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The Federal Government has raised the fear that except something urgent is done, about 39.4 million Nigerians may be jobless by the end of the year as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also expressed the fear that millions more may slide into extreme poverty before the pandemic ends. Vice-President Yemi […]

President Buhari will on Friday (today) address the nation in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day. According to a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President’s message will be broadcast by 7am. The statement read, “To commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the […]

Nigeria on Wednesday June 10, recorded 409 new coronavirus cases taking the country’s total confirmed tally to 13,873. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) the new cases were spread across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A tweet put out by the NCDC late on Wednesday showed that Lagos had […]

The Kano police command says it has arrested a man who allegedly raped 40 people within one town in the state over the period of a year. Abdullahi Haruna, police spokesman in Kano, confirmed the arrest on Wednesday. “It is true. We have him in our custody. We are parading him soon,” he said. A […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says over 100 million Nigerians have no identity. The Director-General of the NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, made the disclosure on Wednesday during a zoom meeting with editors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Aziz spoke on the topic: “Strategic Roadmap for ID Development.’’ He said, “Over 100 million Nigerians […]

Nigerians who justify rape now run the risk of getting arrested as suspects, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said. Julie Okah-Donli, the agency’s Director-General said this while answering questions from journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. She queried parents for not doing enough to take care of their wards and children, […]

Sani Yekini, a protocol officer attached to the office of Aisha Buhari, has passed away. Aisha announced his passing via her official Twitter account. She said the deceased who suffered from a diabetic condition, worked with her for 4 years. ”Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. On behalf of my family and entire staff of […]

The Senate is enacting critical legislation to protect victims of rape against any form of stigmatization in the country. The bill, titled ‘Rape and Insurgency Victims Stigmatization (Prohibition) Bill 2019’, scaled second reading during Wednesday’s plenary session. The bill provides for the prosecution and punishment of any person or group of persons who stigmatizes such […]

Kennedy Mitchum wasn’t expecting much when she emailed Merriam-Webster last month, but she wanted to let the dictionary publisher know that she thought its definition of the word racism was inadequate. So she was surprised when an editor responded and even more surprised that the company agreed to update the entry. Mitchum has gotten into […]

Pope Francis has offered one million euros for a new charity fund targeting people in Rome left in dire straits by the coronavirus economic crisis. The fund, called “Jesus Divine Worker,” will be managed by the Roman branch of Caritas, the Catholic charity, the Diocese of Rome said in a Tuesday statement. As well as […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 663 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. NCDC disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday night, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 13,464. According to the health agency, Lagos State recorded the highest number of infections for the day […]

The son of Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Adamu Abubakar, has said his father plans to contest the 2023 presidential election. “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the presidency. In 2023, my father will be aspiring to the number one office in the land because he has been an […]

Serena Williams sat down with husband Alexis Ohanian for an interview session on Instagram Live where they discussed the current climate surrounding race relations in the United States. The 23-time Grand Slam champion decided to speak out following the death of African American George Floyd, who died on May 25 after former Minneapolis officer Derek […]

Electricity consumers would pay more for the pre-paid meter as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has increased the price of the asset to N82,855.19 for three-phase and N44.896.16 for single-phase meters, respectively. The development was contained in a memo signed by the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Professor James Momoh, pegging […]

Germany on Monday announced the donation of €26m to support Nigeria’s COVID-19 response, Punch reports. The German Missions in Nigeria in a statement said the donation was in demonstration of its solidarity and cooperation with Nigeria amid the pandemic. It noted that the funds would provide humanitarian assistance in the North East, especially in Borno, […]

The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has hinted that schools may reopen in the country after the ban on interstate movement has been lifted. The minister stated this during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. While restating that the government has not published any date for […]