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Facebook bans News website after reporting deaths from US gov’t vaccine database
A news website has been permanently booted from Facebook after the social media giant accused it of publishing “false information about COVID-19 that...
Mama Taraba, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan dead at 60
A former Minister of Women Affairs during the first tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has died at the age...
COVID-19 forces postponement of FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in Africa
By Boye Ajayi The 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Africa have been rescheduled as a result of COVID-19, the World Soccer ruling...
FG/CBN power intervention: 4m free prepaid meters to be rolled out
Another intervention by the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the power sector will soon deliver four million free...
Breaking: Abducted 27 Kaduna Forestry College students set free after 52 days in the forest
After about 52 days in the abductors’ den, 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were...
FG approves N6.2bn for electricity infrastructure upgrade, improved power supply
In a bid to further upgrade electricity infrastructure and improve power supply across the country, the Federal Goverment has approved N6.15 billion ($8.29...
Coup alert: Presidency fingers religious, past political leaders
“Championed by some disgruntled religious and past political leaders, the intention is to eventually throw the country into a tailspin which would...
Real reason EU canceled election observation mission to Ethiopia
EU High Representative Josep Borrell Monday disclosed the real reason the European Union canceled election observation to Ethiopia. ” Ethiopian authorities would not...
A Nigerian, Fadayomi, stabbed fatally in defence of son in London
It was a tragic end in North West London for a Nigerian, 40-year-old Michael Olatunde Fadayomi, as he was stabbed to death...
Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced with his wife Melinda Gates on Monday that they are divorcing. “After a great deal of thought...
Nigeria, 10 others make the list of countries with the largest oil reserves in 2021
Dating back to the mid-1950s, oil has been considered the most important energy source globally. Without oil, modern society would not have...
Breaking: Presidency blasts Rev. Father Mbaka, says he asked Buhari for contracts — Presidency
The Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka’s criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari and call for his resignation have received a bashing from the Presidency, describing...
Boardroom politics: CBN sacks First Bank Board of Directors, reinstates Adeduntan as MD
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday dissolved the board of First Bank of Nigeria Ltd and First Bank of Nigeria Holdings...
Ex-House of Representatives Speaker, Masari, faults state of emergency call in the nation’s security system
….such step would not solve the nation’s security problems Former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Gov. Aminu Masari, has kicked against the...
First Bank names Mr Gbenga Shobo as MD/CEO
The appointment of Mr Gbenga Shobo, as the new Managing Director of First Bank Plc has been announced. Until his appointment, Shobo was...
Philanthropy: Nigeria’s top 10 most generous people
Pioneering American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie once set the standard for giving back: “No man can become rich without himself enriching others,” he said....
