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COVID-19 kills 8 Lagosians, 12 other Nigerians; cases fall sharply
The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic killed 20 Nigerians on Sunday, but new cases plummeted by more than three-quarter of the previous day’s infections. Figures released by the Nigerian…
Boko Haram: 16,000 women return to Gwoza (Photos)
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, on Sunday, supervised the distribution of N80 million and foodstuff to 16,000 female returnees in the Gwoza area of the state. A statement issued on…
My family is worried… but no human can kill me – Sunday Igboho
Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, says his family is worried over the cause he has been fighting. In the past weeks, Igboho has been in the news for asking…
No room for independent candidacy in electoral act amendment bill – Senate panel
The senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the electoral act amendment bill cannot accommodate independent candidacy. Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the…
No going back on cryptocurrencies – CBN fires back at critics
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will continue to do all within its regulatory powers to educate Nigerians to desist from use of cryptocurrencies — despite growing criticism. The bank, in a…
HURIWA backs Buhari over nomination of ex-Service Chiefs as non-career ambassadors
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Sunday faulted those questioning nomination of the immediate past Service Chiefs as non-career ambassadors. President…
Disquiet in Oyo PDP over video insulting Makinde
There was disquiet within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State on Sunday with angry reactions to a video in which a man claimed that some villages in Ayete area of Ibarapa…
Apprehension as cultists resume violence in Lagos-Ogun border communities
Residents of Alakuko, a Lagos-Ogun border community have been enveloped with fear following resumed cult violence. It was gathered that the community has not known peace since…
I can finish off Boko Haram without govt support – Sunday Igboho
Popular Yoruba rights activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has declared he has what it takes to fight against Boko Haram without the government’s support. Igboho made this…
JUST IN: NNPC declares trading surplus for November 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a trading surplus of ₦13.43billion for November 2020. The surplus is 54% more than the ₦8.71billion recorded in…
How FBI Warned FG, CBN on Scammers Using Cryptocurrencies to Defraud the West
•Christine Lagarde: Bitcoin facilitates questionable transactions •Nigeria surged to second highest crypto destination in the world raking $200 to $300million a week without…
Don’t raise retirement age of Supreme Court justices to 75 – Salami
A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, on Saturday advised the Senate against increasing the retirement age of justices of the Supreme Court and the…
‘You Are Doing Boko Haram’s Work’ – Garba Shehu Hits PDP
The Presidency has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of doing the work of Boko Haram. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media…
Man excretes 86 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport
A suspected drug trafficker intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has excreted 86 wraps of cocaine,…
1588 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, 918 discharged
Nigeria announced 1,588 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a few dozens fewer than the 1624 reported on Friday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, 918 people were…
Lekki Tollgate: Outrage as Segalink finally bites #EndSARS
There is outrage on social media as activist, Segun Awosanya, popularly known as Segalink finally bites #EndSARS…
Awujale of Ijebuland speaks on ‘backing’ Sunday Igboho
The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has denied a statement credited to him declaring support for Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, in his…
South East APC Leaders Laud Buhari Over 2nd Niger Bridge
The South-East All Progressives Congress Party (APC) leaders led by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State have expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the…
Kano Approves N245 Million For Mass Wedding
The Kano State Executive Council has approved N245 million for the conduct of mass wedding statewide. In 2019 the state government had married off 1,500 couples drawn across…
Northern Elders Restate Support For Buhari, APC-Led Government
A group of Northern elders has restated its unflinching support to President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC-led federal administration in the country. The…
Newspaper vendors lament ‘sales drought’, ask FG to limit online media
Newspaper vendors in Awka, Anambra state, have urged the federal government to save their business from going extinct and also limit the scope of online media publications. Emeka Nweze, chairman of the Anambra…
Lai Mohammed urges Nigerians to resist divisive agenda
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday called on Nigerians to resist any agenda designed to cause division and instability in the country. The minister…
Okonjo-Iweala: Buhari praises shift in US policy on WTO
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the withdrawal of the U.S. objection to the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of World Trade Organization, WTO. “We…
FRSC moves to enforce uniform colour for school buses
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will soon commence the enforcement of a uniform colour for school buses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Gora Wobin, the FRSC, FCT Sector…