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Nigeria on Thursday night posted 1,145 COVID-19 cases, its highest daily record till date, according to data published by the NCDC. Two states, Lagos and Kaduna and the capital Abuja accounted for 64 percent of the monster cases. Lagos recorded 459 cases, its highest daily since February, when the pandemic touched Nigeria, with the arrival […]

Governor Aminu Masari Thursday night confirmed the release of the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. The governor said the boys were at Tsafe, Zamfara State, and would be transported to Kankara on Friday. According to him, the release of the boys was facilitated by the leadership of MACABAN/Miyetti Allah. The governor’s Special […]

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has faulted the claim by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that the man in Aso rock is not President Muhammadu Buhari but Jubril from Sudan. Adesina in his article titled: ‘Buhari at 78: If only we […]

Germany shattered its record for Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours on Tuesday with 952 patients dying compared to a previous record of 598 on December 11, according to the country’s center for disease control. The nation tallied 27,728 new coronavirus cases, the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) reported, as it enters a hard national lockdown on Wednesday in an effort to […]

The President on Wednesday, ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders. The Presidency made this known in a tweet today. “President Buhari has directed the immediate opening of four land borders: Seme, Illela, Maigatari, and Mfun,” @NGRPresident tweeted. Nigeria had in August 2019 closed its land borders to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small […]

Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since September after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, and has therefore not been involved in any government activity, SaharaReporters claims. According to the medium, the First Lady is not in a hurry to return, despite spending over three months, as she […]

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday said dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi was appointed emir in 2014 to spite former President Goodluck Jonathan who sacked him as CBN governor. He said he took the decision to sack Sanusi in March 2020 to save the traditional institution from abuse. The governor, who spoke […]

The Diocesan Bishop of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) of Ekiti West, Rufus Adepoju, has been suspended for alleged involvement in sexual misconduct. Mr Adepoju, according to a letter dated December 11, 2020 seen by PREMIUM TIMES, was said to have been caught with the wife of a priest under his employment and care. The suspension […]

Senators on Tuesday, again, lamented the inability of President Buhari to effectively address insecurity in Nigeria. They also reminded the President of their powers of impeachment as contained in the nation’s constitution if the situation persists. The senators also advocated taking serious actions, including putting on hold further actions on the 2021 budget, that could […]

Worried by a second wave of COVID-19 in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) may likely impose a second lockdown for about two weeks to curtail the spread. Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF), at an emergency meeting with FCTA officials, urged the FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, to reactivate COVID-19 Protocols Enforcement Task Team to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari came under verbal attacks on Twitter Monday following a video showing him visiting his farm in Daura, Katsina State. The video surfaced online days after a large number of students of Government Boys Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of the state were kidnapped. Mr Buhari, who is currently in […]

Prominent groups and Nigerians from different walks of life, on Sunday, took a swipe at President Buhari over Friday’s abduction of students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Most of those who reacted said Buhari had failed and said they were shocked that the President had not visited the school despite the […]

About 20 Generals have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, about one week after the death of the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Maj. Gen. John Irefin, who died of complications from the disease. The infected military officers were believed to have had contact with the deceased during the Chief of Army Staff’s […]

Dozens of distraught parents and guardians on Saturday besieged Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State in search of their children and wards, following an attack on the school by gunmen on Friday night. Hundreds of students could not be accounted for on Saturday, although the police said they rescued 200. Many are feared abducted […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday asked the federal government to declare a state of emergency over the state of insecurity in the country after bandits abducted scores of students in Katsina. In a statement Mr Atiku said the government must abandon old strategies and embrace better ones. “The abduction of a large number […]

Nigerians are beginning to express anxiety due to reports of a likely second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid an economic recession and job losses reputedly caused by the first wave of the pandemic. This is as the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19, while his Kaduna State counterpart, Mallam […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has gone into isolation. The governor, who stated this on Saturday in a broadcast, said the measure was necessary as family members and senior government officials around him tested positive for COVID-19. El-Rufai said he is in self-isolation as a precaution pending a COVID-19 test to be conducted on Sunday. […]