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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...

Polaris Bank offers Yuletide no-collateral salary advance for shopping

  Polaris Bank has announced a Yuletide salary advance for both existing account holders and non-account holders. The bank said the facility will...

Breaking: World Bank grants Nigeria’s $1.5bn loan

  After several months of application, the World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s $1.5 billion loan. The facility was prepared jointly with the...

Insurgency, Banditry in Nigeria: We are fed up, says Sultan

  Peeved with violent extremism and insurgency, the Sultan of Sokoto and Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers, Sa’ad Abubakar, says they...

Amnesty International applauds ICC’s probe of Nigerian military for alleged war crimes

    Amnesty International says the International Criminal Court’s decision to launch a probe into the alleged war crimes records of the Nigerian...

600 Kastina school children abduction: Nigeria is a nation at war, says Soyinka

600 Kastina school children abduction: Nigeria is a nation at war, says Soyinka     Nigeria is at war and at war within...

ICC prosecutor set to open Nigeria war crimes investigation

  The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says a decade-long probe has found enough evidence to merit opening a full-scale investigation into allegations...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to U.S., 85-year-old Nsofor, may have died of COVID-19 — Investigation

    Fresh facts have emerged about the possible cause of the death of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, retired Justice Sylvanus Adiewere...

COVID-19 pandemic pushed up airfares by over 100 per cent, says NCAA boss

    The over 100 percent raise in airfares in Nigeria has been attributed to the devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic, the Director-General,...

Nigeria unveils plan to receive 20m COVID-19 vaccines as rich countries hoard doses

  Nigeria has announced plans to receive 20 million Covid-19 vaccines early next year, according to the Executive Secretary, National Primary Health Care Development...

Insecurity: Buhari accepts Justice Minister’s advice, shuns House of Reps

  Contrary to his earlier stand, President Muhammadu Buhari did not show up  at the House of Representatives on Thursday. Last week, Buhari...

#EndSARS: Minister accuses some governors of converting FG’s interventions as party’s initiatives

    Some governors have been accused of converting and misappropriating the Federal Government’s interventions. The Minister of State for Mines and Steel...