Fuel queues on Tuesday morning emerged in Lagos with a tailback stretching across some parts of the state. This caused gridlock in major parts of the state affecting traffic movement. Some fuel stations were locked while a few which were opened had long queues of motorists waiting to buy fuel. On the Island, many […]
The Federal Government has received two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. The formal handover of the vaccines was done on Monday at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), National Strategic Cold Store, Abuja. The EU ambassador, Samuela Isopi who made the presentation of the […]
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives failed to sit on Thursday after Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, angrily adjourned plenary till next week. The Speaker who arrived at the Chamber around 11.20 a.m., furiously adjourned plenary over the absence of order paper. He was also furious with the Clerk of the House for not […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has joined other West African leaders for an emergency summit following the spate of coups in the subregion. Osinbajo left with Nigeria’s delegate early Thursday for Accra, Ghana for the Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating. Emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were […]
The Federal Government is set to arraign the four co-defendants of Nnamd Kanu on terrorism charges this Wednesday morning. The arraignment is scheduled for the Federal High Court in Abuja, before Justice Binta Nyako. Already, heavily armed operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have taken position in and around the court premises to […]
The Federal Government will honour promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent disruptive strikes, encourage uninterrupted academic programmes and improve funding of educational institutions. This is according to President Muhammadu Buhari who gave the assurance on Tuesday at the presidential villa, Abuja while receiving members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council […]
A third prosecution witness, Doctor Aghogho Owhojedo, the Oromoni’s family doctor, has testified at the coroner’s inquest investigating the controversial death of the Dowen College Student. The doctor, who treated the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr from Nov 26th when he arrived in Warri till Nov 30th, 2021 when he finally died, testified that he did […]
The National Assembly has transmitted the re-amended Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on NASS Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He explained that the transmission of the bill was in line with the provisions of Section 58 (3) of […]
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang is in Barcelona, confirmed as @gerardromero revealed. Understand he has a full agreement with Barça for a loan move, deal all but ready on player side. #FCB It only depends on Barcelona outgoings to complete the deal. Arsenal already approved.
The African Union said Monday it had suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. The bloc’s 15-member Peace and Security Council said on Twitter it had voted “to suspend the participation of #BurkinaFaso in all AU activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in […]
