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The Nigerian government on Monday announced the reopening of all domestic airports in the country. By this announcement, local flight operations would fully resume across the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja.   -Dailypost

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested two lecturers at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, and 28 others over their alleged involvement in Internet fraud. A statement on Monday by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, identified the lecturers as Abdullahi Opashola and Adebisi […]

The United States Government says it has imposed visa restrictions on some individuals for their actions during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run up to the Edo and Ondo State governorship polls on Saturday and October 10, respectively. Although elections have not yet held in Edo and Ondo states, […]

The Presidency on Sunday came down hard on former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his Thursday’s comment on the state of the nation, describing him as the country’s ‘Divider-in-Chief.’ The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement titled “Obasanjo is Nigeria’s Divider-in-Chief.” Obasanjo had on Thursday […]

Leke Adeboye, a son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called on broadcaster, Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Daddy Freeze to apologise to his parents. Leke made the comment on Instagram in response to Daddy Freeze’s apology to the founder of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, David […]

British-Nigerian boxer, Sadiq Umar, has been hospitalised after his 12th-round defeat to Russian, Fyodor Chudinov, in a super middleweight bout. According to reports in Russia, Sadiq reportedly began to cough up blood after his defeat by technical knockout, having needed an oxygen mask straight after the fight in Khimki, near Moscow. The 32-year-old was said […]

Popular Broadcaster, Ifedayo Olarinde aka Daddy Freeze, has apologised to the founder of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo. Daddy Freeze, while apologising to Oyedepo, said he insulted the cleric two years ago, adding that the video only went viral recently. The broadcaster, who is the Convener of the Free the Sheeple Movement […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria is slowly becoming a failed state and a basket case that urgently needs to be pulled from the brink of collapse. He said this in Abuja on Thursday while delivering a speech titled, ‘Moving Nigeria Away from Tipping Over’ at a consultative dialogue attended by various socio-cultural groups including […]

Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-western state. He has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from re-offending. The move follows public […]

The rise from N138.62 to N151.56 per litre of petrol in Nigeria, has garnered lots of reactions, with negative vibes surpassing the positive. Presidency were not left out as the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Malam, Garba Shehu, waded-in in defense of his master. He advised Nigerians not to be swayed […]

The Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigations of a suspected fraudster for concealing 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and four Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in noodles. The suspect:  Ishaq Abubakar was handed over to the EFCC  by  the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday, September 10, […]

The Federal Government has directed the Chief Medical Directors and Managing Directors of federal tertiary hospitals to “immediately” commence the use of consultants and doctors on the National Youth Service Corps to provide routine services. The government also directed that locum staff should “be brought in when and where necessary to forestall services’ disruption when […]

A prominent Ukrainian church leader who previously said the Covid-19 pandemic was “God’s punishment” for same-sex marriage has tested positive for the virus. Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kiev Patriarchate, is reportedly stable and undergoing treatment. The church announced in a Facebook post on September 4 that Filaret had tested positive for Covid-19. “His Holiness […]

The Debt Management Office on Wednesday released Nigeria’s total public debt stock as of June 30, 2020, and put the country’s entire debt at N31trn, indicating an increase of N2.38trn within a space of three months. Nigeria’s total public debt stock includes the debt stock of the Federal Government, the 36 states, and the Federal […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said Nigerian elites should judge his administration with fairness. The President was speaking at the closing of the first-year ministerial performance review retreat held in Abuja. “I want the Nigerian elites, please encourage them, to judge us fairly,” Buhari said, arguing that his administration has done more for the country […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, said President Donald Trump of the United States of America once caught him off guard, when he asked him “why are you killing Christians”. Buhari who spoke on a lighter note at the concluding session of the ministerial retreat for Ministers and Heads of Ministries, Department and Agencies MDAs at […]

Government on Monday stamped a note of finality on the removal of subsidy on petrol. It said the adjustment of tariff on electricity is driven by the need to guarantee efficiency in power supply. The price of petrol went up from N138.63 to between N162 and N164 per litre last week after the September price […]

The Federal Government on Monday said despite the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit to N162 per litre, the price of the commodity in Nigeria remained among the cheapest in Africa. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this at a press conference in Abuja. Mohammed was joined at the […]