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Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the minister of state for education, says tertiary institutions in-country will reopen “very soon”. Speaking during a programme that aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Saturday, Nwajiuba said the federal government is also working to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) before schools reopen. Tertiary […]

The World Health Organization has recommended that children aged 12 and over now use masks in the same situations as adults, as the use of face coverings helps stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The health agency made the recommendation in a COVID-19 guidance document it published via its website on Friday. It said […]

The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has returned from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she went to treat a severe neck pain. The President’s wife said this in an Instagram post shortly after her return on Saturday. Mrs. Buhari, who returned on a Presidential jet, said they witnessed a turbulence but the pilots were able […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday told youths in the country not to allow anybody to tell them that they are leaders of tomorrow, warning, “you are leaders today.” He urged them to be ambassadors for change, and to also drive the movement for freedom and justice in the country. He advised them to remain […]

Tragedy struck, Friday night, at Odo-Olowu Bus Stop, Ijesha, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, when a container fell off a truck and crushed two young women to death. Both are yet to be identified. The incident, it was gathered, happened around 10.45p.m. Emergency responders have recovered the bodies and taken them to a morgue. The Director-General of […]

One hundred cases of Ebola have been recorded in DR Congo’s northwest in less than three months, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday as it warned the response to the epidemic is underfunded. The outbreak was reported in Equateur province on June 1, just as the country was preparing to declare an end to […]

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry led by Justice Ayo Salami (retd) set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has submitted an interim report to the President. The report was said to have recommended Magu’s sacking. A report by an online medium, TheCable, […]

The Federal Government, on Thursday, raised the alarm that the Nigerian economy might relapse into a second recession in four years if no concrete steps were taken to improve the Gross Domestic Product. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, raised the alarm during his presentation at the Senate Joint Committee […]

The British High Commission in Nigeria says it will replace, for free, the 30-day visa of individuals that were supposed to travel to the UK before the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 global pandemic. It said the free visa replacement which will be open till December 2020, covers those who will be travelling to the […]

Former Super Eagles player and Nigerian Football Ambassador, Daniel Amokachi, has been appointed as Special Assistant on Sports to President Muhammadu Buhari. “I am pleased to inform you that Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved your appointment as Special Assistant on Sports,” the appointment letter dated August 17, 2020, and […]

Russia said on Thursday it would start clinical trials of its controversial coronavirus vaccine next week, involving tens of thousands of people. President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that Russia had become the first country to register a coronavirus vaccine, though the announcement was met with caution from scientists and the World Health Organization […]

The Nigeria Police Force said on Thursday that the screening of candidates who applied to join the organisation as constables will commence from August 24 to September 16, 2020. It directed the applicants to appear at the screening centres in clean white T-shirts and shorts for the exercise which would take place at designated locations […]

Police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have rescued a 55-year-old man who was locked up by his family for 30 years because he was apparently mentally ill, human rights activist Sani Shuaibu has told the BBC. The man had suffered for decades, one of his feet bound by a metal bar to a […]

Video of a large pool party in Wuhan, China has triggered reactions on the internet amidst the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic. Wuhan is probably one of the last places you would expect to see a giant pool party taking place as it was where COVID-19 was first detected late last year. The entire city of 11 […]

The United Kingdom has opposed the death sentence passed on a Kano musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, by a Shari’a court. The UK said individuals had the right to freely express opinions and peacefully challenge authorities, noting that this was essential to a free and open society. The Shari’a court had penultimate Monday imposed the death sentence […]

Barely 24 hours Naira was forced to a downward trajectory by dollar scarcity it bounced back, closing at N477 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N608 and N550, respectively. The Naira, however, weakened marginally at the investor’s window, losing one point to close at […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his wish to live beyond 100 years so as to have more opportunities to celebrate with the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabur Bakare, Jamolu II. He said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital when he joined other dignitaries at the first year anniversary of the traditional […]

The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria risks another pandemic if the nation fails to urgently develop her health infrastructure. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the warning at the inauguration of the Board of Experts (BoE) of the Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS) of […]