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The British High Commission in Nigeria says it will replace, for free, the 30-day visa of individuals that were supposed to travel to the UK before the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 global pandemic. It said the free visa replacement which will be open till December 2020, covers those who will be travelling to the […]

Former Super Eagles player and Nigerian Football Ambassador, Daniel Amokachi, has been appointed as Special Assistant on Sports to President Muhammadu Buhari. “I am pleased to inform you that Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved your appointment as Special Assistant on Sports,” the appointment letter dated August 17, 2020, and […]

Russia said on Thursday it would start clinical trials of its controversial coronavirus vaccine next week, involving tens of thousands of people. President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that Russia had become the first country to register a coronavirus vaccine, though the announcement was met with caution from scientists and the World Health Organization […]

Police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have rescued a 55-year-old man who was locked up by his family for 30 years because he was apparently mentally ill, human rights activist Sani Shuaibu has told the BBC. The man had suffered for decades, one of his feet bound by a metal bar to a […]

Video of a large pool party in Wuhan, China has triggered reactions on the internet amidst the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic. Wuhan is probably one of the last places you would expect to see a giant pool party taking place as it was where COVID-19 was first detected late last year. The entire city of 11 […]

Barely 24 hours Naira was forced to a downward trajectory by dollar scarcity it bounced back, closing at N477 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N608 and N550, respectively. The Naira, however, weakened marginally at the investor’s window, losing one point to close at […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his wish to live beyond 100 years so as to have more opportunities to celebrate with the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabur Bakare, Jamolu II. He said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital when he joined other dignitaries at the first year anniversary of the traditional […]

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, according to Reuters. Quoting two security sources, Reuters said Keita was arrested alongside Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in Bamako, the country’s capital. TheCable had reported how soldiers mutinied at the Kati army base outside of Bamako. A European diplomat had said a small number of […]

The House of Representatives has, again, summoned the management of DSTV over increment of the cable television’s subscription tariffs on June 1. The House Ad Hoc Committee Investigating the Non-Implementation of ‘Pay As You Go’ Tariff by Satellite Broadcast Service Providers issued the summons, asking DSTV, owned by South Africa-based Multichoice, to appear before it […]

Nigeria will resume international flight operations on August 29, the Federal Government has announced. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement on Monday in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. “We are very glad today to announce that international flights will resume from August 29, 2020,” he said. […]

The House of Representatives on Monday faulted the sovereignty clause in Nigeria’s loan agreement with China, saying it was dangerous. The Chairman of the  House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, Nicholas Ossai, who stated this in Abuja at the investigative hearing  on  external loans and commercial agreements, said Nigeria’s loan agreement with the Asian […]

A virus that didn’t even exist a year ago is now killing more Americans than Alzheimer’s disease, accidents and diabetes. The novel coronavirus has infected more than 5.4 million Americans and killed more than 170,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Over the past three weeks, the US has averaged more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths […]

Crowds of protesters gathered in the Spanish capital on Sunday to voice their opposition the mandatory use of face masks and other measures imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus. People were pictured chanting slogans and holding placards in Plaza Colón in Madrid’s city centre. The mandatory use of face masks was initially introduced in […]

The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba said the federal government had earmarked the sum of N126 billion in the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) to upgrade health infrastructure across Federal Medical Centres (FMC) and teaching hospitals with intensive care units. Also to benefit from the funding are laboratories and isolation […]

Robert Trump, 71, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, died Saturday at a New York hospital, Donald Trump announced in a statement. “It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight. He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but […]