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World Bank Raises Nigeria’s 2022 Growth Forecast To 2.5%
Citing improved prospects for oil prices, the World Bank has raised Nigeria’s 2022 growth forecast by 0.4 per cent to 2.5 per cent from the 2.1 per cent it projected for the country in June last…
COVID-19 second vaccine uptake dips by 40% in Nigeria
Nigeria is experiencing a 40 per cent drop in the uptake of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. While over 11 million Nigerians have received the first dose, only about four million…
Soldiers rescue abducted wife of Plateau Deputy Chief of Staff, CMD
The abducted wife of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plateau State Government House, Ladi Tabitha Silas, and the Chief Medical Director, Allah Na Kowa Clinic and Maternity, Barkin, Dr. Audu…
COVID-19 Kills 8 Nigerians In 1 Day
Eight people died from COVID-19 between Sunday and Monday, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown. It revealed that on January 9, a total of 3, 077 deaths…
Barber stabs neighbour to death for admiring his pregnant wife
Policemen at Sabo Division of the Lagos State Police Command are on the trail of a barber identified simply as Keke, who allegedly stabbed his neighbour to death, Monday night, in Iwaya…
$130m fraud: Court remands Saipem MD, Peviana, Chinakwe in Port Harcourt correctional centre
A Rivers State High Court has remanded the Managing director of Saipem Contracting, Mr. Walter Peviana and Kelechi Sinteh Chinakwe in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre over an alleged…
Lagos, Kano Highest Beneficiaries Of N75bn Survival Fund – FG
Lagos, Kano and Abia States have emerged as the highest beneficiaries of the federal government’s Survival Fund, following their receipt of N2.5bn, N2bn and N1.7bn respectively. This was the…
OBITUARY: Ernest Shonekan, the technocrat who ‘stabilised’ Nigeria after June 12 annulment
While June 12 and its aftermath remains a brackish pit in the ocean of Nigeria’s history, Ernest Shonekan is widely credited as the man who brought “stability” at a time of dire…
Army appoints new GOCs, commanders, defence spokesman, others
The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of newp rincipal staff officers (PSOs), general officers commanding (GOCs), director, Defence Information (DDI), and commanders of Army operations…
Ladoja absent as Kingmakers meet to ratify next Olubadan
Kingmakers in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State met behind closed-door, yesterday, for ratification or otherwise of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Lekan Balogun, as the next Olubadan.…
BREAKING: Ebonyi gov, Umahi, informs Buhari of his ambition for 2023 presidency
Barely 24 hours after the national leader of the All Progressives Congres, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinunbu informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest for 2023 presidential election,…
Nigeria has only 100,000 lecturers for 2.1 million varsity students – NUC
The National Universities Commission has said universities should be isolated from the Federal Government’s circular on new employment owing to the shortage of lecturers. The…
FG Debunks Breach Of Nigeria’s Identity Database
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said the country’s identity database was not breached by hackers. Some social media users had reportedly said Nigeria’s identity database…
IPOB asks south-east governors to ‘deal decisively’ with enforcers of sit-at-home order
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked south-east governors to deal with anyone caught enforcing the suspended sit-at-home order. Since IPOB suspended the directive in September 2021,…
Buhari okays establishment of Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja endorsed the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window with Nigerians in the Diaspora to…
IBB, Jonathan, others mourn Shonekan
Former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd) has described ex-Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan has “an uncommon patriot,” following the demise of the latter,…
Buhari pays tribute to the life, legacy of Shonekan
President Muhammadu Buhari has received with profound sadness the news of the death of a great statesman and former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan. On…
BREAKING: Former Nigerian leader, Ernest Shonekan, is dead
Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former head of the Interim National Government that succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. Shonekan died in Lagos on Tuesday at the age…
Two die as Lagos hoodlums clash, loot shops
Two people have been reportedly killed in a clash between two cults on Iya Agan Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the cultists, who engaged one…
Let ‘dear Sylvester Oromoni’s soul rest’ – Dowen College tells Critics
Dowen College has appealed to those that have continued to spread malicious information against it over the death of its pupil, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, to “allow our dear Sylvester’s soul…
Insecurity: Group stages ‘North is healing’ rally in Kaduna, supports Buhari
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the early hours of Monday to protest what they termed the negative insinuations and propaganda against Northern Nigeria. As they marched…
Soun Of Ogbomoso To Get State Burial, Says Makinde
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, where he announced that the…
Timothy Adegoke: Disregard CCTV rumour — Adedoyin’s lawyer urges public
One of the lawyers representing the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, has urged members of the public to disregard the latest false alarm by an Ibadan-based…
Troops foil attack in Kaduna community, kill 5 terrorists
The Kaduna State Government has been informed by the military authorities that troops foiled an attack and neutralized five terrorists in Kwanan Bataro of Giwa local government area.…