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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has redeemed the promise of N30 million bounty he placed on a criminal suspect popularly called Bobosky. The suspect died at the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt, the state capital, after the police captured him. Wike, who presented the N30 million cheque to Police Commissioner Joseph Mukan yesterday […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has asked Nigerians to endure the current hardship brought about by the recent hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariff, promising that the people would in the nearest future begin to reap the benefits of the deregulation policy. It also urged the organized labour not to be swayed […]

The Federal Government has directed all account holders in the country to obtain and fill self-certification forms in line with the Income Tax Regulations 2019. The directive contained in a series of tweets on Thursday stated that each account holder must submit the filled forms in their respective financial institutions. “This is to notify the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the Federal Government stopped food importation to boost agriculture and save Nigerians from joblessness. He stressed that practicing agriculture locally is vital in boosting productivity, reducing joblessness, and poverty in the country. “For us to bounce back to productivity, especially in agriculture, the unemployed with many of them uneducated […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to shut down the economy if the federal government refuses to reverse the recent hike in petrol price and electricity tariff in 14 days. The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said this at the end of the NLC’s central working committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Wabba said workers […]

Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai has signed into law the Penal Code 2020, which recommends castration of child rapists. A statement on the official Twitter handle of el-Rufai @GovKaduna, declared any male found to have raped a child will henceforth be castrated while female convicts will undergo “bilateral salpingectomy.” It reads: “Malam Nasir @elrufai has signed […]

The US government has said that it is reevaluating its ban on some categories of Migrant Visas for Nigerians having been satisfied with the country’s level of compliance with information sharing and other concerns. Mustapha Sulaiman, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this while briefing journalists at the end of the inaugural meeting of […]

New evidence has been submitted against popular alleged internet fraudster, Ramoni Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi was arrested months ago for allegedly defrauding over 1.9 million people to the tune of over 168 billion naira. The new evidence shows how he used his personal email to register on a website “whizzlog” which is a […]

Elder statesman and playwright, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the country is more divided as never before under the current administration of president Muhammadu Buhari. Soyinka in a statement signed from his Autonomous Residence of Ijegba, Idi-Aba Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday titled, “Between ‘Dividers-in-chief’ and Dividers-in-law,” said though not a fan of ex-President […]

An official the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guizhen Wu, has said the coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, 2020. According to france24.com, China has four COVID-19 vaccines in the final stage of clinical trials and at least three of those drugs […]

The naira continued its downward trend, as it exchanged for the dollars at N460 in the parallel market on Tuesday, despite the resumption of forex sales to the Bureau de Change Operators. The naira had earlier dropped from N480/$ following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s announcement to resume forex sales to the BDCs, and exchanged […]

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)/Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Mr. Boss Mustapha has claimed that Nigeria’s national response on COVID-19 is achieving impressive results. The PTF chairman, who stated this at the daily briefing of the task force on Monday in Abuja, said: “Nigeria continues to progressively witness […]

The Nigerian government on Monday announced the reopening of all domestic airports in the country. By this announcement, local flight operations would fully resume across the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja.   -Dailypost

An 11-year-old boy, who is defending champion in a drinking contest in Malawi, died during the final stage, local media reported on Monday. According to a local media website, Malawi24, the boy identified as Humphreys Chipeta, who was a keen drinker, died after drinking five bottles of kachasu at a beer-drinking contest in Mzimba in […]

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested two lecturers at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, and 28 others over their alleged involvement in Internet fraud. A statement on Monday by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, identified the lecturers as Abdullahi Opashola and Adebisi […]