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A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising new concerns about public safety as the world combats the coronavirus. The World Health Organisation said the new case was confirmed in Beni, a town at the heart of the epidemic in eastern DRC. According to the report, the patient […]

At least three-quarters of Nigeria’s total prison population are inmates serving time without being sentenced, the Nigerian Correctional Service said this on Thursday. According to the head of the agency, Ja’afaru Ahmed, 51,983 inmates are awaiting trial out of the prison’s total population of 73, 726 inmates. That is about 70 per cent of the […]

The United States Mission in Nigeria has repatriated 997 Americans back to their homeland to reunite with family and friends during this time of COVID-19 pandemic. A statement yesterday from the US consulate in Lagos noted that from the 6th-8th of April, chartered flights operated by Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines repatriated 850 American […]

Ronaldinho Gaucho, former Barcelona midfielder, has been released from a maximum-security prison and placed under house arrest in Paraguay. The former Brazilian forward was arrested on March 6, for attempting to enter the South American country with a false passport. He was apprehended alongside Roberto Assis, his brother who doubles as his business manager. After spending 32 […]

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has directed the Commissioners of Police in States where the social restriction orders have been emplaced to continue with the due enforcement of the orders. He gave the directive in a statement posted on the verified Twitter handle of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday. Adamu noted that […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the on-going laying of fibre optic cables in Lagos and other states of the Federation by Mobile Network Operators are targeted at expansion of infrastructures for improved quality of services. Its Executive Vice Chairman, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, who made the clarification said the on-going works had nothing […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible for any upsurge in COVID-19 infections and deaths following the arrival of Chinese doctors on Wednesday. Federal authorities say the medical team from China, where the coronavirus first broke out, are in the country to assist it in its own war […]

The Federal Government has sent new budget proposal to the National Assembly for consideration in view of global economic realities as a result of the COVID-19- pandemic. The new proposal sighted by The Nation, which is being considered by the National Assembly, reduced the 2020 estimate from. N10.594 trillion to N10.276 trillion. It also reduces […]

The fire that gutted a flank of the Treasury House, office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, was caused by an electric spark at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, says. Mr Agba spoke with journalists after the fire was put out. He said the fire started […]

Nigerians who are not critically ill have been advised to stay away from the hospital environment as long as the COVID-19 pandemic still persists. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, gave the advice at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 situation in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr Mustapha said “this […]

The era of subsidy on petrol is gone forever, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, said on Monday. Kyari, who spoke during a live programme on African Independent Television, stated that with the current fluctuations in global crude oil prices, the cost of refined products would be determined by market forces […]

Despite opposition by the Nigerian Medical Association, the visiting 15-member medical team from China will arrive the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on a chattered Air Peace aircraft on Wednesday (today). The personnel, who are experts in infectious diseases, respiratory illness, intensive care, cardiology, neurology, general surgery and anesthesiology, will be coming with their drugs, […]

The federal government on Tuesday said it has commenced the local production of ventilators and disinfectant spraying devices to battle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A statement sent by the ministry of science and technology on Tuesday, said the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, launched the newly produced devices on behalf of the government in Abuja. […]

Former Ecuador President, Rafael Correa, was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for corruption while in office, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday. Correa, who was president from 2007 to 2017 but now lives in exile in Belgium, where his wife was born, was one of 18 people convicted of bribery, the office […]

The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday as public holidays to mark the Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Georgina Ehuriah. He urged Christians in the country to emulate the outstanding characteristics of Jesus Christ amongst which are tolerance, […]

President Buhari on Monday ordered the distribution of 150 trucks of rice seized by Nigeria Customs Service to the 36 states of the federation in a bid to cushion the effect of the coronavirus. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at a briefing in […]