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South Africa said on Thursday it had recorded 3,267 novel coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the biggest jump since the pandemic hit the country. Africa’s biggest industrial power now has a total of 40,792 infections, the health ministry said. It saw a rise of 56 deaths for a total of 848 fatalities. More than half […]

Apple is sending a clear message to people who’ve stolen iPhones from its stores: You’re “being tracked.” The company is actively disabling the iPhones that are stolen from the displays of its retail stores, leaving them inoperable. Screenshots of Apple’s warning message started to pop up on sites such as Twitter and Reddit earlier this week amid […]

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has warned its citizens against visiting its Lagos consulate office over a planned protest of the killing of an African-American, Mr. George Floyd, by a Minneapolis police officer. Video clips of the incident on the internet showed where a white police officer was kneeling on his neck for nearly […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Miss Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, by rapists at a place of worship in Benin. The president on his verified twitter page: @MBuhari on Tuesday directed the police to speedily and diligently investigate the case and ”ensure that all the culprits responsible […]

The leadership of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday said “the wickedness and stinginess of Igbo leaders” would not deter it and its believers from actualising the Sovereign State of Biafra. This separatist group also said all Biafrans in the United States of America contributed $2,300 into its defence fund. The Leader of […]

The Federal Government has said banks in the country could resume ‘normal working hours’, effective June 2, The Punch reports. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this during a briefing in Abuja on Monday. He said, “Effective from Tuesday, June 2, the easing of the lockdown will be characterised by […]

The Federal Government has said that schools would remain closed “for now”. The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 made this known during its daily briefing on Monday. While giving an update on the PTF announcement, the Personal Assistant on New Media to @MBuhari, Bashir Ahmad, tweeted, “For now, all the schools are to remain closed, the […]

An Onitsha-based cleric, Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere popularly known as Odumeje, has apologised to people of Awka, Anambra state capital over alleged threat to destroy their festival, known as Imo-Awka. The controversial cleric also tendered unreserved apology to the people of Arondizuogu in Imo state for allegedly vowing to put a stop to the Ikeji festival […]

Abubakar Umar, a retired army colonel and former military governor of Kaduna State, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria risks sliding into crisis if the president “continues to give undue preference to some sections of the country over others” in national appointments. Mr Umar, in an open letter he wrote on Sunday to Mr […]

The management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State has laid off a large chunk of its workforce in one of the latest fallouts of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the affected workers were asked to stay at home until further notice. Head, Human Resources, Administration and Procurement of the organisation, Olanike […]

The Federal Government says there is no online portal for unemployed youths to register for its 1,000 jobs per Local Government Area. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), stated this in a two-part tweet on Friday. He said, “Some have asked me why there’s no registration portal for the 1000 […]

More than six million cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially recorded worldwide, two-thirds of them in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally on Saturday. As of 2015 GMT, there were at least 6,000,867 cases of coronavirus recorded and 366,848 deaths. Europe remains the continent hardest hit by the pandemic, […]

President Donald Trump said Friday he was breaking off US ties with the World Health Organization, which he says failed to do enough to combat the initial spread of the novel coronavirus. Trump had already suspended funding to the UN agency, accusing it of being a “puppet” of China as the global health crisis erupted. […]

The Federal Government is yet to receive the ventilators promised by U.S. President Donald Trump. Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this at the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19. The U.S. President on April 28, promised to send some ventilators to the country during his telephone conversation with President […]

The Federal Government anti-graft agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation have begun investigation and audit of state governments, agencies and personnel, who spent the COVID-19 funds from the government and private individuals. The OAGF said the internal audit procedures would apply to […]

After days of recording a significant rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the country, Nigeria recorded its lowest toll in one week on Thursday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed 182 new cases of COVID-19 in 15 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). The agency made the announcement on its […]

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says President Muhammadu Buhari is turning blind eye to corruption within his administration. In its five-year assessment report of the achievements and gaps in the anti-corruption programme of the president, the organisation said “malfeasance” by some presidential appointees are being overlooked. Idayat Hassan, CDD director, said the assessment […]