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The Federal Government has again pledged to restore Twitter services in the country, hundred days after the tech giant was banned in Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. He said that the government is working […]
The Police have arrested a welder for allegedly manufacturing and selling locally made guns to criminals in Akwa Ibom state. The suspect Ekike Hector David of Mbiokporo 1 in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, was apprehended on Monday, 13th September. Speaking on the development, Police Spokesman, SP Odiko MacDon, in a statement on Tuesday said […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in three National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). They include Dr Baba Bila representing the North-East zone, Professor Sani Adam, representing the North-Central zone and Professor Abdullahi Abdu, representing the North-West zone. The swearing-in took place on Wednesday just before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council […]
The Edo State Government has announced that from Wednesday, September 15, all civil servants who are yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be barred from entering their offices. The Head of the COVID-19 Enforcement Team in the state, Haruna Yusuf, disclosed this at a press briefing on Tuesday. “We have trained special teams and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, seeking approval to borrow the sum of $4,054,476,863 billion and €710 million. The request was made known in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan at plenary on Tuesday. In the letter titled Addendum to Request For Senate’s Concurrent Approval Of Multilateral Fund Projects Under the […]
The kidnapped students of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State have regained their freedom. After being released by their abductors, the students were received by Governor Bello Matawalle in Gusau, on Sunday. Gunmen, believed to be bandits, had abducted the students from the school late in the night of September […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo has urged residents of the state to ignore the sit-at-home rumour. Uzodinma made the call while addressing the congregation after Church Service on Sunday at the Government House Chapel, Owerri. He called on residents to go about their normal businesses, adding that those behind the order and rumours had been identified […]
At least 240 inmates have escaped the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, following an attack by yet to be identified gunmen. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesman, Mr Francis Enobore confirmed the incident in a communique on Monday, stating that the attack took place at about midnight on Sunday. According to […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has asked all foreign airlines operating in and out of Nigeria not to deny Nigerians boarding over their inability to show evidence of payment for the day-7 COVID-19 PCR test or to generate a paid QR code. The Director-General of the NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, announced this in a […]
The pan Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Friday said the Southeast needs Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, if they are to stand a chance to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Dim Uche Okwukwu, Deputy President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, said Tinubu controls the votes in Yoruba land; hence the […]
