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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo held a ‘closed door’ meeting with former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Tuesday ahead the 2023 presidency. Saraki visited Obasanjo on Tuesday and was hosted by the former president at the Pent House, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State.   After the normal pleasantry, the duo and […]

Petrol scarcity in Abuja and neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger states persisted on Tuesday and provoked an over 100 per cent rise in transport fares in many locations of the affected areas. Also, hundreds of black marketers of petrol surfaced in various roads in Abuja and environs, as they sold the commodity at between N300 to […]

One in four of the world’s population will suffer from hearing problems by 2050, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, calling for extra investment in prevention and treatment. The first-ever global report on hearing said that the causes of many of the problems — such as infections, diseases, birth defects, noise exposure and lifestyle choices […]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency on Monday announced that Nigerians can now register for the COVID-19 vaccination via its website. “To register for #COVID19 Vaccination, visit our website http://nphcda.gov.ng and click on ‘COVID-19 Vaccination e-registration,” the agency said in a tweet. Nigeria is expected to receive almost four million doses of the vaccine on Tuesday […]

The wife of the pastor of a new generation church has approached a Yola Upper Area Court in Adamawa State for the dissolution of her marriage to her husband, whom she allegedly caught sleeping with female church members. Mrs Jummai Mala, who also claims to be the breadwinner of the family, alleged in court filings […]

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be receding from Nigeria as confirmed cases sank further. While on Saturday, 341 cases were announced, on Sunday cases dropped to 240. Here is a breakdown of Sunday 28 February cases: Anambra-85 Lagos-82 Osun-17 Ogun-10 Kwara-9 FCT-8 Kano-7 Abia-6 Borno-4 Edo-2 Bayelsa-2 Kaduna-2 Rivers-1     – PMNewsNigeria

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Third Mainland Bridge is fully reopened after rehabilitation works. Fashola made the announcement on Saturday via Twitter. The Federal Government had partially shut the Third Mainland Bridge on July 24, 2020 for another round of rehabilitation.

Only 341 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by Nigeria on Saturday, the lowest in February and since the second wave of the pandemic began last December. Until Saturday, the lowest number of cases this month was the 506 recorded on 7 February. The number of COVID-19 deaths similarly tanked: only three were announced by […]

A youth group has called on a former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to run for the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the ruling party Samuel Alamoh, the director-general of the group known as ‘Tinubulate Nigeria Agenda’ (TINA), made the call at the inaugural […]

Naira on Friday fell at the parallel market below the 480th mark to the dollar, the first time in nearly three months, a day after the government said it would take time to unify multiple exchange rates. At the unofficial market, data from abokiFX.com showed the domestic currency exchanged for the green back at N482, […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the regulation of cryptocurrency transactions in the country, saying banning it outright would not be a better idea. Mr Osinbajo made the remark while delivering a keynote address at the CBN Bankers Committee Economic Summit held virtually on Friday, according to a statement issued by Laolu Akande, his […]

The Federal Government will not make progress unless it borrows more to fund critical infrastructure in the country, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said. Mrs. Ahmed spoke on Thursday during the maiden edition of the weekly special ministerial media briefing, organised by the Presidential Communications Team. She said […]

Two self-made South Korean billionaires have pledged in as many weeks to give away half their fortunes –- a rarity in a country where business is dominated by family-controlled conglomerates and charity often begins and ends at home. Kim Beom-su, the founder of South Korea’s biggest messaging app KakaoTalk, announced this month he will donate more than half […]

The Imo State High Court in Owerri on Thursday ordered an interim forfeiture of all properties said to be illegally acquired by a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, while he was in office from 2011 to 2019. Justice Fred Njemanze gave the order following an application brought by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, […]