-19 cases on Monday, with a record-setting 1,204 cases. Nigeria’s previous record was the 1,145 cases registered on 18 December, 2020. Till date, 91351 cases have been confirmed, 75699 cases have been discharged and 958,911 tests conducted. The new cases also saw Lagos, breaking its daily grim chart […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says for the sake of sanity, one must imagine that the regime of President Buhari does not exist. He, however, hailed the new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, describing it as marvellous and long overdue. Soyinka said this during a recent interview with Kaftan TV which was monitored by Punch correspondent. […]

Redeemed Christian Church of God General Overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said Nigeria may not have money or resources to fight the monstrous COVID-19 pandemic, but the citizens have God. The cleric added that having God is enough to protect the citizens from the pandemic. Adeboye spoke on Sunday at the January Special Thanksgiving Service […]

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases jumped up again on Sunday, with nine Nigerians killed by the virus in the last 24 hours. The deaths were recorded in Adamawa, Osun, Oyo, Plateau and FCT Abuja. According to data released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Adamawa recorded four deaths, Osun, Oyo and Plateau had one each. […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has ruled out the possibility of conducting a local clinical trial on the proposed N400bn vaccines before administering them on Nigerians. The agency said since the World Health Organisation had approved the vaccines there might not be need to conduct another clinical trial on the […]

At least 1,927 persons have called for the sacking of the First City Monument Bank Managing Director, Adam Nuru, over alleged infidelity with a former worker with the bank, Moyo Thomas. The petition is requesting the Central Bank of Nigeria and the FCMB board to dismiss Nuru on ethical grounds. It came on the heels […]

Spokesperson for the  Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command,  ASP Mariam Yusuf, has said that Omoyele Sowore was arrested for unlawfully gathering at very odd hours. According to her, Sowore’s gathering alongside others caused tension among residents of Gudu and Lokogoma areas of the FCT. ASP Mariam said this in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune as […]

The Nigeria police have again arrested the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, for leading a protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Mr Sowore and some activists were arrested at the #CrossoverWithProtest, a planned procession across the country on New Year eve. Some of the protesters who escaped arrest confirmed to Premium Times that […]

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 […]