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The United States will not lift coronavirus entry restrictions imposed on foreign travellers due to the spread of the Delta variant, the White House said on Monday. “We will maintain existing travel restrictions at this point for a few reasons,” White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said. “The more transmissible Delta variant is spreading, both here […]

A Muslim cleric, Idris Oladejo, has revealed why he believed the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), decided not to escape from the custody of the operatives in Benin Republic, using his native powers. Oladejo, popularly called Imam Oladejo, said Igboho indeed had the native powers to “disappear” from custody but had refused to do […]

The Court D’Appal of Cotonou has ordered Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to be kept in prison custody pending further investigation. The court, however, declined the extradition of Igboho to Nigeria. The court, which was expected to start hearing the case at 10:00am, barred reporters and supporters of Igboho who […]

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for “turning the presidential villa into the headquarters” of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition party governors said Aso Rock has become a place where some “coerced PDP members are paraded at intervals”. The governors made the comment in a communique issued after their […]

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu will remain in the custody of the Department of State Services despite a request to transfer him to Kuje correctional centre. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court gave the order on Monday during the resumption of Kanu’s trial in Abuja. In an application to […]

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM data verification to October 31. This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management, Mr Kayode Adegoke and Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde of the Nigerian Communications Commission, on Saturday. They said the decision […]

A Democratic Republic of Congo policeman has shot a student who was not wearing a mask while filming on the streets of the capital, witnesses said on Sunday. “Our friend Honore Shama, a student in the faculty of arts at the University of Kinshasa, was filming a video as part of his acting practical work […]

The cost of food items in Nigeria has been recording significant increases in the past one year. A survey carried out by our correspondents in markets across Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory showed that staple food commodities have witnessed astronomical price hikes. Findings showed that within a one-year period, the cost of 50kg of […]

The legal team and supporters of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho, will prefer that he dies in Benin Republic than allow him to be handed over to the Nigerian government, his lawyer, Ibrahim David Salami, declared on Saturday. Salami vowed that everything would be done to ensure that Igboho is not extradited to […]

Bandits have released six from a group of 28 people they had been holding for 67 days, saying they released four of them as Sallah gifts to their community in Katsina State. Premium Times reported how the outlaws in May killed a local businessman, kidnapped 28 residents and rustled several cattle in Batsari town. But local […]

A man in Katsina, Yahuza Ibrahim, who named his daughter Buhariyya, presumably after President Muhammadu Buhari, has changed her name to Kauthar. He said this is because the president has failed to fulfil his campaign promises. In a video clip seen by Premium Times, Mr Ibrahim, who is from Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina, said his […]

Nobel Laurete, Wole Soyinka has said that Nigeria cannot continue to survive as a single country unless the government is decentralised. Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, Soyinka said there was no hope of Nigeria continuing together as one nation if the Federal Government fails to do the needful. Expressing doubts that Nigeria can continue […]

The Federal Government plans to spend a total sum of N14.6tn on debt servicing between 2022 and 2024, an analysis of official data have shown. Projections in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper for 2022 to 2024 show that the government intends to spend N3.6tn on debt servicing in 2022, N4.9tn in 2023 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, charged contractors who have enjoyed government patronage, as well as other privileged citizens, to use their resources to support less privileged members of the society. The President  gave the charge when he paid a visit to the Emir of Daura, Dr Umar Faruk Umar,  adding that passing gifts and ‘cheques’ […]

Investment announcements in Nigeria fell to $1.69bn in the second quarter of this year from $8.41bn in Q1, indicating a decline of about 80 per cent, a new report by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission has said. The report said the total value of investments interests in the first half of this year fell by […]

The police command in Niger has arrested a man, Mohammed Mohammed, and his wife, Sadiya, for alleged conspiracy and self-kidnapping. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Friday. He said that the couple who are residents of Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state were […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on historians and intellectuals to be fair in documenting  the achievements of his administration. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, Buhari spoke when he received some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his country home in Daura, Katsina state. Buhari was quoted as saying it […]