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The Federal Government has warned that it may be forced to issue restrictions on gatherings and impose curfews if the current surge in the number of COVID-19 cases continues. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this in a statement yesterday. The Nigeria Centre […]

Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has endorsed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, for the 2023 presidency. The elder statesman endorsed him when the Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation visited him at his Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger capital, on Thursday. He asked Osinbajo to be resilient and contest the Presidency in 2023. “I know the Vice-president very well. […]

The Nigerian naira gained marginally against the US dollar at the parallel market to trade at N565 per dollar. This figure is N5 or 0.9 percent higher than the N570 it traded last week. Street traders across forex markets in Lagos who spoke to TheCable on Wednesday quoted the naira at N565 to a dollar. A […]

Nigeria Football Federation boss Amaju Pinnick says the federation held talks with Roma manager Jose Mourinho in its search for a coach for the Super Eagles, Punch reports. Pinnick, who stated this during a media parley with sports journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, said the Eagles would get a new coach “within the next week or so”, […]

The Federal  Government plans to introduce digital token comprising 16 alphabets and numbers to replace the current 11-digit National Identity Number effective January, 2022, it has been learnt. As such, the Federal Government plans to make illegal and a punishable offence any company or agency found verifying the 11-digit National Identity Number. This was disclosed […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) on Tuesday debunked fake information that it was organising an ‘anniversary contest’ or recruiting staff. The reaction was contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Garba Deen Muhammad. “In the purported contest, unsuspecting participants are encouraged to carry out a survey by filling out a questionnaire on […]

The Federal Government via the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday reiterated that marriages formalised at the Ikoyi registry in Lagos are constitutional and legal. Several reports had claimed marriages conducted at federal registries were illegal as local governments are responsible for that aspect of public life. However, in a statement by spokesperson Blessing Lere-Adams, the […]

Libya’s education minister was arrested on Monday as part of an enquiry into a lack of schoolbooks, the prosecution service said. Moussa al-Megarief “was placed in preventative detention pending an investigation into (possible) negligence”, it said in a statement. “The Public Prosecution has launched an enquiry to determine the circumstances around contractual procedures for the […]

A 75-year-old man (name withheld) has died at the Lagos Airport in Nigeria’s commercial capital. The man arrived in the country on Monday via the Murtala  Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a flight operated by Delta Air from the United States of America. Sources at the Lagos Airport told Channels Television that the man died […]

President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan yesterday did an appraisal of the federal government and concluded that though President Muhammadu Buhari was trying his possible best, Nigeria was still going through trying times. He also pledged the continued support of the National Assembly to the Buhari’s administration in its efforts to deliver on its […]

The Nigeria Football Federation will soon announce the appointment of a new foreign coach for the Super Eagles. The announcement could be made before the impending Africa Cup of Nations billed for Cameroon in January. The new coach, whose identity is still being kept under wraps, was recommended to Nigeria by one of the best […]

Veteran actress, Eucharia Anunobi, on Saturday said that the world would be boring if everyone were wise. The Nollywood star took to her verified Instagram page to share a video of herself where she spoke about friends who diss each other. She said, “Come on now, if everyone is wise, the world would be a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is looking forward to returning to his farm in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State. The president said this in Istanbul, Turkey, where a surprise birthday was organised by the Nigerian embassy in  the country. Buhari, who is currently in Turkey for a summit, clocked 79 on Friday. According […]

Canada announced Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travelers from 10 African countries, while reimposing testing and warning that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 risks quickly overwhelming hospitals. The travel restriction on flights from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt will end at 11:59 pm on Saturday […]

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, congratulated President Buhari on the occasion of his 79th birthday. Lawan acknowledged Buhari’s purposeful leadership, vision, courage and steadfastness in the pursuit of the right cause and common good. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Ola Awoniyi. “I join […]