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The Super Eagles of Nigeria lost 1-0 to Algeria in an international friendly played Thursday night at the Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt, Austria. The Desert Foxes took an early lead from a scrambled effort on a corner kick six minutes into the game. Bensebaini Rami pounced on a poor clearance off a corner by the Nigerian defence […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned Nigerians against complacency even though the country has been reporting fewer cases of the virus in recent months, stressing that the disease is still deadly. “Although Nigeria is no longer in the top five countries by cumulative deaths in Africa, the PTF continues to urge Nigerians […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has intervened in the ongoing protests against brutality and extortion by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to reform the FSARS. He gave the instruction during a meeting with the IGP on Friday. The president also appealed for calm in a series of […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, says she is yet to be declared director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The final shortlist for the office of the WTO DG was released by the trade body on Thursday. Okonjo-Iweala and Yoo Myung-hee, former South Korean minister of trade, are the two final candidates for the top position […]

Nigeria’s economy may relapse into a second recession in four years with significant negative consequences, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. He said this during the 2021 budget presentation to a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday. The proposed expenditure is put at N13.08 trillion with crude oil benchmark price of $40 per barrel […]

The Federal Government on Thursday released fresh guidelines for the reopening of schools in the country. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, made this known during a briefing in Abuja. Schools in the country had been shut for more than four months as part of measures to curb the […]

Paul Pogba says there has been no contact from Manchester United over a contract extension and that “all football players would love to play for Real Madrid”. The French midfielder’s contract at Old Trafford is due to expire at the end of the current campaign, although United do have an option to extend it by […]

The United Arab Emirates has confirmed that it would begin the issuance of visas to Nigerians from Thursday (today), the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced on Wednesday. Sirika had announced on September 30 that the UAE had written to state that it agreed to issue visas to Nigerians, a development that made the Federal […]

President Donald Trump of the United States in the wee hours of Wednesday night, said that it was a blessing in disguise to contract the deadly coronavirus. Trump stated this in a video he posted on his official Twitter page. According to him, although, he spent four days at the hospital, he would have loved […]

A section of Third Mainland Bridge will be completely closed for three days for repair works. The Federal Government announced this in a statement on Wednesday by the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Joshua Popoola. The statement noted that the total closure of the section of the bridge will start from Friday midnight. He explained […]

A Nigerian rapper based in the United Kingdom, Olawale Hassan popularly known as Goldie 1, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a woman. According to bbc.com, the 33-year-old, who lives at Falcon Avenue, Grays, Essex, attacked the victim in Southend in 2017 after claiming he was a music producer, officers said. However, […]

The Senate on Wednesday lamented the poor remuneration of judges in the country. The upper chamber of the National Assembly  warned  the development could make them to compromise or become vulnerable to corruption  in the course of their justice  dispensation. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary , Human Rights and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele, stated […]

This is the newborn baby who died in a roasting hot car after her mother allegedly forgot about her. McKinley Garner lost her life in the sweltering vehicle in Panama City, Florida, on September 2 when her mother Megan Dauphin, 30, allegedly got high and forgot about her. Dauphin was arrested and charged with aggravated […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday admitted that millions of Nigerians are extremely poor. He said elected leaders would be irresponsible if they don’t collaborate and sort out what he called the nation’s life-threatening problems. Osinbajo said these at the closing of the two-day executive-legislative leadership retreat held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said members […]

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has announced that henceforth, travellers to the United Arab Emirates must possess confirmed return ticket, negative COVID-19 test result and valid health insurance covering the duration of stay. The Polymerase Chain Reaction test is expected to be taken within 96 hours before departure. The CGI in […]