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The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria risks another pandemic if the nation fails to urgently develop her health infrastructure. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the warning at the inauguration of the Board of Experts (BoE) of the Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS) of […]

David Oyedepo, presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, says those insulting him for rejecting the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) are wasting their time. Under CAMA, signed into law on August 7, religious bodies and charity organisations will be strictly regulated by the registrar-general of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and a […]

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu Monday revealed that the numbers of COVID-19 positive cases in some states have started to drop. The States; are Lagos, Kano, FCT, Plateau, and Borno state. He explained that the reason for the reduction in the positivity rate in those states was […]

Popular social media personality, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, has been rearrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested over charges of money laundering. Mompha is facing charges before the Federal High Court. The Guardian learnt Mompha was re-arrested last Friday when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos. He was […]

Multinational automotive manufacturer, Hyundai Motor Company, has pledged the donation of medical equipment and personal protective items worth over USD $2.4 million to countries across the Middle East and Africa, in an effort to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Nigeria, where the world’s third largest auto maker is represented by Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited, is one […]

A Lance Corporal in the Nigerian Army, Idakpini Martins, is set to face court-martial following his transfer from the Federal Capital Territory to Sokoto State. It would be useful to recall that Mr Martins in a published video criticized the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, and well as President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the Boko Haram […]

Minister of Information and Culture on Saturday said there is nothing bad in borrowing for infrastructure. Mohammed made the remarks during an inspection tour of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. “We didn’t borrow money for services,” he said. “We didn’t borrow money for overhead expenditure. We borrowed money for capital projects – rail, road, bridges, power, […]

The federal government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the appeal on Thursday when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. “I want to use […]

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has faulted the claim by Ohanaeze Ndigbo that it (Ohanaeze) has the mandate to realise a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction and not an independent state of Biafra. MASSOB, which reacted to a statement credited to the leader of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation […]

Barely three days after a Sharia court in Kano sentenced man to death for allegedly committing blasphemy, another court has sentenced a man to death by stoning. Mati Abdu, a 60-year-old man, was convicted of raping a minor. Mati was arrested by the police in 2019 after the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl at […]

Serena Williams shrugged off the absence of fans to make a winning return from her six-month coronavirus layoff on Tuesday, defeating lowly ranked Bernarda Pera in three sets at the WTA Top Seed Open tournament in Kentucky. Williams, who before Tuesday had not played a competitive game since a Fed Cup appearance in February, came […]

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Fr. Ejike Mbaka, says the country goes ‘gaga’ anytime he declares prophecies. Mbaka made this known on Sunday during the first physical service of his church after about five months of closure due to lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry had suspended all its physical programmes […]

The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to remain vigilant as the nation intensifies the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Addressing reporters on Monday in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, warned that the country has yet to win the war against COVID-19. According to […]