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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday praised the National National Youth Service Corps scheme as a strong uniting force among Nigerian youths. He lauded the initiators of the scheme, especially former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for introducing the NYSC as an avenue for people to know the country better. Buhari cited an instance with […]

US President Donald Trump has said his political foes “should be ashamed of themselves”. Trump said this in a live address on Thursday while delivering a victory statement at the White House. He said, “We’ve been going through this for over three years. It was lies and they should never happen to another president. It […]

The Federal Government has slashed its visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees”. According to the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Muhammad Babandede, the reduction followed a review […]

The Federal Government said that it will spend  N620m special intervention fund to monitor, detect and contain the deadly Coronavirus. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on health. He briefed the Senate panel on the level of his ministry’s preparedness to manage the Coronavirus outbreak in the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deregistered 74 political parties, meaning that they would not be participating in subsequent elections in the country. INEC chairman, Yakubu Mommudu, who disclosed this during a press briefing on Thursday at the Commission headquarters, said the action was in preparation for the coming 2023 general elections. The INEC chairman […]

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari that more Muslims are killed by Boko Haram. Atiku made his position known in a tweet on Wednesday. While replying to a report on Buhari’s claim, Atiku tackled Buhari for being concerned with […]

A 70-year-old teacher, Tom Miller Privet, was arrested and charged for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old student in his classroom ‘ every day’ for three months at Terra Environmental Research Institute Magnet School. According to Metro.UK, Police had reported that Privett, who was a history and government teacher at the school for 30 years, reportedly groomed […]

The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on Tuesday for questioning. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned. His estranged wife, Lipolelo Thabane, was shot dead outside […]

An individual may no longer be able to own more than three phone lines going by a directive handed down to the Nigerian Communications Commission by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Pantami. The directive was based on security considerations. Pantami directed the NCC to revise the policy on SIM card registration […]

The US Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Wednesday following a historic two-week trial. The Republican-majority Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump of abuse of power and 53-47 to acquit him of obstruction of Congress. Fifty-two Republicans voted to acquit Trump of abuse of power while all […]

The bodies of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other people killed in a helicopter crash last month in Calabasas, California, have been released to their families, according to the website for the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner. Last week, the coroner’s office announced that it had officially identified all nine victims killed in the January 26 crash. […]

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a motion to evacuate Nigerians in China following the outbreak of the Coronavirus. According to lawmakers who voted massively against the motion raised by the spokesperson of the house, Benjamin Okezie, China has better facilities to handle the situation than Nigeria. Despite efforts by the Speaker […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declared that 90 per cent of Boko Haram’s victims in the past years were Muslims. “It is the reality that some 90 per cent of all Boko Haram’s victims have been Muslims. They include a copycat abduction of over 100 Muslim schoolgirls, along with their single Christian classmate; shootings inside mosques; […]

The United States has stated that the $308m Abacha loot which will soon be repatriated to Nigeria must be placed in an account and if the money is stolen from that account, Nigeria would be made to replace it. The Spokesperson for the US State Department, Morgan Ortagus, said in a statement that this was […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, has intercepted $8,065,615 at the airport. Hameed Ali, the customs comptroller-general, said at a press conference in Lagos Tuesday that the cash was intercepted in a car while it was about to be loaded into an aircraft. He did not provide details of the aircraft but […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says women should be given more of the empowerment opportunities made available by the Federal Government as they are good managers of resources. Amaechi made the assertion during the empowerment of Women and Youth programme in Rivers State by the National Directorate of Employment NDE and the Office of […]

The coronavirus, which was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December has found its way into more than 24 countries. While many countries, especially those in Africa, are yet to report any confirmed case, there have been scares of the disease in Nigeria. The World Health Organisation (WHO) have advised countries to heighten their health […]

Chinese electronics group TCL will stop producing BlackBerry-branded smartphones this year, the companies said on Monday, leaving it unclear whether that will be the end of the line for the once-dominant handsets. At the end of August, TCL will no longer have rights to design, make or sell BlackBerry smartphones, the Canadian company said in […]