COVID-19: Buhari Govt, Senate Meet Over Vaccine
The leadership of the Senate has hinted on engaging the Executive in the purchase of COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. This was concluded in a meeting with the Executive which looked at possible ways to purchase COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. The meeting presided over by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan also had Minister of Finance, Zainab […]
ASUU: FG Reveals When Strike Will Be Called Off
The Nigerian government has expressed optimism that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will call off the current industrial action in January, 2021. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said the ongoing negotiation between Nigerian government and ASUU would lead to the end of the strike. Read Also: ASUU: FG Reveals When […]
Five Suspected Robbers Arrested With 25 ATM Cards In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command by the weekend arrested five suspected armed robbers with 25 Automated Teller Machines (ATM) cards in Zone 1, Wuse District of the city report says. The command said the robbers were apprehended in the course of robbing their victims. According to a statement by the command, the operatives recovered […]
All Schools To Remain Closed Till January 18 – Nigerian Govt
Nigerian Government on Monday ordered closure of schools in the country till 18th of January, 2021. This became necessary following the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this at a press briefing of the task force in Abuja. Read Also: End SARS: PTF […]
Nigeria To Boost Local Content Development – Timipre Sylva
The Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has stated that major International Smartphone Industries would soon establish their Assembling plants in Nigeria, as part of an agreement reached to boost Local Content Development in Nigeria. The Minister made this known during the training of 1000 youths on GSM Phone Repairs, Maintenance, Software and […]
Court Discharges Atiku’s Son-in-law Over Money Laundering
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday discharged a son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Abdullahi Babalele, of a two-count charge of laundering $140,000 brought against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The presiding judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, discharged the accused, on grounds that the anti-graft body filed a […]
Aisha Buhari Abroad For Medical Checkup – Aide Claims
An aide to the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari has reacted to the news flying around on the whereabouts of the First Lady and why she left the country. He described the rumor in some quarters that the First Lady flew out of Nigeria as a result of insecurity as lie, stating that […]
Police Invaded My House, Arrested My Wife’s Cousin – Kuti
Kuti said this in an interview with SaharaReporters in Lagos while reacting to the recent invasion of his home by the police. Nigerian singer and civil rights activist, Seun Kuti, who has suffered police persecution in the wake of EndSARS protest has boasted that he and his newly launched group, Movement Of The People, will […]
Drunk Police Officer Kills Father Of 3 Inside Police Station
A police sergeant attached to the Elelenwo Police Division of the Rivers State Police Command has shot dead a 38-year-old man, Abiodun Jimoh, on the premises of the station, the report says. The sergeant, who was said to be drunk, killed Jimoh during an argument over motorcycle documents. The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph […]
NIN Registration: Uncertainty As NIMC Shuts Down Lagos Office
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has shut down its Lagos office, Africa Today News, New York can report. A crowd had besieged the NIMC’s premise on Monday, seeking to register for their National Identity Number (NIN). Read Also: NIN: Buhari Moves NIMC To Communications Ministry However, after distributing forms to the enrollees, the process […]
COVID-19 Second Wave: Flights From UK Banned
The Dutch government has banned all passenger flights from the United Kingdom (UK), after finding the first case of a new, more infectious strain of COVID-19. The ban sets in from 6am on Sunday, December 20, until January 1. It came hours after the UK government announced a stay-at-home order for part of the country […]
Insecurity: Your Best Not Enough, Cleric Tells Buhari
Founder of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Reformation Land Special District Headquarters, Olunloyo, Ibadan, Prophet Timothy Arabambi has stated that the federal government has tried its best in security, but the best is not enough to stop senseless killing of innocent Nigerians. Arabambi who made this statement while addressing journalists in Ibadan on Sunday told President […]