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President Muhammadu Buhari has taken delivery of the first ever Nigeria-made cellphone called ITF Mobile. The product was presented to him by Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, just before commencement of the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Introducing the product to the President, Adebayo said […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Lagos on Thursday for the inauguration of the 157 kilometre Lagos-Ibadan standard rail project at the Mobolaji Johnson railway station in Ebutte Metta. Thereafter, the President is expected to proceed to the Energy Nature Light Terminal of the Apapa Port to further commission the Integrated National Security and Waterways […]

The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called off its nationwide industrial action. The decision to call off the strike followed a meeting between JUSUN executives and the National Judicial Council (NJC) led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad. Both parties agreed that the strike should be called off in […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted Nigerians of the many risks involved in accessing contents, especially social media using the Virtual Private Network (VPN). It said it is vulnerable to the heinous activities of criminal hackers who can steal data and money in bank accounts. The Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday said one million Nigerians impacted by COVID-19 pandemic will receive N5,000 cash for six months. The government explained that a pilot scheme commenced earlier this year with 3,115 beneficiaries in Lagos and Abuja, saying the intervention will be up-scaled nationwide and beneficiaries will start receiving their stipends soon. Minister of […]

Some lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday staged a walkout during plenary at the House of Representatives. The lawmakers staged the walkout after its caucus leader Kingsley Chinda was ruled out of order by Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila. Mr Chinda had prayed the House to urge the Federal Government to […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate suspension of the issuance of spy number plates. He also ordered the suspension of issuance of police permits to owners of vehicles with tinted glass nationwide. Baba gave the directives at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja on Monday. According to him, some mischievous […]

Nigeria will lose N2.18 billion per day for blocking the operations of Twitter, a micro-blogging and social networking platform, in the country, an estimation by NetBlocks has shown. NetBlocks, a data-driven online service, estimated the economic cost of internet disruptions on its cost of shutdown tool (COST) platform. The platform, built on Brookings Institution and […]

Many Nigerians have taken to social media to lambast Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for keeping mute after the suspension of Twitter operations in the country. Nigeria’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed had on Friday announced Twitter’s suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi. The suspension by the Nigerian government comes days […]

Sweden has reacted to the indefinite suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria. In a brief communique shared on Twitter, the European country urged the Buhari-led government to respect ‘freedom of expression’ and the rights of the citizens. According to the tweet, Nigerians have a constitutional right to exercise their freedom of expression […]

Facebook on Friday set its ban on former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol. The two-year ban will be effective from January 7, when Trump was booted off the platform, and comes after Facebook’s independent oversight […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed worry over the growing level of unemployment relating to fresh graduates in the country. Osinbajo stated that the government was concerned and would ensure that the challenge was tackled. He said, “Unemployment is a great problem, especially youth unemployment. Two million young people come to the job market every year. “We […]

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, says corps members are part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and can be mobilised for war if need be. Ibrahim said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Wednesday while reacting to moves to scrap the NYSC scheme which is compulsory for all […]

Ketron Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Persianas Investment Limited, has completed the acquisition of Shoprite operations in Nigeria. Persianas, a property firm and developer of the popular The Palms, is owned by Tayo Amusan. Last year, Africa’s largest food retailer informed investors of a potential divestment of its business in Nigeria, while Amusan’s Persianas became the preferred bidder for the […]

The Senate has passed a bill seeking to prohibit discrimination between the university degree and the Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate holders in the country. The bill was sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure and passed the third reading during Wednesday’s plenary session. The Chairman of the Joint Committee which worked in the legislation Senator Ibrahim Shekerau […]

The Naira lost ground on Tuesday to all the major currencies, depreciating between 0.2 to 0.6 per cent in various markets where it was traded. The Nigerian currency fell 0.6 per cent at the parallel market, also known as the Black Market to sell at N498 to the U.S. dollar. It also fell 0.3 per […]