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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says no state in the country is free from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this on Monday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The comment comes even as the NCDC is yet to officially report […]

Eminent socio-cultural leaders from southern and middle-belt Nigeria have sued President Muhammadu Buhari, for N50 billion over marginalisation of the people of the region in the appointments to security, quasi-security agencies and “strategic agencies” of government. The 16 plaintiffs filed the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/595/2020, at the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 8, 2020. […]

Airports and airlines in the country are not yet fully ready to resume operations, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said. It was gathered on Sunday that while airlines were about 70 per cent prepared for resumption, domestic airports were 57.83 per cent ready. Latest statistics from NCAA also showed that air navigation service providers […]

Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has apologised to the Nigerian government over an attack on the Nigerian High Commission’s building in Accra. Some armed men reportedly invaded the building in the Ghanaian capital, on Friday night, destroying some apartments under construction. Ghanaian media reported that a businessman had earlier accused the high commission of encroaching […]

Rotimi Jolayemi, a journalist detained for broadcasting a poem deemed insulting to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has spoken about his experience while in police detention. Mr Jolayemi told Premium Times he did not regret his detention as it was ordained to happen. Mr Jolayemi, who anchors a Yoruba radio programme, ‘Bi aye se ri’ […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Saturday. The NCDC also said COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 506 in the country. It said, “On the 20th of June 2020, 661 new confirmed cases and 19 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours. […]

His wife, Dorcas, told Punch that he was released on Friday evening after spending 45 days in police custody. She said, “I am very thankful to The PUNCH for putting the authorities under pressure to release my husband who was illegally detained. He was finally released this afternoon by the police. He was, however, asked to return […]

Six-year-old alcoholic monkey has been sentenced to life imprisonment for aggressive behaviour that began when he stopped getting liquor. The drunk monkey identified as Kalua left one man dead and 250 injured after going on the rampage when his liquor supply dried up in India. Zookeepers at Kanpur Zoological Park charged with re-assimilating the primate […]

The Federal Government on Thursday urged Nigerians to prepare for difficult days ahead as cases of corona virus infections continue to rise. It also raised the alarm that 80 percent of infected persons were not in isolation centres. The government warned that the effect of increased transmission of the dreaded disease would seen in three […]

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), said on Thursday that his office had commenced talks over plan to establish special courts for rape and other sexual and gender-based violence cases. He also said the Federal Ministry of Justice had started a review of relevant laws aimed at proposing […]

Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian businessman owner of Invictus Group who was arrested in the United States last year, has pleaded guilty to $11 million (N4.2 billion) fraud. Mr Okeke, 32, admitted to American prosecutors that he was involved in computer-based fraud between 2015 and 2019. Joshua Stueve, a spokesperson for the United States District Court […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to trace those allegedly defrauded by Ramoni Igbalode aka Ray Hushpuppi. The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesman, Dele Oyewale, that Hushpuppi, is Nigeria’s most wanted hacker. The commission further stated that many Internet fraudsters in Nigeria […]

Six Nigerians have been placed on the most-wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged Internet fraud that cost Americans $6.3m in losses. This was disclosed on the website of the FBI as well as a statement signed by the United States treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin. The six Nigerians – Richard Uzuh, Micheal […]

Lethal lightening that trailed the Wednesday early morning drizzling has struck the Itele – Ijebu Command Post of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) along Ijebu – Ode – Ore expressway, killing three officials and throwing others to the ground. The incident occurred around 10am at the Corps Command Post located at the Old toll […]

The US government has reacted to the killings in Nigeria, calling on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to do more in terms of security. Killings by armed groups such as bandits and Boko Haram have triggered protests in the north where the unfortunate incidents have been happening. In a statement released early on Thursday, […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says all camps where the National Youth Service Corps orientation exercises are usually undertaken should be closed for two years because of the COVID-19 protocol which demands social distancing. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, said this in a series of tweets on Tuesday while […]

The Lags State Government has cancelled the planned reopening of churches and mosques in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Tuesday at a televised press briefing. The governor had on Thursday, June 4 asked mosques to reopen from June 19, adding that churches can begin services from June 21. The governor explained […]