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The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is a wise choice that should not elude Nigeria’s 2023 presidency. The governor said this on Thursday during the inauguration of the working committee of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement, in Ikeja GRA. He […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have lifted restriction on flights from Nigeria and 11 other African countries. The UAE National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) and General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), which announced this, said it will take effect from Saturday. The ban was initially imposed as part of measures to […]

A pastor has been arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for allegedly sleeping a woman and her two daughters, the police authorities said on Thursday. The Pastor, identified as Timothy Oluwatimilehin, was in charge of the Spirit-Filled International Christian Church in the Olumore area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, […]

The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, said Hushpuppi has been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine’s Day, according to BBC Pidgin. Mrozek was, however, yet to respond to an email inquiry […]

The United Kingdom has resumed work and study visa applications processing in Nigeria. This was contained in a post by UKinNigeria on its social media handles on Wednesday. In the post, Nigerians were urged to proceed to the UK visa application centres for the Priority Visa Services. “From January 24, TLS will resume offering some […]

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunmimbe Mamora, has debunked claims that the federal government would give free deoxyribonucleic acid tests popularly known as free DNA tests for Nigerians. Recall that some Nigerians took to the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, with claims that the minister had said government hospitals and clinics would conduct free […]

 Pope Francis said on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support. He spoke in unscripted comments at his weekly audience in reference to difficulties that parents can face in raising offspring. Those issues included “parents who see different sexual orientations in their children and how to handle this, […]

No fewer than 17, 363 persons were killed across Nigeria in violent incidents between 2020 and 2021.    This was contained in a  report compiled by SBM Intelligence, a geopolitical intelligence platform and the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project, released, yesterday. The report attributed the deaths to attacks from Boko Haram, bandits, militia herdsmen, abductions […]

Nigeria has dropped by five places in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI), yesterday. It is Nigeria’s second consecutive year of decline in TI’s  rating. The CPI aggregates data from eight different sources that provide perceptions by country experts and business people on the level of corruption in the public sector.  The […]

Nigerian media personality, Bolanle Olukanni, has condemned ministers of God who continue heading their ministries after engaging in extra-marital affairs. The TV presenter made her comments via her Twitter page on Tuesday after popular Gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo publicly confessed to cheating on his wife. On his Instagram page, the singer disclosed that in late […]

President Buhari has pleaded with Nigerians not to write off the Super Eagles players and officials after they crashed out of the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations following a 1-0 defeat to Tunisia in the round of 16 in Garoua, Cameroon on Sunday. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba […]

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has suspended the planned petrol subsidy removal. Speaking during a meeting held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said the suspension is till further notice. The Minister stated that part of the reason why the Federal Government […]

Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a warrant of arrest against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the United Kingdom. Justice Olajuwon granted the request after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The court […]

The government of Kano has revoked operating licences of all private schools in the state. The government took the action amid the outrage over the killing of 5-year old Hanifa Abubukar by Abdulmalik Tanko, proprietor of Noble Kids Academy, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. The deceased child, who attended the school, was kidnapped […]