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Mass surveillance program: NASS approves N4.87bn for NIA to monitor, track calls and WhatsApp messages

The National Assembly has reportedly approved N4.87bn for the National Intelligence Agency to track, intercept, monitor calls and messages on mobile devices like...

Italy extends England’s misery, wins Euro 2020

Italy was crowned European champions on Sunday, extending the pain for England, which scored early but is still seeking its first major trophy...

Jumbo pay of Buhari, lawmakers, others: SERAP sues Revenue Mobilization Allocation Commission, Wages Commission

  “An order of mandamus to direct and compel the RMAFC to perform its mandatory constitutional duty to urgently review upward the remuneration,...

Music Star, Sound Sultan loses battle with Throat Cancer, dies at 44

  Veteran Singer and Rapper Lanre Fasasi, popularly known as ‘Sound Sultan’ is dead. The Fasasi family announced his death, Sunday, July 2021...

30 years after, Nigeria’s football legend, Muda Lawal, gets football supporters club’s posthumous award

About 30 years after his demise, Nigeria’s football legend, Muda Lawal, has been bestowed with a posthumous award for his patriotism and artistry...

Rail project engineer electrocuted in Ogun carousing

A rail construction site engineer, simply identified as Ifeanyi, has met his untimely death carousing after a hard day’s job in Ogun State....

COVID-19: Worst is yet to come for Africa with “Delta strain” detected in 10 African countries — WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO), has warned that as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, the worst is yet to...

Brutalized and chained to freezer for 34 days: FG gets ECOWAS Court order to pay journalist, Agba Jalingo, N30m compensation

“We condemn the Nigerian government for these acts, and hereby award compensation of N30m to Mr Jalingo for violations of his human rights”...

Journalist Jalingo’s illegal detention, ill-treatment : ECOWAS Court awards N30m damages against FG

For the detention, ill-treatment and torturing of a journalist, Agba Jalingo, in Cross River State for several months, the ECOWAS Court has awarded...

Again, 5 passengers killed on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway two weeks after the Ogere carnage

Less than two weeks after several people perished in an inferno which engulfed multiple articulated vehicles at old Ogere Tollgate on the Lagos-Ibadan...

2023 Elections: Rising internal conflicts may derail Nigeria’s democracy

  The British government has warned that the rise in conflicts can destabilize Nigeria’s democracy in the build-up to the 2023 elections. The...

Israeli officials say Pfizer vaccine less effective against Delta variant

Israeli officials Thursday announced a 30% decrease in the effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to prevent infection and mild to moderate cases. The...

Five airports get Instrument Landing Systems for aircraft landing under poor weather conditions – Sirika

  Five airports have been fitted with Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) to enable aircraft to land under poor weather conditions just as plans...

Airlines’ N37bn debt overhang: We will go after them to collect the money – Aviation Minister

    The Federal Government said on Thursday that airlines flying the country’s airspace are owing a humongous N37 billion and threatened to go...

N1.8 trn unpaid taxes: FIRS orders banks to freeze accounts of MultiChoice Nigeria, operators of DStv, GOtv

For allegedly owing N1.8 trillion in taxes, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has ordered banks to freeze accounts of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited...

Bandits, kidnappers, insurgents are Nigeria’s real problems not separatist movements, Col. Umar tells Buhari

“lt is self-evident that Justice, fairness and equity are the best means of building a united and virile nation, particularly one as diverse...