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The Presidency, Sunday, said President Buhari had done more than was expected of him as Commander-in-Chief in ensuring the security of Nigerians. This was as it said it would not be arm-twisted into responding to propaganda promulgated by terrorists as the military was quite aware of its duties. In a statement signed by the Senior […]

The head of the World Health Organization Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency – the highest alarm it can sound. Speaking on Saturday at a media briefing on monkeypox, Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, said the decision on the emergency status was taken, despite a lack of consensus by the […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has again warned of a possible fifth wave of the Covid-19 virus in the country, given the resurgence in the number of confirmed cases. It disclosed that about 1,332 cases were recorded in one week. It therefore called on states to ramp up testing as it asked Nigerians to embrace […]

Naira weakened against the U.S. dollar at the official market on Friday, after the currency appreciated in the last two consecutive business days at the spot market. The local unit which opened trading at N427.00 closed at N430.00 to a dollar on Friday, data posted on the FMDQ website where forex is officially traded showed. This implies […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the electorate to vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next general elections to ensure continuity in the polity, and stability in the country and West African region. The President said this Friday while receiving a delegation from Nasarawa State led by Governor Abdullahi Sule at the State House, […]

Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has alerted members of the flying public of shortage of aviation fuel, saying this would result in flight disruptions across the country. In a statement, Spokesman of AON, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, disclosed that the aviation sector has been hit by a major crisis with the acute scarcity of aviation fuel […]

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission Limited (NNPC Limited), Mele Kyari, has said that all Nigerians are the shareholders of the newly commercialized national oil firm. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday unveiled the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, a landmark event that officially changed the oil firm from […]

The Federal Government has said it is considering placing a ban on the use of motorcycles, popularly known as okada. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, dropped the hint Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of National Security Council (NSC) presided over by President Muhammadu […]

The federal government has said that the renovation of the National Assembly complex will gulp N30.2 billion. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Musa Mohammad Bello, disclosed this during an oversight tour of some projects by the Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday. A sum of N37 billion was appropriated […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 presidential election.  Buhari said this on Wednesday when he met with Kashim Shettima, the APC vice-presidential candidate, at the state house in Abuja. Earlier on Wednesday, the APC had unveiled Shettima, former Borno governor, as the running mate to […]

Major Nigerian cities including the Federal Capital Territory were thrown into darkness on Wednesday when the country’s electricity grid collapsed. Electricity distribution companies announced Wednesday that the collapse occurred at about 11:00 a.m. Wednesday’s incident is the sixth reported collapse in 2022. The government blames poor management and low gas supply as the major causes of the […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended Dana Airlines’ Air Transport Licence (ATL) and Air Operator Certificate (AOC), indefinitely. NCAA Director-General, Captain Musa Nuhu, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. He stated that the suspension of the operations of the airlines would take effect from midnight of July 20. “The suspension was made […]

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday again raised the Monetary Policy Rate from 13 per cent to 14 per cent. This came barely two months after the MPC, during its bi-monthly meeting in May, raised the benchmark interest rate from 11.5 per cent to 13 per cent. The interest […]

A trio of Asian passports offer their holders greater global travel freedom than those of any other countries, according to a new quarterly report released by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners. Japan has pushed ahead of Singapore and South Korea to offer its citizens visa-free or visa-on-demand access to a […]