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Nigeria rebukes, suspends twitter operations in the country
Nigeria on Friday rebuked Twitter for deleting President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet on Biafra war and for not complying with government orders. The federal...
2023 polls: Zoning Presidency to South: Perish the idea, Kogi Gov. tells agitators
Apparently reacting to calls for the zoning of Presidency to the South in 2023, Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has foreclosed any of such...
Supplementary budget for additional COVID-19 vaccines not ready, says Health Minister
“The figures are still in rough stages and would soon be fine tuned. Government wants to get a clearer picture of the different...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum to Buhari: Act fast, save Nigeria from death
For the umpteenth time, Chief Edwin Clark, has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari of the death-knell of Nigeria and to act fast to save it....
What We Know About the Shooting Death of Ahmed Gulak …
Six armed bandits intercepted and shot at Ahmed Gulak, former aide of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on his way to the Owerri airport....
Just in: After 40 days in abductors’ den, 14 traumatized Greenfield Varsity students breathe air of freedom
After about 40 days in the bush, the remaining 14 students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, have been released by their abductors. The 14...
COVID-19: Okonjo-Iweala at UBA forum, calls for vaccine equity in Africa for sustainable recovery from virus
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has canvassed tackling inequality in global COVID-19 vaccine distribution for Africa’s sustainable...
Irredeemable South African serial rapist bags world’s record of 1,088 years in jail for raping 56 women, teenagers
An irredeemable serial rapist, Sello Abram Mapunya of South Africa may have entered the World’s Guinness Book of Records by bagging 1,088...
