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The Federal Government says it has no plans to impose  travel  restrictions  on visitors from countries where  coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. However,  Nigeria   has  decided to screen visitors entering the  country  from  China (where the disease originated last year), Japan, Iran, Italy , Germany, France,  South  Korea and Spain. The killer disease was brought […]

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said he has no record of the amount of money stolen by the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. The AGF added that he wouldn’t also know about $5bn Abacha loot allegedly recovered between 1999 and 2015 and how the […]

Nigerian authorities Saturday shut down a Chinese restaurant in Lagos over its alleged discriminatory policy against Nigerian citizens. The restaurant, identified as Haufei, is located at 33 Aboyade Cole, Victoria Island. The facility also houses a supermarket also owned and operated by the Chinese nationals. The restaurant owners, it is alleged, do not sell food […]

The United States Government says there is evidence that Nigerian security agents, including the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army intimidated voters, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and even election observers during the 2019 general elections. According to the US, this fuelled the impression that the Nigerian Army worked for the […]

The coronavirus outbreak has reached the top of the world… Nepal announced on Friday it is shutting down all expeditions on Mount Everest for the rest of this year’s climbing season amid the worsening global pandemic. The move followed reports from climbers that the Chinese government has shut the Tibet side of the mountain. “Expeditions […]

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says Muhammadu Sanusi II, the deposed emir of Kano, can go anywhere, including Kano. After his dethronement, there were reports that he would not be allowed into Kano for at least three months. But fielding questions from journalists in Awe, Nasarawa state, on Friday, the governor said a federal […]

The convoy of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was involved in an accident en route to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday. A source disclosed this to TheCable, saying one of the outriders in the convoy of Nigeria’s number two citizen died in the accident. The vice-president was said to be heading to the airport ahead […]

The Presidency on Thursday reacted to purported attack on Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari in Kebbi State. Buhari was in Kebbi State on Thursday to declare open the Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival. The president’s security was breached by a young man who moved briskly and menacingly towards him while taking photograph with host Governor Atiku […]

The deposed Kano emir, Muhammadu Sanusi, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order for his release from the post-dethronement detention and confinement. Mr Sanusi was deposed following a resolution of the Kano State Executive Council on March 9, on allegations of insubordination. Following his sack, he was taken […]

Europe appears to have been largely blindsided by President Trump’s announcement yesterday that the US was suspending travel from 26 European countries. Several European ambassadors in Washington tell CNN they didn’t know this was coming, despite having been in contact with the administration over the past few days. One ambassador in DC said there was […]

The Attorney-General of Kano State, Ibrahim Muktar, on Wednesday said the state government did not banish the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji  Muhammadu  Sanusi II. Muktar said the state government was clear in its press statement on Monday that Sanusi was deposed, but never made any reference to any banishment. The Kano AG said this […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has no involvement whatsoever in the dethronement of HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II from the position of Emir of Kano, a press statement from the presidency has stated. Many Nigerians including a former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwanso, believe Mr Buhari supported Mr Sanusi’s removal by the Kano State Government. In a statement, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on health workers to be patient with his regime to address their demands as the country tackles coronavirus. He stated that the outbreak of the disease had posed fresh challenges for the economy, especially the impact on crude oil revenue. Buhari made the appeal in Abuja when members of the […]

British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department, has tested positive for coronavirus, she said in a statement on Tuesday. “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus… and have been self-isolating at home,” said the Conservative MP. Health officials are now trying to trace where she contracted the virus and who […]

A former social media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, has mocked the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, over his ordeal. Omokri alleged that Sanusi as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2014 stated that $20bn was missing from the nation’s coffers. He said the scandal contributed to the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday declared a two-week warning strike against non-payment of salaries of lecturers not enrolled in the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. National President of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, who read the declaration after the ASUU National Executive Council meeting held in Enugu, said the warning […]