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Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, says it is better to lose power and gain honour. Jonathan, who made this known in a Facebook post on Friday, recommended this ‘philosophy’ to all leaders facing ‘challenging situations at the polls’. He wrote, “Nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any citizen. It is better to gain honour […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appealed to Nigerians yet to feel the impacts of his Administration and those who feel the government is not doing enough to bear with the government. The President made the appeal in Ilorin at a town hall meeting with the traditional rulers, youths, students, organised labour, market women and other […]

The active users of telecommunications services in the country stood at 199 million, as of July 2020, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The new figure is an increase from 184 million subscribers, about 15 million, from the previous year. This, NCC said, represented about 7.5 per cent increase in total subscription within the period under review. […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has rued the recent destruction of properties in Lagos State, saying he almost cried after seeing photos of the damage. “I have spent time to see some of the pictures of the destruction done on public properties in Lagos and I nearly shed tears,” the governor said on Thursday […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said he has not purchased an official car for himself since he assumed office last year May. The governor, therefore, charged other governors to look into their expenditure profile and do away with unnecessary spending to increase state revenue for the government to have more resources to meet […]

The Senate on Thursday told State House officials to restrain President Buhari from foreign trips for medical treatment in order to ensure the State House clinic becomes functional this year. The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the warning when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar, appeared before the panel to […]

The Chinese authorities have temporarily suspended entry into China by Nigerians and other nationals in Nigeria holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Punch correspondent learnt that the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Philippines and a few others were also affected by the policy. It was gathered that the decision was […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says the government cannot meet the request of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) due to present economic situation in the country. ASUU is demanding N110bn for revatilisation of tertiary institutions amongst other requests. Ngige, who stated this on Wednesday night while briefing journalists immediately after a […]

Nigeria is the African country importing the most used vehicles from the United States, and the third in the world, a new report has shown. The report, by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said Nigeria ranks just below the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mexico. According to UNEP, 14 million light-duty vehicles (cars, SUVs and minibuses) […]

Three Nigerian-Americans, Esther Agbaje, Oye Owolewa and Nnamdi Chukwuocha, have won their electoral bids in the United States election held on Tuesday. Ms Agbaje, who contested to represent District 59B in the Minnesota House of Representatives on the platform of the Democratic Party, won with 17,396 votes. The 35-year-old Harvard law graduate defeated Republican Alan […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the Federal Government’s move to regulate social media in Nigeria. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary described the attempt as unconstitutional, anti-people and attempt to silence Nigeria. He said that the attempt to censor the social media was targeted at muzzling outspoken Nigerians. This, according to him, […]

Diego Maradona will undergo surgery for a subdural hematoma within hours, a source with knowledge of the situation and local media said on Tuesday. The former Argentina football star had been hospitalised since Monday night for anaemia and dehydration, though his condition had been improving, his personal doctor said earlier in the day. Argentine football […]

The Lagos State Government may impose a new lockdown and return other measures if there is a recurrence of high cases of coronavirus in the state. This was contained in a press statement by the Director, Public Affairs of the Ministry of Health, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Tuesday. The statement was titled, ‘Lagos calls for precautions […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that its current strike will continue, following a deadlock during talks with the Federal Government. In a statement by its Lagos Zone Coordinator, Prof. Olusiji Sowande, the union noted that the lackadaisical attitude of government towards funding education would make the strike linger.

Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder, The Citadel Global Community Church, on Monday said there is no going back on his plan to vie for the 2023 presidency. Bakare had said in September 2019 that he would be crowned the next president of Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari. “Take it to the mountain top if you have […]

No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels. Besides the presidential election, governorship polls are holding in 11 states and two territories, […]

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has advised hospitals to seek alternative sources of funding to ensure quality health service delivery. He gave the advice at the weekend while inspecting facilities at the National Hospital, Abuja. He said additional resources from partnership with the private sector and others would help in service delivery. He also […]