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As second wave of pandemic rages, Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, racked by COVID-19
By Boye Ajayi Following the second wave of Coronavirious in the country, Women Affairs Minister Pauline Tallen has tested positive for COVID-19,...
Again, Buhari’s nepotism draws flack from reverred Christian cleric, Kukah
Months after ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the former Kaduna State Governor, Lt.-Col Abubakar Umar, blasted President Muhammadu Buhari over nepotism, the Catholic...
FG to religious leaders: Stop stoking embers of hatred, disunity
Religious leaders in the country should refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity, the Federal Government warned on Saturday. It...
In one week, Nigeria loses 20 doctors to COVID-19 contracted from patients Inbox
By Boye Ajayi At least, 20 Nigerian medical doctors have died within one week from COVID-19 having been infected by their patients who ...
COVID-19 new strains: PTF to governors: Don’t close down treatment centres
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged state governors not to close down their treatment centres even as the government...
Nigerians jab Garba Shehu over comment on three-year-old abductee of Boko Haram, Leah Sharibu
Nigerians have thrown jabs and invectives at Malam Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, for describing Leah Shuaibu, abducted by Boko Haram in 2018...
Nigeria requires N400bn for COVID-19 vaccines for 70 per cent of Nigerians, says Health Minister
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says about N400 billion will be required to procure COVID-19 vaccines...
Breaking: At last, ASUU ends nine-month long shutting down of nation’s varsities
After nine months of grounding academic and commercial activities at the nation’s universities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it...
Nigeria attains feat in waste-to wealth as Buhari inaugurates NPDC Integrated Gas Handling Facility in Edo
The inauguration of the 200 million standard cubic feet per day capacity integrated Gas Handling Facility (IGHF) and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)...
Just in: Nigerian Senate okays 2021 N13.5trn Appropriation Bill
After an expeditious legislative work, the Nigerian Senate on Monday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.5 trlllion. The fiscal estimates are...
Stop NIN registration, threat to block SIM cards, SERAP tells Buhari
Incensed by the threat to block SIM cards without the National Identity Number (NIN), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu...
European countries face Christmas lockdown as coronavirus cases surge
Europeans will follow London by celebrating Christmas under tough lockdown restrictions as cases of coronavirus spread in alarming speed across the continent....
Tragedy: Cross River Police Commissioner is dead
Tragedy struck the nation’s police hierarchy on Saturday morning as the Cross River State Police Commissioner, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, died of pneumonia complications. The...
Abducted Kastina school boys released, says government spokesman
Kastina State Government has confirmed the release of the more than 300 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, who were abducted...
Human rights lawyer, expectant wife, slaughtered by suspected herdsmen
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A human rights activist and lawyer, Moses Udam and his pregnant wife have been brutally murdered by...
At last, Buhari succumbs to pressures, reopens four of Nigeria’s land borders
Bowing to International, regional and local pressures, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday directed the opening of four of the land borders shut...
