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Detained political activist and publisher of Sahara Reporter online news platform, Omoyele Sowore, has embarked on a hunger strike over the refusal of the DSS to set him free after meeting his bail conditions. In a text message to Premium Times on Friday, his lawyer, Femi Falana, said Mr Sowore has refused to eat or […]

A woman accused of sneaking into the lion and giraffe exhibits at the Bronx Zoo in late September has been arrested, the New York Police Department announced. Myah Autry, 30, who’d previously been identified by the NYPD as the woman who went into the enclosures, was arrested Wednesday night and charged with two counts of criminal trespass, […]

People who smoke tobacco may be at a higher risk of developing depression and schizophrenia, according to a new study. A team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Bristol in the UK has added weight to growing evidence that smoking can have a negative effect on mental health. Rather than simply looking at whether the smokers had […]

The Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) on Thursday in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State debunked rumours making rounds that the joint border security exercise codenamed “Exercise Swift Response” was targeted at importers and exporters of various goods from the Southeast using the land borders. This is even as the NCS maintained that the exercise […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has promised to protect the investments made by Nigerians in Diaspora in the country. Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of EFCC, stated this at the 2019 Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit with the theme “Leveraging Diaspora Resources for Economic Growth“ on Wednesday in Abuja. Magu said that the EFCC mandate was […]

Britain plans to offer DNA testing for all newborns to screen them for serious hereditary diseases and identify health risks in adulthood, reports said on Wednesday. “This is brilliant news, just imagine how many lives can be saved when we know the genetic risks we face,’’ Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted. The government owned Genomics […]

A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has advised that President Muhammadu Buhari should order all his ministers to stop travelling by air within the country. He said Buhari should order the ministers to instead travel by road for one year. This way, Onanuga said, the President and his […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has asked residents to stop using the title, ‘Your Excellency’ where he is concerned. In a statement on Wednesday, the governor said he preferred to be addressed as ‘Mr Governor’ to deepen the citizen-government relations. “Only God, the Almighty, the Creator, the Protector is the Most Excellent. No […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has given a directive to banks and other finance institutions to stop the sale of treasury bills to individuals and small firms with effect from November 29. Some bank officials who disclosed this to Punch said only big corporate organisations would be allowed to do treasury bills investments. Punch correspondents […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has named the poor attitude of health workers across Nigeria as a major reason for the growing culture of Nigerians seeking medical care outside the country. The president stated this Tuesday at the second National Health Summit of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the 25th Triennial Conference of the Commonwealth Medical […]

The Presidency has debunked reports of a misunderstanding between the Office of the President and the Vice President. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters Senator Babajide Omowurare made this clarification while briefing journalists at the National Assembly. Responding to critics who have questioned President Buhari’s decision to sign the amended […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dismissal of some of his aides who were attached to the Office of the Vice-President, according to Punch.  Daily Nigerian had reported on Wednesday that about 35 of the aides were sacked. However, Punch could not independently confirm the exact number as of the time of filing the report. […]

Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works and housing, says Nigerian roads are not as bad as they are portrayed to be. Addressing state house correspondents on Wednesday after the federal executive council meeting, the former Lagos state governor said most road projects in the country would have been completed but for funding challenges. “The roads […]

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are out of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil after losing 3-1 to The Netherlands in the Round of Sixteen. Sontje Hansen scored three times for the Dutch to send the five-times champions out of the age-grade competition. Olakunle Olusegun however got the consolation goal for Nigeria.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed that the former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, is not a responsible citizen but a fugitive of law. The agency said he allegedly stole about N3billion pensioners’ fund in what it described as an elaborate grand scam. The commission said the ex-pension chief […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has temporarily relocated the Presidency to the United Kingdom where he signed the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Amendment Bill into law Monday. Buhari, who left Saudi Arabia on Saturday where he spent five days on an official trip, moved to the UK for a private visit which […]