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The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, has warned that foreign visitors who failed to present their COVID-19 test certificates on arrival in the country will have their visas revoked. The immigration service boss said he has the powers as enshrined in the Immigration Act to revoke visas and confiscate passports of offenders, […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus, even as Britain ramped up its vaccination program by becoming the first nation to start using the shot developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca. Johnson said people must […]

Nigeria posted a new level of daily COVID-19 cases on Monday, with a record-setting 1,204 cases. Nigeria’s previous record was the 1,145 cases registered on 18 December, 2020. Till date, 91351 cases have been confirmed, 75699 cases have been discharged and 958,911 tests conducted. The new cases also saw Lagos, breaking its daily grim chart […]

The Lagos State Government has ordered all public and private schools in the state to reopen for the second term 2020/21 academic session from Monday, 18th of January, 2021. This was announced on Monday in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo. She noted that this is in line with the […]

The Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr Muda Yusuf, said the government should allow economic activities to continue as much as possible. He said, “The economy is already very weak; the problem of unemployment is serious. The poverty situation is getting worse, and the only way we can fix some of these things […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says for the sake of sanity, one must imagine that the regime of President Buhari does not exist. He, however, hailed the new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, describing it as marvellous and long overdue. Soyinka said this during a recent interview with Kaftan TV which was monitored by Punch correspondent. […]

Redeemed Christian Church of God General Overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said Nigeria may not have money or resources to fight the monstrous COVID-19 pandemic, but the citizens have God. The cleric added that having God is enough to protect the citizens from the pandemic. Adeboye spoke on Sunday at the January Special Thanksgiving Service […]

Another lockdown is likely in Nigeria with the rising COVID-19 cases, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus Control has warned. The ad hoc body working on prevention of the virus is worried that despite the second wave whose effect is deadlier than the first wave, Nigerians have continued to shun the prescribed […]

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases jumped up again on Sunday, with nine Nigerians killed by the virus in the last 24 hours. The deaths were recorded in Adamawa, Osun, Oyo, Plateau and FCT Abuja. According to data released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Adamawa recorded four deaths, Osun, Oyo and Plateau had one each. […]

The Lagos State government has directed all public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below to continue working from home for another two weeks. It explained that the extension order to the workers who were expected to resume on Monday followed the increase in recorded cases of COVID-19 in the state. The state governor, Babajide […]

The United States on Saturday saw its highest number yet of coronavirus cases recorded in one day, with more than 277,000 infections. The hardest-hit country in the world by the pandemic, the United States has marked 20.4 million cases overall and just under 350,000 deaths. Infections have been surging in recent months, with top US […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has ruled out the possibility of conducting a local clinical trial on the proposed N400bn vaccines before administering them on Nigerians. The agency said since the World Health Organisation had approved the vaccines there might not be need to conduct another clinical trial on the […]

At least 1,927 persons have called for the sacking of the First City Monument Bank Managing Director, Adam Nuru, over alleged infidelity with a former worker with the bank, Moyo Thomas. The petition is requesting the Central Bank of Nigeria and the FCMB board to dismiss Nuru on ethical grounds. It came on the heels […]

Nigerians who believe the government has not done enough on security should compare the situation under previous administrations, President Muhammadu Buhari said in his New Year message on Friday. “I am aware that for some of our compatriots, the progress we have registered since the inception of this administration is not nearly as fast or as sufficient […]

Spokesperson for the  Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command,  ASP Mariam Yusuf, has said that Omoyele Sowore was arrested for unlawfully gathering at very odd hours. According to her, Sowore’s gathering alongside others caused tension among residents of Gudu and Lokogoma areas of the FCT. ASP Mariam said this in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune as […]

The Nigeria police have again arrested the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, for leading a protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Mr Sowore and some activists were arrested at the #CrossoverWithProtest, a planned procession across the country on New Year eve. Some of the protesters who escaped arrest confirmed to Premium Times that […]

The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, says any system the church attacks will crash, The Punch reports. “When the church goes against a man, his destiny is finished. When the church goes against a system, that system will crash,” he said on Thursday night during a physical […]

At least 4,176 persons infected with coronavirus in Lagos State are currently undergoing home-based treatment in the wake of the second wave infections across Nigeria, and the world at large. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed the figures on Friday via his Twitter handle, @ProfAkinAbayomi, noting that 115 cases were in isolation. Abayomi wrote, […]