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COVID-19 protocols non-compliance: FG to sanction errant airlines $3,500 per passenger
Henceforth, airlines that fail to comply with international flight COVID-19 protocols will be fined $3,500 per passenger, the Presidential Task Force on...
School resumption date not confirmed – FG
The Federal Government has said it is still too early to decide when school classes can resume as the coronavirus epidemic is...
BREAKING: Unilag Senate names woman, Prof. Ogunsola, acting VC
For the first time in the history of the 60-year-old University of Lagos, a woman, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, has emerged the Vice-Chancellor in acting...
COVID-19 lockdown ease: NNPC ups crude oil, gas export revenue by $378.42m in June 2020
Following the ease of the COVID-19 global lockdown, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it recorded a total crude oil and...
NPDC to boost domestic gas market by 600m standard cubic feet per day
The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an exploration and production subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it will boost gas...
COVID-19 : Nigeria’s health system zero, fight by the grace of God — SGF Mustapha
The Presidential Task Force Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has expressed concern about the inaccessibility of...
Restore democracy, release detained President, others, Buhari, ECOWAS leaders urge Mali junta
President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders have called for the immediate release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, who was...
FEC approves N5.48bn contract variation for federal secretariat in five states, Usuma Dam rehabilitation
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N5.48 billion for the construction of federal secretariat in five states and the rehabilitation of Lower Usuma...
Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup
Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...
Bandits dislodged from states in the north found safe haven in Nasarawa state – Governor
Bandits dislodged from the North West and some North East states has found safe haven in Nasarawa state, said Governor Abdullahi Sule...
NNPC scores another first, joins 65 extractives companies as EITI partner company
The profiled of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) soared on Tuesday as it joined a group of over 65 extractives companies, state-owned enterprises...
2021-2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework: FG introduces fiscal measures, interventions
In a bid to cushon the financial crisis occasioned by the global COVID-19 pandemic and reflate the economy, the Federal Government says...
Withdraw NBC ‘insult code’ in 7 days, SERAP urges Buhari
Irked by the new National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code and memo threatening to sanction any broadcast that denigrates, disrespects, insults, and abuses...
FG commences operation on new Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line mid-September
With effect from mid-September this year, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will commence skeletal operations on the new Lagos-Ibadan Standard...
President Trump’s brother Robert Trump dies in New York hospital at 72
Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of President Trump, died on Saturday night at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 72. The...
How my immigrant parents shaped my politics – Kamala Harris
Rolling out her historic candidacy as America’s first Indian American African vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris has revealed that her immigrant...
