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President Donald Trump said yesterday his doctors had found he no longer had COVID-19 and would not be a transmission risk to others as he returns to holding big rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House. Trump’s physician said on Saturday that the president had taken a test showing he […]

The spokesman for the ruling All Progressives Congress has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party for creating the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police which was scrapped by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday. The spokesman for the APC, Yekini Nabena, said this in a series of tweets on Sunday while reacting to […]

After days of public outcry and nationwide protests, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday, bowed to pressure and disbanded the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He said a new policing arrangement to address armed robbery and other violent crimes that fall within the mandate of the dissolved tactical unit would be presented in due […]

The Presidential Villa has budgeted N4.85bn for the maintenance of mechanical and electrical installations and N5.3bn for the rehabilitation of office and residential buildings. This is contained in the 2021 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari last Thursday. The item listed under the State House budget reads in part, “ERGP […]

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked Nigerians to live good lives to be able to enter heaven. Obasanjo spoke at a thanksgiving service at the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church, Ogba, Lagos State. The service was to thank God for the success of the burial of Olufunso Salako, the wife of a former member of […]

The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has drummed support for peaceful protests against police brutality especially by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The #EndSARS protest which has gone global seeks the disbandment of the police unit over incessant cases of extra-judicial killings, extortion and harassment of citizens. Protests have taken place in Lagos, Abuja and other […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are billed to spend  3.2 billion for travels in 2021. This is according to the 2021 budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly by the President on Thursday. According to the details of the budget released on Friday by the Budget Office of the Federation, President Buhari […]

The diabetes drug Metformin hydrochloride has been recalled because it contains excess levels of a cancer-causing agent, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week. The drug’s manufacturer, Marksans Pharma Limited, has expanded a recall initially announced in June to now include an additional 76 unexpired lots of the medication. The recalled drugs are […]

An American priest was arrested for allegedly filming himself having sex with two dominatrices on the altar at his Catholic church in Louisana, a report said Thursday. The priest, identified as the Rev. Travis Clark, was busted after a passerby saw the lights on later than usual on Sept. 30 and peeked inside Saints Peter […]

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) of the police force. In a statement released on Friday, the organization condemned the “trigger happy, bloodthirsty extortionists” who have inflicted gruesome acts of brutality on the youth. CDD called on the inspector-general of police, governors, […]

Nigerians in UK are planning to stage their version of #EndSARS protest in London on Sunday. A flyer for the demonstration is already being widely shared online. The protest, which is aimed at giving an international dimension, to the domestic anger against the brutal police unit, will hold at noon. The venue is the Nigerian […]

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 […]