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Buhari gets COVID-19 booster shot

      President Muhammadu Buhari has received the booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.   The vaccine was administered on him on...

NNPC warns Nigerians: “Anniversary event contest” is a scam

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has warned members of the public to decline any participation in an online survey celebrating...

Senators’ weeks of legislative action on 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill thrashed by Pres. Buhari as he withholds assent

  After several weeks of speculations and political fireworks by National Assembly members and the APC governors on the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment...

HEDA recalls 5th edition of Corruption Compendium, rolls out reviewed version early 2022

Due to printing errors, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Center, author of the “Compendium of 100 High Profile Corruption Cases...

FG’s fresh $5.8bn loan: SERAP wants an immediate moratorium on borrowing to avert harsh economic measures

  Worried by likely retrogressive economic measures, and the disproportionately negative impact of unsustainable debt on poor Nigerians, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability...

Emir of Daura to VP Osinbajo: You are my favourite, patient, dependable, trustworthy ally

  Under the atmosphere of conviviality and revelry at the turbaning of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, in Daura, Katsina State, the Vice-President,...

Ex-Osun Gov. Akande’s prudent, incorruptibility a mere façade – Oyinlola

  Contrary to public perception of an incorruptible and transparent political leader, Chief Bisi Akande, a one-time governor of Osun State, actually extorted...

Ex-President Obasanjo bereaved, loses ancestral home monarch, Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Adegboyega Dosunmu

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lost the monarch in his ancestral home in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Olowu of Owu kingdom, Oba Adegboyega...

Curtailing civic freedoms in Nigeria: Action Group on Free Civic Space blames UN Security Council, FATF, others

  Some world bodies under the aegis of the United Nations have been rapped for providing legal impetus for the Nigerian Government to...

COVID-19: FG to destroy over a million doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines

  Following the expiration of over one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine still in the store, the Federal Government has announced that the...

Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr sacked

  The fate of Franco-German Coach, Gernot Rohr, has finally been decided as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) reportedly handed him a sack...

Omicron: FG bans flights from Canada, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia 

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a retaliatory action taken against Canada, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, the Federal Government has announced...

June 2021 NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR): Company posts ₦141.96bn trading surplus 

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd says it recorded a huge trading surplus of ₦141.96 billion in June 2021 against a...

Intractable lnsecurity: Burkina Faso Prime Minister, Govt Quit

  Amid wave of protests mounted against inability to combat ceaseless jihadist attacks that have killed thousands, Burkina Faso’s Premier and government have...

Gani Fawehinmi Awards: Sound Sultan, 12 others honored

  The late comedian and musician a.k.a “Sound Sultan’’, was among other eminent personalities who were honoured with the “Gani Fawehinmi Impact and...

Emirates suspends flights to Nigeria from Dec.13

  With a recent directive limiting Emirates to operate one flight per week to Nigeria via Abuja, Emirates has announced the suspension of...