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Two days after returning from Saudi Arabia where he attended a summit and also held prayers for Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari is heading for Glasgow, Scotland. He is to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the country before heading for France. According to […]

From November 1, WhatsApp will be blocked on millions of phones across the world. Few weeks ago, UK Sun had reported that some iPhones and Android mobiles would be locked out of WhatsApp forever. In the tech space, companies usually stop supporting older devices. Google did just that with old Android phones for Gmail, YouTube […]

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the interim forfeiture of the houses and cars linked to Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, who the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission described as “a strong leader of a cyber-crime syndicate that specialised in business e-mail compromise.” Based on an […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria is on the edge of precipice as the country is going through the most trying and difficult period of its existence. He said this on Saturday during the 2021 elective National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Eagle Square, Abuja. The Wazirin Adamawa, therefore, appealed to […]

Former Senate President, Pius Anyim has declared that he will contest for the office of the President in 2023. Anyim noted that his ambition would not be tied to zoning of the presidency to the South East by the Peoples Democratic Party. He made the declaration on Saturday in an interview with journalists, in Abuja. […]

The Federal Government has again extended the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who announced this, urged Nigerians and legal residents to complete the process before the end of the year 2021. This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday jointly […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned those campaigning for tenure elongation on his behalf, stressing that he would leave office in May 2023. According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari gave the warning at a meeting in Makkah with a select group of Nigerians resident in […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday met with Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the statehouse in Abuja. While details of their meeting remain unclear, it may not be unrelated to their alleged plans to join the 2023 presidential race. The meeting also comes weeks after Tinubu returned to Nigeria […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said Nigeria is fast disintegrating, lamenting that the current administration lacks the solution to the various challenges confronting the nation. The literary icon, who spoke at a news conference held at Freedom Park, Lagos, also decried the COVID-19 protocols put in place for travelers. The conference had as its […]

Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States. On Thursday, the WTO boss announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot. The proud mother […]

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar Tijjani, said on Thursday that President, Major Buhari had approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed space Presidential Clinic at a cost of N21bn Tijani stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to present his 2022 budget proposal for consideration. […]

As anxiety heightens ahead of the November 6 Anambra governorship election, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has appealed to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to suspend its planned sit-at-home order.  IPOB had announced that it will lock down the South East if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, currently standing treason trial, is […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has absolved itself from any liability should users of the eNaira suffer any loss or data breach on the platform. According to the information available on the eNaira website, the CBN removed itself from being joined as a party in any future lawsuits, if users encounter losses while using the […]

A small group of ultra-wealthy individuals could help solve world hunger with just a fraction of their net worth, says the director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme. Billionaires need to “step up now, on a one-time basis”, said David Beasley in an interview on CNN’s Connect the World with Becky Anderson that aired Tuesday — […]

The Islamic police in Kano state known as Hisbah have arrested 26-year-old Aliyu Na Idris who was trending on social media last weekend for putting himself up for sale due to “poverty”. Hisbah Commander Harun Ibn Sina confirmed the arrest to the BBC, adding that Aliyu Na Idris’ actions were forbidden. “Yes we arrested him […]

A second prosecution witness, Augustine Anosike, on Tuesday gave his testimony in the case involving Afeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Anosike, a forensic expert with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the judge how several credit card numbers […]

Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has said that former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is capable of leading Nigeria. Akeredolu added that Tinubu is doing his best as leader of the South-West. Akeredolu spoke on behalf of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained how his administration took painful decisions to invest for a prosperous future of all Nigerians. Speaking on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia at an investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute, the Nigerian leader said upon assuming office in 2015, his government understood the importance on inclusive policies for […]