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Following misgivings in some parts of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised that the COVID-19 vaccines to be procured by government will not endanger the people’s health. He pleaded with the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to assist in the mobilisation for vaccination. The President bared his mind during an audience […]

A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. The larvae of Anopheles stephensi — India’s main mosquito vector of malaria — are now “abundantly present” in locations across Africa, researchers from The Netherlands’ Radboud University Medical Center and Ethiopia’s Armauer Hansen […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday pledged to be just and fair to all Nigerians, irrespective of their religion or ethnicity. He said neither his personal decisions nor policies of the Federal Government under his watch are influenced by religious prejudice. The President spoke when the leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), […]

The Anambra House of Assembly Complex was shut down on Wednesday after some lawmakers and workers tested positive for COVID-19. The complex would remain shut for three weeks, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The COVID-19 cases were confirmed after the assembly invited the state COVID-19 team on January 19 to conduct compulsory tests on members […]

The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Wednesday announced another three days of total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge for another round of delicate expansion joints replacement. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the shutdown would take effect from midnight on Friday to midnight of Monday, […]

President Buhari has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 which made the use of face masks in public places mandatory among other measures to curtail spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday that the President signed the document on Tuesday. Mustapha, […]

American philanthropist and Microsoft Co-founder, Bill Gates, says Nigeria does not need to spend too much on acquiring COVID-19 vaccines but should rather focus more on revitalising the weak and underfunded health sector especially the primary health care centres. Gates said this while responding to a question posed by Punch during an interview with select […]

After years of complaints by Nigerians about the worsening security situation amidst the overstay of Nigeria’s military chiefs in office, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday relieved the officials of their positions. Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said in a statement, Tuesday, that Mr Buhari “accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service.” The […]

The lawyers representing Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, in his trial for fraud and money laundering in the United States, have applied to withdraw from his case. Gal Pissetzky and Vicki Podberesky said Mr Abbass stopped communicating with them and has now retained new lawyers to defend him in the case. The lawyers announced their decision […]

Nigeria on Tuesday added 15 more deaths to its coronavirus toll, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In a late-night tweet, the disease control agency added that 1,303 new cases had been confirmed nationwide. To date, 124,299 cases have been confirmed, 99,276 cases discharged and 1522 deaths recorded across the 36 states and […]

Telecommunications companies have been licensed to register people who do not have National Identity Numbers so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission, the NIMC has said. Director-General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, said some other private and public organisations had also been licensed by the commission to provide […]

Nigerians have expressed outrage over the sacking of a female corporal, Olajide Omolola, because she got pregnant out of wedlock. They slammed the Nigeria Police Force over what they described as a discriminatory law and called on rights group to fight for the woman. The police, in a wireless message with reference number CJ:4161/EKS/IY/Vol.2/236, DTO:181330/01/2021 […]

The Federal Government has extended phase three of eased COVID-19 lockdown by one month. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 announced this on Monday. Its chairman, Boss Mustapha, at the weekly briefing of the task force in Abuja said: “The PTF is improving on the International Travel Portal to minimise the challenges passengers keep […]

The Anambra State Government may soon arrest a prophet, who goes by the name Jesus of Nkpo, based in the Idemili Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C-Don Adinuba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Awka, the state capital. He accused the prophet of “criminal […]

UK easily transmissible COVID-19 variant is in Nigeria, Boss Mustapha, chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced on Monday. According to him, Nigeria has recorded four cases of the variant called B117 strain. “Over the last few weeks, the PTF had been closely following the rising […]