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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said developments and happenings in the country at the moment do not show that Nigerians are preparing for the Kingdom of God. This is just as it has been revealed how his intervention helped to preserve the tomb of the Founder of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim […]

A small Indonesian town briefly turned red after a dye factory was flooded Saturday causing the streets to flow with blood-red water. Pictures of motorcyclists zipping through the deluge just south of Central Java’s Pekalongan city soon flooded social media, where some users worried about them being shared out of context, Reuters reported. “I am […]

The former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to reverse its policy directing Nigerian banks to close all cryptocurrency‐related accounts and stop such transactions in the country. He said this in a statement he issued on Saturday. Mr Abubakar said the first challenge facing Nigeria is youth unemployment and that it is an emergency that needs […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks in the country to close all cryptocurrency-related accounts. The bank said this in a statement on Friday. The regulator prohibited all financial institutions from facilitating crypto currency payments in the country. This directive is contained in a letter addressed to all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs)and […]

The United States government has announced its endorsement of former the Nigerian minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to emerge as the director general of the World Trade Organization. The U.S. disclosed this in a statement by its office of trade representative. It became clear earlier on Friday that Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister and World Bank executive, […]

World Bank has approved $500 million to support Nigeria to improve its electricity distribution sector. The bank, in a statement on Friday, said that the project will help boost electricity access by improving the performance of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) through a large scale metering program desired by Nigerians for a long time. It explained […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reassured Nigerian youths that he will offer his full support to see them grow in politics, and other endeavours, admitting the crucial role of young people in the development of the country. ‘‘While I will be looking forward to a more robust engagement with young people across the country, I […]

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of the Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) have been directed to embark on a nationwide strike from Friday. The directive was issued in a statement signed by the leaders of both university staff associations on Thursday. Representatives of the federal government […]

The federal government has approved the establishment of 20 private universities. Nigeria will now have a total of 99 private tertiary institutions. Adamu Adamu, minister of education, announced the approvals on Wednesday after a federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu noted that the new universities will be given provisional […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to rise amid plans by the Nigerian government to rebase the economy to 2018/19. Sunday Ichedi, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, on Wednesday made the plan to rebase the economy known, in a statement announcing the bureau’s commencement of the National Business Sample Survey. Mr Ichedi […]

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma is confident that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will continue to be at the helm of affairs in the country, saying that Nigerians would vote for the ruling party again in the 2023 general elections. He disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Giving the activities […]

Former Beauty Queen and Flavour’s baby mama, Anna Banner has stated that she almost took her life at some point. She made this known on social media while giving details on some of the challenges she has so far faced in life. Anna Banner who recounted having a baby at 20 for Flavour, said she […]

The Federal Government has extended the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. News of the extension was contained in a statement signed by spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the ​Nigeria Identity Management Commission. According to the statement, which was dated February 1, the extension […]

Less than 0.1 per cent of the COVID-19 vaccines administered worldwide, so far, were administered in Africa, the United Nations has said. This is despite the continent making up about 20 per cent of the global population. On Sunday, the UN said over 70 million doses of the approved COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far globally. […]

The Ogun State Police Command said it had commenced investigation into the alleged invasion of privacy of guests at the Pavillion Hotel, Ayepe, in the Odogbolu area of the state. The development followed public outcry against the hotel after an online video showed guests lamenting the discovery of closed circuit television cameras in their rooms. […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday vowed to jail violators of COVID-19 protocols in the state for six months as the virus peaks in Lagos. Lagos posted over 1,040 cases on Saturday, the highest single day infections since the pandemic broke out in February 2020. The governor, in a statement, lamented that many people […]

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has faulted Nigeria’s rating in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI), saying it does not truly reflect the great strides by the country in its fight against corruption. The Minister also believes that there are missing assessments for Nigeria in the data entries where the country has performed […]