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‘No Need To Panic About Omicron Variant, Symptoms Mild’
A medical practitioner, Angelique Coetzee, has urged the public not to panic about the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as patients so far had shown no severe symptoms or the need for…
#EndSARS report: SERAP sues Buhari, wants court to order arrest of suspects
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 116 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the court to “direct and compel President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate…
Yuletide: Hard Times For Air Travellers As Ticket Prices Double
As yuletide approaches, airline passengers are facing hard times over the skyrocketing cost of tickets, findings by Daily Trust have revealed. Checks by our correspondents showed that…
Troops annihilate several BH/ISWAP terrorists, foil invasion of Gajiram
Land and Air Components troops of Joint Task Force, North East (NE), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on Sunday night annihilated several Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province…
Lagos EndSARS Panel Was Illegal, Says Keyamo
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has described the panel the Lagos State Government set up to probe police brutality as illegal. The National Economic…
More staff at MMIA suspended by FAAN for alleged extortion
More staff at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport have been suspended by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria over alleged extortion. The development was announced by the…
PIA: Natural Gas Price Rises By 50 Cents For Cement, Other Companies
The Domestic Base Price (DBP) of natural gas for heating has risen by half a dollar (50 cents) for cement, non-grid electricity generation, aluminium, iron and steel industries, among…
‘It’s not a crack’ — Bi-Courtney reacts to photo of slit in MMA2 parking lot pillars
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal two, Lagos (MMA2), has assured stakeholders of safety at the parking lot and other facilities…
Charity Maduka, Wife Of Coscharis Boss Is Dead
Charity Maduka wife of COSCHARIS Motors boss is dead. ENigria Newspaper reports that Charity Maduka wjomis also the Vice Chairman of the group of companies died in the early hours of today, Sunday, 28…
Subsidy removal will worsen Nigerians’ suffering —PFN to FG
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has told the Federal Government that removing fuel subsidy will worsen the suffering of the majority of Nigerians who are already impoverished. The…
Omicron COVID-19 variant: Indonesia bans travels from Nigeria, seven others
Indonesia has announced an entry ban on travellers from Nigeria and seven other African countries to curb the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant first recorded in South Africa days…
Court remands shipper over alleged $232.8m fraud
JUSTICE Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded the Managing Director of Labrador Shipping Services Limited, Okafor Stanley in the custody of the Economic and…
BREAKING: Gunmen attack Jos Correctional Centre
There have been continuous gunshots on Sunday at the Jos custodial centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, (NCoS). Our correspondent reports that the gunshots started at…
Gunshots As EFFC Arrests ‘Yahoo Boys’ At Gbenga Daniel’s Hotel
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have reportedly raided Conference Hotel, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, owned by Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former governor…
Kidnappers Open Fire On Residents Chasing Them In Plateau
Two residents of Durbi village, Shere District in Jos East Local Government area of Plateau State, have been shot dead while chasing kidnappers. The assailants, according to…
Bandits Commit Terrorism But They Are Not Terrorists – Gumi
Renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said bandits are committing terrorism but they are not terrorists. Gumi said this in an interview he granted Daily Trust. He said…
APC has not betrayed me; I’ve no regrets joining party — Fani-Kayode
A former Minister of Aviation and a founding Chieftain of the ruling All progressive congress, APC, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has declared that he has no regrets whatsoever joining the…
How Notorious Bandit Was Gunned Down In Kaduna Hotel
Details have emerged on how Yellow Magaji, the bandit leader popularly known as Arushe, was killed. Daily Trust had reported the death of the bandit leader who led last week’s attack on…
BREAKING: Nigerian Flights Still On Hold, Says Emirates
Despite the Federal Government’s lifting of the suspension on Emirates flights to Nigeria, the airline has announced that the flights are still on hold. Minister of Aviation,…
Omicron variant: Ban travels from South Africa, others, virologists tell FG
Renowned virologists in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to be swift in its emergency response to the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first…
EXPLAINER: What to know about Omicron, new COVID ‘variant of concern’
On Thursday, South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced the discovery of the new variant, B.1.1.529 — with 22 positive cases of the strain detected in…
Beer-drinking jibe: I was referring to APC members in Benue, says Ortom
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has clarified his comment on citizens “drinking beer” and sleeping all day. In a statement on Saturday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press…
Air Peace to resume flight to Dubai
Air Peace Limited on Saturday said it would soon resume its flight services to Dubai. The statement, which was posted on the airline’s Instagram page revealed that the Dubai service will resume…
Terrorists Plan To Launch Attack On Ogun Border Communities – DSS
Terrorists have formulated plans to launch attacks on Ogun border communities and other border communities across the country. This was revealed by the Department of State Services.…