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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...

Foreign loans: FG says we borrow for Infrastructure development 

  The Federal Government said on Saturday assured Nigerians that the loans it borrowed from China and other sources were being effectively utilised...

Lanre Rasaq, a.k.a KLM, died from COVID-19, says Osiyemi

  A Lagos APC leader, Chief Lanre Razak, died of COVID-19, a senior journalist and an ally of Rasaq has disclosed. Aged 74, Rasaq,...

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...

Tinubu extols Carrington, says he fought repressive government in Nigeria

  All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, as a...

Trent Alexander-Arnold wins Premier League young player of the season award

    Trent Alexander-Arnold was named Premier League young player of the season for 2019/20 on Friday.   He claimed the award after...

SPDC appeals judgment for its asset sale 

  SPDC says it has filed an appeal and an application for a stay of execution of enforcement of the purported sale of interests...

PDP to Embattled Lagos Speaker: Show your law degree certificate to authenticate claim as lawyer

  The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to show proof of his qualification as...

Nigerian lawmaker murdered, wives, toddler abducted 

  A lawmaker, Musa Mante Baraza, has been felled by assassins’ bullet at his Bauchi State home. Baraza, a member representing Dass constituency in...

Digital ID card to replace plastic National Identity card, says FG

After about 17 years the plastic national identity cards printed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was introduced ,  the Federal Government...

Health Minister rues resurgence of COVID-19 infection among health workers

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed worry about the resurgence of COVID-19 infection among health workers across the country. “We...

NCDC to governors: Prioritise COVID-19 tests in 85 LGAs not yet covered 

State governors have been urged to prioritise COVID-19 tests in the 85 Local Government Areas in 20 states left out of testing for...

Hate Speech Law: Nigeria joins 15 other countries with harsher penalties for offenders

  Nigeria has joined the ranks of 15 other countries with draconian laws to punish Hate Speech and for insulting the president. The...