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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced that it will embark on an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday. The National Executive Council of the resident doctors said this was part of its resolutions at a virtual meeting held on Wednesday. The meeting which was attended by over 200 doctors – NOC, NEC, past […]

Many Nigerians on social media have called on former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, to stop online complaints about irregularities in the country if he is not willing to lead physical protests. The citizens said that they want the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party to lead a protest against the recent increase in […]

Lionel Messi’s father and agent, Jorge, has dropped a hint that his son could spend at least one more season at the Camp Nou. Daily Times had earlier reported that Jorge Messi arrived Catalunya on Wednesday ahead of talks with the Blaugrana board concerning the future of the want-away 33-year old little genius. Jorge Messi had […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has reiterated that the federal government is no longer fixing the pump price of petroleum products in the country. Mr Sylva made this known while briefing journalists on the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. Recall that the Petroleum […]

The Federal Government will continue to monitor the activities of terrorists online to control radicalisation of Nigerians by terrorist groups and other violent cells, the President has said. President Muhammadu Buhari explained that this was important following the huge traffic online and growing constraints on physical contacts and movements due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the reported increase in the price of petrol to N151 per litre and electricity tariff to N66 per kwh. In a statement on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party described the increase as callous and cruel, alleging that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was […]

Orji Uzor Kalu, senate chief whip, says he would not hesitate to serve as Nigeria’s president if given the opportunity by the electorate. As gathered by Daily Times, Kalu made the statement in Minna during a private visit to two former leaders of the country —  Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar. The former governor of […]

Electricity consumers, Labour unions and key stakeholders in the economy on Tuesday kicked against increase in electricity tariff implemented by power distribution companies across the country on Tuesday. Those that spoke to The Punch on the tariff adjustments included the Nigeria Labour Congress which vowed to resist the increase, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria which […]

An African American cyclist, Dijon Kizzee has been fatally shot by Los Angeles County police, the latest instance of police killing a black man. However, both the county Sheriff’s Department and the lawyer representing Kizzee’s family gave different accounts of the shooting on Tuesday. Benjamin Crump, lawyer to the 29 year-old cyclist, said the cyclist […]

Nigeria’s steadily abating Coronavirus infection rate is due mainly to the decline in testing by states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Control told Nigerians not to celebrate the reduced positive cases being reported as a flattening of the COVID-19 curve. Speaking during the […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic, has said it would submit the seventh Interim Report to President Muhammadu Buhari and waits his directives on the next phase implementation on Thursday. This is even as the extended eased lockdown phase of the nation’s national response ends this week. Secretary to the Government of the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, warned the Federal Government that attempts to reopen tertiary institutions without taking concrete steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 would be suicidal. ASUU raised the alarm that the federal government should be ready for any possible negative consequences following its plan to reopen tertiary institutions. The […]

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and her children have recovered from COVID-19, few weeks after they contracted the disease. “My kids and I are fine and COVID free now, and I do not take the experience for granted at all,” the actress posted on her Instagram page on Sunday, thanking God, family and friends for their prayers, […]

Just a week to the rescheduled date for the resumption of international flights at the nation’s airports, Nigeria has recorded its lowest single-day cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in four months. In a late-night tweet on Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that 138 more infections were reported in the last 24 hours. […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has called on the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, to banish the 12 monarchs who went to Abuja without the state government’s authorisation. He said oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze, who led the monarchs on the trip, should also be punished accordingly for what he described […]

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle has lamented the spite of indiscipline in Nigerian churches. Ayokunle lamented the prevalence of sexual immorality, gluttony, and financial impropriety in churches in the nation. He attributed the sad developments to a lack of discipline in Nigerian churches. Ayokunle, who is also the […]

Chadwick Boseman, the star of the ground-breaking superhero movie “Black Panther,” has died from colon cancer, his publicist told AFP Friday. Boseman, who was in his 40s, had not publicly discussed his condition — which was first diagnosed in 2016 — and continued to work on major Hollywood films. “It was the honor of his […]