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President Muhammadu Buhari will not succumb to threats or undue pressure from “professional critics” just to satisfy the selfish needs of few individuals in the country, the presidency has said. The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this position known in a series of tweets on his personal handle in […]

Ahead of a possible second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian government has ordered the reopening of all isolation and treatment centres in the country. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, made this known at a Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday. He said the move was to prepare the country […]

Death row inmate Brandon Bernard has been executed in Indiana after last-minute clemency pleas were rejected by the US Supreme Court. Bernard, 40, was convicted of murder in 1999 when he was a teenager, and is the youngest offender to be executed by the federal government in nearly 70 years. Bernard told the family of […]

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 675 new COVID-19 cases, its highest since 23 August when 601 cases were reported. The highest number ever recorded since February when an index case arrived from Italy was 745 on 19 June. Since 1 December, the nation has been reporting numbers in excess of 300 infections, capping it on Wednesday […]

Global activists and celebrities on Thursday hit out at the Federal Government over crackdown on peaceful #EndSARS protesters demonstrating against police brutality two months ago. In an open letter addressed to the President Muhammadu Buhari, and made public in Lagos to coincide with International Human Rights Day, 60 activists condemned the government for “unwarranted force […]

The World Bank on Thursday projected that the number of poor Nigerians will increase from the current 90 million to about 100 million by 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country’s economy. It stated that by 2022, about 11 million more Nigerians were expected to fall into poverty due to […]

The Nigerian government has ordered mobile telecommunication operators in the country to stop the sale and registration of new SIM cards. The directive applies to all mobile operators including MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat. The directive was contained in a statement by Nigerian Communications Commission. The NCC said that the move would allow the audit […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has faulted reports of the #EndSARS protests by the foreign press. The President especially mentioned that the reports of CNN and BBC of the #EndSARS protest were not balanced, as they failed to give attention to the Policemen that were killed. Buhari, in a short tweet that has generated thousands of reactions […]

The National Population Commission, NPC, Tuesday, announced that Nigeria now has an estimated population of 206 million people. The Chairman of the NPC, Nasir Kwarra, who disclosed this in Abuja, at a press briefing on the commencement of the 11th phase of Enumeration Area Demarcation, EAD, also announced the next population and housing census would […]

Nowadays, people tend to monitor social media activities via comments, user engagements, online chats, threads, ‘likes’ and ‘shares’. Social media monitoring is a process of using social media channels to track, gather and mine the information and data of certain individuals or groups. It is also aimed at assessing their reputation and discerning how these […]

Manchester United were dumped out of the Champions League after losing 3-2 to RB Leipzig on a disappointing night for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United, who knew they only needed a point to qualify from Group H, fell 3-0 behind in Germany after a shambolic defensive showing with on-loan Manchester City full-back Angelino (2), Amadou Haidara […]

The Nigerian government plans to reopen its land borders, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. He explained that the closure of the nation’s land borders was part of the efforts by the government to control the smuggling of weapons and drugs into the country. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this on Tuesday at a security meeting with […]

The Federal Government has reacted to a list by the United States which added Nigeria as a country with severe religious violations. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed in a statement titled ‘Nigeria Denies Religious Freedom Violation Allegation’ said Nigeria jealously protects religious freedom as enshrined in the country’s constitution and takes seriously […]

Nigeria has recorded 550 new COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a tweet on Tuesday night. The new cases were recorded in 16 states and the FCT, with Lagos retaining the highest figure of 219 cases. Other states are: Kaduna with 52 cases, Kwara with19, Kano and Rivers with […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed displeasure over the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. He described as “amazing” the failure of the lecturers to suspend their eight-month strike. The president was quoted as saying this in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, after a meeting with 36 state […]

A yet-to-be-identified lady has reportedly set her boyfriend ablaze in his house in Gboko town, in the Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspect, who is at large, was said to have taken the decision after the boyfriend, identified only as Jude, ended their relationship. This is coming barely three weeks after a […]

Taiwanese authorities have slapped a $3,500 fine on a man who broke quarantine regulations for just eight seconds. The man, a migrant worker from the Philippines, was quarantining in a hotel in Kaohsiung City when he briefly stepped out of his room into the hallway, the city’s Department of Health told Taiwan’s official Central News Agency (CNA). […]

South Korea and Japan may have coronavirus numbers that would be the envy of much of Europe and the United States, but they aren’t taking any chances as winter brings with it a dangerous spike in infections. Along with tighter restrictions, both east Asian countries have deployed their respective militaries to assist medical staff and […]