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Less than 15 weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari returned from London where he had gone to receive medical attention, he has returned to the UK for “a summit and scheduled medical follow-up.” As usual, Mr Buhari’s publicists did not disclose what the medical follow-up is for, only noting that the president will be in the […]

Five months after, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted flight ban on Nigerian travellers with effect from Thursday August 5. Emirates announced on its website that the UAE authorities have announced that effective 5 August 2021, eligible travellers from Nigeria and 10 other countries will be allowed to travel to/through the UAE. The countries […]

The Federal Government has failed to reach out to the National Association of Resident Doctors for negotiation 48 hours after its members embarked on strike, The Punch has learnt. The President of NARD, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, said this during a chat with Punch correspondent on Monday. He said, “We wrote letters to the Federal Ministry of Labour […]

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has asked Nigerians to reject the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general polls. Jega, in an interview with BBC Hausa Service monitored by our reporters yesterday, said the two big parties had […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, cautioned residents on thefrightening figures of hospitalisations and fatalities resulting from coronavirus. He confirmed that Lagos State had been recording a daily average of six deaths at its isolation centres in the last one week. According to him, no fewer than 30 persons have died of COVID-19 in […]

July 2021 witnessed many deaths among prominent Nigerians. Here are some of them: 1. Sound Sultan at 44 On July 11, 2021, the death of popular rapper Sound Sultan was announced by the family. He passed away at 44 following a hard fought battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphomia. His colleagues in the entertainment industry paid glowing […]

Ese Brume has put Nigeria on the medals table, leaping 6.97m to grab the bronze medal in the long jump event in Tokyo Olympics. The 25 year-old came in third to the German winner Malaika Mihambo who jumped 7 metres. American Brittney Reese grabbed the silver, although had the same jump with Brume. The Ughelli-born […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Saturday 31st July 2021, recovered 35 wraps of cocaine from the underwear of a lady, Okafor Ebere Edith during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Cotevoire, to Monrovia, Liberia from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. The suspect who tucked the pellets […]

The Lagos State government yesterday cautioned Nigerians against letting down their guard on the prevention of COVID-19 infections. Speaking through its Health Commissioner Prof Akin Abayomi, the state said it recorded six COVID-19-related deaths and 519 cases of infection within two days. The commissioner dropped the hint through his Facebook account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi, yesterday, while giving […]

The federal government has cautioned youths seeking employment opportunities abroad to be careful, so as not to end up as victims of trafficking.  Memunat Idu-Lah, director of international cultural relations in the ministry of information and culture, was speaking in an interview with NAN on Sunday. Idu-Lah, who advised youths to seek opportunities within the country, […]

Nigerians spent about N1.77tn on national calls and short messages in 2020. This is according to the analysis of data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission recently released in document titled ‘2020 subscriber/network data report’. NCC put total outgoing local and national traffic at 150,825,830,687.40 minutes. The average tariff charged by the mobile networks as […]

The Police Service Commission has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari. According to a statement by the commission’s Head of Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani on Sunday, the decision was conveyed in a letter signed by Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired justice of […]

The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has warned married couples on the dangers of not having a good sex life. In a post shared on his Ministries social media handles Saturday, the clergyman averred that a sex-starved marriage is heading for destruction, he wrote: ”A sex-starved marriage […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty and does not require hospitalisation. This is according to his media adviser, Tunde Rahman, via a statement issued on Saturday, amid reports that the APC leader is out of the country undergoing a surgical operation. Although Rahman confirmed that his […]

There is a COVID-19 infections surge in Nigeria after the country recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday. The government is struggling to deal with a new and more infectious variant of the virus, the Delta Variant. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said figures on […]

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has directed its members across the country to embark on a total strike from Monday, August 2. This directive was issued on Saturday at the end of the executive meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union held in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. Briefing reporters […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday questioned former Senate President Bukola Saraki over alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering. According to sources who confirmed the news to Channels Television, Saraki arrived the EFCC office around 2pm. According to sources, Mr Saraki is alleged to have hired suspected proxies, who executed […]

The Federal Government is set to begin the roll-out of fifth-generation (5G) services across the country. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the announcement on Friday at a public inquiry on the instruments necessary for the deployment of the technology. The instruments are the annual operating levy regulations […]