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2023 Presidency: Nnamdi Kanu weakens South-East’s chances of producing credible candidate -Yakasai
A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, says the secessionist agitation by the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People…
Twitter Has Accepted All Our Conditions – FG
The Federal Government says Twitter has agreed to all the conditions it laid out for its operations in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, who is…
We Won’t Take Over Ugandan Airport Over Loan Default – China
Chinese authorities have said they are not interested in taking over Uganda’s sole international airport if country defaults on loan. According to reports, Entebbe International Airport and…
FG Diverts Traffic On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway For Six Days
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, on Sunday announced a six-day traffic diversion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, starting from Monday, to speed up…
FG bans 91 billionaires, VIPs’ jets, insists on N30bn duty
The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Customs Service to ground 91 private jets belonging to some wealthy Nigerians over their alleged refusal to pay import duties…
Afenifere Will Not Beg Buhari To Release Igboho – Adebanjo
Leader of the Pan-Yoruba Group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said that the visit of the group to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola…
Two Canadians Who Returned From Nigeria Test Positive For Omicron COVID-19 Variant
There are strong indications that the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron is already in Nigeria following the positive tests returned by two people from Ottawa, who flew into Canada on…
MURIC kicks as security bars female student with veil from university
The Muslim Rights Concern has kicked against the decision of security men of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta to ban a female student with niqab, otherwise known as veil,…
Omicron COVID-19: Nigeria Stands with S’Africa, Warns West against Discrimination
Nigeria yesterday expressed solidarity with South Africa as it struggled with some of the difficulties posed by a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, discovered in the country. The…
Gunmen kill two police officers in Anambra, burn their bodies
Two police officers have been reportedly killed following an attack by gunmen in Anambra state. In a statement on Sunday, Ikenga Tochukwu, Anambra command spokesperson, said the slain…
Condolences As Walin Daura, Sani Buhari, Dies At 89
A renowned businessman and a traditional title holder, Alhaji Sani Buhari Daura, Walin Daura, is dead. The industrialist died at a hospital in the United Arab Emirates at the…
Don’t Punish Africa For Omicron, Other Coronavirus Variants – Adesina
The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa is not the source of COVID-19 first discovered in Wuhan, China. Adesina, in a tweet Sunday, said:…
Minister Advocates Castration For Perpetrators Of Incest, Rape
The minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, has advocated castration as the most suitable punishment for perpetrators of incest and rape in Nigeria.…
Arik Pilots Foil Robbery Attempt On Aircraft
Rather than abating the robbery of aircraft at the holding point of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, has continued as airlines and their aircraft are at the mercy of robbers. On…
‘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…