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President Buhari has returned to Nigeria after a medical check-up in the United Kingdom. Buhari had on March 30 departed Abuja for London, United Kingdom, for a routine medical check-up. The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4.45 p.m […]

The Federal Government has approved the activation of new SIM card registration with mandatory National Identity Number linking, starting from April 19, 2021. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Thursday by the Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Femi Adeluyi. According to him, in line with […]

The Presidency has said there is hope for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said the girls had not been forgotten. The statement said government was as concerned as the parents and other loved ones […]

A Nigerian property company, Persianas has been revealed as the buyer of Shoprite’s local business in Nigeria. Reuters reported this on Wednesday, citing multiple sources, including banks. Shoprite, with more than 2,300 stores across Africa, is awaiting regulatory approval on the sale of its Nigerian supermarket operation, though no further details have been disclosed. Banking […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning Zainab Ahmed has debunked claims by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki that the Central Bank of Nigeria printed an additional N50billion to N60billion to make up for state allocations. The Minister said this on Wednesday at a briefing after the 41st virtual Federal Executive Council meeting chaired […]

One of the released Chibok girls on Wednesday lamented that the Federal Government was silent on the release of their colleagues still in the captivity of Boko Haram. The student, identified as Tabitha Stover, while speaking at the seventh anniversary of the kidnapping hosted by the Allamin Foundation in Maiduguri, Borno State, said the Federal […]

Posters of the immediate past president of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, were sighted in conspicuous areas of Abuja on Tuesday, fueling speculations that he might soon declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. Punch correspondent sighted some of the posters at the Wuse area of the nation’s capital and at the national […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested a former governor of Imo State and Senator representing the Imo West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Rochas Okorocha. He was picked up in Abuja around 4pm and taken to the EFCC headquarters for alleged money laundering. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Okorocha’s […]

The Ministry of Aviation has alerted the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over plots by some criminal elements to attack airports across the country. A memo by FAAN urged airport chiefs to put their workers on the alert. Airports on the list include those in Kaduna, Maiduguri, Sokoto, Kano, Abuja, and Lagos. The memo […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday that the judiciary should not be allowed to select those who should occupy political offices in the country. He insisted that the ballot papers should be the sole determinant of who should occupy a political office and who should not. He said if a candidate who wins an […]

This is not best of time for air passengers on domestic flights as they have to contend with high fares. It was learnt on Monday that fares on major local routes had gone up by as much as 100 per cent. A review showed that carriers now offer as much as N95, 000 on a […]

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Monday night announced the sighting of the moon and noted that the 2021 Ramadan will begin today, April 13th.  This is according to a broadcast by the President-General of NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. The Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has called […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that households and businesses affected by the COVID-19 can now apply for loans under its N50bn Targeted Credit Facility. It said the stimulus package was to support households and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that beneficiaries could access up to N25m. This […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed that its operatives are only using Halal Fountain Hotel (Annex), situated at No. 29A, Rabah Road, Kaduna, reportedly seized from former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), as a transit camp. There has been dust over the anti-graft agency’s decision to convert the hotel which has been […]

A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has said the Nigerian government may never receive any financial or technical assistance from the US and its allies in its fight against insecurity until the federal government addresses human rights abuses by the security forces in the country. He stated this on Friday during a […]