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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday announced the discovery of three additional cases of the Omicron variant in the country. The agency had on Wednesday detected the first three cases of the variant. With Tuesday’s discovery, the total number of the omicron variant cases in Nigeria stands at six. Last week, Canada after […]

The Lagos State Government has stated that all attendees of social events in the state must now present their vaccination cards. Sanwo-Olu disclosed that all social events in the state must be duly registered to obtain an event safety clearance from the Lagos State Safety Commission website. The governor, who said this on Tuesday in a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Lagos State to inaugurate some projects on Thursday. Moves are already underway to provide heavy security in some parts of the commercial city ahead of the President’s visit, it was also learnt.  Such presidential visits are accompanied by heavy traffic congestion across Lagos.  -Independent

Ibrahim Jubril, one of the parents whose children were found dead in an abandoned car in Lagos, says nobody knows how they got into the vehicle. Eight children were found dead in a Honda Pilot parked on Adelayo street, Jah-Michael, along Badagry expressway in Lagos, on Saturday. The children were said to be between the ages of […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will take actions on the Federal Government’s failure to meet its demand in the next 48 hours. President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this to Daily Trust in a telephone interview, on Monday. The labour leader said the union will conclude its consultation with various […]

A coalition of northern groups under the umbrella of Arewa Concerned Civil Society Organisations of Nigeria has declared support for the zoning of the 2023 presidency to the South-East in the interest of equity, fairness and justice. The group said that zoning the presidency to the South-East will automatically stop the agitations for secession by […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has condemned the red listing of Nigeria by the UK government over the two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, Mr Mohammed described the decision as unjust and discriminatory. The minister has, however, called on the UK government to […]

Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19 pandemic, is taking its toll on the aviation sector in the country. Due to the global alert, measures by the United Kingdom, United States and Canada to curtail its spread have drastically affected international flight schedules, thereby creating discomfort for passengers. Yesterday, many UK- bound passengers were stranded at […]

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a man, Gabriel Patrick, for allegedly ingesting 96 wraps of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement yesterday. The 44-year-old father of three excreted the wraps while in their custody, Babafemi said. Patrick was arrested on November 26 […]

Air Peace says it will commence flight operations into the Anambra international cargo and passenger airport on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. The airline’s decision to commence flight operations to Anambra followed the recent approval of the state’s airport by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Stanley Olisa, the airline’s spokesperson, announced this in a statement on Saturday. Olisa […]

Eight children have been found dead in a Lexus SUV parked in front of the owner’s house at Adelayo Street, Agunaje, along Badagry Expressway in Lagos. The incident happened on Saturday. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesperson in Lagos, confirmed the incident. “The eight children were said to have mistakenly locked themselves in an abandoned car […]

The Federal Government on Sunday ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travellers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. This is just as the government stated that most of the in-bound passengers that tested positive for COVID-19 were from the UK. The […]

The police in Lagos say they have begun an investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College in Lekki Lagos. The student died on Tuesday, after he was allegedly tortured and given a harmful substance by some senior students in the school, over his refusal to join a cult group. In a […]

The hike in the prices of cooking gas has forced many women into harmful alternatives such as using firewood and charcoal for cooking, the third greatest killer of women and children in Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. The spike adds to the profound challenges women and children face in the country. Before the increase, a 6kg […]

The United Kingdom has added Nigeria to its red list category as it tightens travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. “From 0400 on Monday 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for entering England,” the UK government’s travel advisory on Nigeria said. This means […]