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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Monrovia, Liberia, received the country’s highest award and expressed his resolve to continue to strengthen cooperation within the West African sub-region. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja, said the president was honoured during the 172nd independence anniversary of the West […]

The United States has said  it may extend its  visa restrictions  to the family members of individuals, especially politicians believed to have undermined democracy in Nigeria during the 2019 general elections. The US  also said the American   visas issued to politicians and others  affected by the restriction had been revoked by the Department of State. […]

There was a mild drama on Friday when the senator representing Kogi West, Mr Dino Melaye, asked the Director of Strategic Communication for the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), who is a ministerial nominee, to recite the second stanza of the national anthem. The scene played out on the floor of […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to be careful when buying animal hides, popularly known as ‘ponmo.’ According to a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Director-General of the agency, Moji Adeyeye, investigations revealed that ”unscrupulous businessmen and traders are now diverting animal hides meant for […]

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up 12 spots in the July FIFA ranking, to place 33rd in the world after winning bronze at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations tournament. In the ranking table released by the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1, 481 points as against 1, 433 it had in […]

The sitting of members of the Ondo State House of Assembly was, on Thursday, called off, as a result of the dilapidated condition of the Assembly building. It was gathered that a big snake fell from the ceiling of the chamber on Wednesday while the lawmakers were about to start legislative business. A source said […]

Uchechukwu Ogah, ministerial nominee from Abia state, says Nigeria has all it takes to feed the entire world. He said this while responding to questions from senators during the screening of ministerial nominees on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari had submitted a list of 43 ministerial nominees, which was read at the senate plenary on Tuesday. […]

The Nigerian government has introduced a new Federal Marriage Certificate for all types of marriages in the country. The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah, disclosed this on Wednesday at a stakeholders conference on the conduct of statutory marriage in Abuja. She said existing couples who do not have their certificate issued […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, says the statement by the United States that it was placing visa restriction on some Nigerians has vindicated his claim that the elections were rigged. Premium Times on Wednesday reported that U.S. State Department, through its spokesperson, Morgan Ortagus, said […]

The EFCC on Wednesday said its Enugu Zonal Office has marked some properties traced to the former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, and some of his family members. The EFCC noted that Mr Okorocha’s properties were marked not sealed. However, the ex-governor’s spokesperson, Sam Onwuemodo, in a telephone interview, told Premium Times that the EFCC sealed […]

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians it said were involved in trying to undermine democracy in presidential and parliamentary elections this year. However, the department did not name the individuals or say how many were affected by the visa restrictions. President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term […]

President Buhari sent a ministerial list of names to the Senate on Tuesday. The following are seven principal facts about the President’s list of suggested names for ministerial appointments. 1. There are 43 nominees in all, comprising seven women and 36 men. 2. Seven states comprising Edo, Anambra, Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, and Kwara have […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced names of 12 former ministers who worked with him in his first term for reappointment. They are Babatunde Fashola (Lagos State), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers State) Hadi Sirika (Katsina State), Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna State), Lai Mohammed (Kwara State) Chris Ngige (Anambra State),  Adamu Adamu (Bauchi State), Abubakar Malami (Jigawa State),  Godfrey […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Dolutegravir (DTG) as a safe and preferred first-line and second-line treatment drug for HIV/AIDS, adding that pregnant women can also use it. In a statement posted on its official website on Monday, it said initial studies had flagged DTG as having a possible link with neural tube defects […]