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COVID-19: 36 states, FCT to get new oxygen plants — FG

  To cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic and stave off a third wave, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N5.6 billion...

Ogoni: FG reports progress, says 17 contaminated sites cleaned up

At least 17 contaminated sites have been cleaned up and certified in the ongoing Ogoni clean-up exercise, the Federal Government said. It also...

Felling of another high-profile Nigerian in Jos: Police say “some suspects” have been nabbed

Following the cutting down of another high-profile Nigerian and top security officer in Jos, Plateau State on Monday, the Police said it has...

Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet on “Nigerian Civil War’’

  Twitter, the social media giant, has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets on Biafra civil war, a comment that drew the ire of...

UPDATE: Ethiopian Airline cargo plane slides into grass at Lagos Airport

  A  cargo plane skidded off and slid into the grass while taxiing after landing at the Murtala Muhammed 2 airport in Lagos...

USAID, UNICEF partner to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for 300,000 people in Northwest Nigeria

  In its commitment to bolster up Nigerian government’s initiative to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara...

Halt prevailing anarchy, madness in Nigeria now, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Adewale Martins, urges Buhari

  …wants amendment of 1999 Constitution, says Sharia has no place in a secular nation and should not be “smuggled’’ into the constitution by...

Insurrectionists, arsonists: Buhari spits fire, says time up, enough is enough

“Those misbehaving in certain parts of the country were obviously too young to know the travails and loss of lives that attended the...

The Death of Ahmed Gulak by Reuben Abati

      The cold-blooded murder of Hon. Ahmed Gulak, former Speaker of the Adamawa House of Assembly, former Special Adviser on Political...

China allows couples to have three children in major policy shift

China announced on Monday that it would allow all couples to have up to three children as it grapples with an ageing population....

Breaking: NECO Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma, assassinated in Minna

Barely three days after a political figure, Ahmed Gulak, was assassinated in Imo State, another high-profile murder has occurred in Minna, Niger State...

Ambassador recalled after wife throws caution to the wind, assaults store clerk over shoplifting allegation

An ambassador’s wife brawl at a public store over allegation of shoplifting has cost her husband his job as he is being recalled...

NNPC to acquire equity in Dangote, five other private refineries

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is considering equity participation in some private refineries in the country in keeping with its...

Ex-SGF, Kingibe, is Nigeria’s Special Envoy to Chad, Lake Chad Basin Region

Erstwhile Vice-Presidential Candidate to the late Chief MKO Abiola, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, has been appointed as Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake...

Aborted protest in Abuja: Omoyele Sowore, Saharareporters publisher, shot

  Omoyele Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters, an online newspaper, has been hit by a teargas canister shot at him by the police in...