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Spain donates 4.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria
Spain has donated 4.4 million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria.
The Spanish Embassy disclosed this in a statement titled: “No one...
Metro
Court stops Oluomo, others from collecting levies
A Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped the former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos branch, Alhaji Musilu...
Crime
Gunmen kill pregnant woman, four children in Anambra
GUNMEN have killed at least 12 people, including a pregnant woman and her four children in Anambra State, the BBC reported today.
Governor Charles Soludo...
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WHO re-elects Ghebreyesus as DG for second term
WHO Member States on Tuesday re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health...
Monkeypox virus outbreaks can be contained – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Monkeypox virus can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually...
Russia ‘nearing’ full control of Ukraine’s Lugansk – Defence Minister
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday Moscow was nearing full control of Ukraine's eastern separatist region of Lugansk.
Recall that Russian President Vladimir...
About 18 million facing severe hunger in Sahel region – UN
About 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, the United Nations has warned while citing the...
Singer Ed Sheeran, wife welcome baby girl
British Pop singer, Edward Christopher Sheeran, popularly known as Ed Sheeran, and his wife,Cherry, have welcomed their second child, a girl.
The elated father took...
Rihanna, Asap Rocky welcome first child
American singer, Rihanna Fenty and her lover and rapper, Asap Rocky, have welcomed their first child, a baby boy.
According to TMZ, the couple are...
Africa
70 migrants missing as boat sinks off Tunisia coast
A boat has capsized in the Mediterranean leaving more than 70 people missing.
The boat which was crowded with migrants headed for Europe from Libya...
Burkina Faso flood: Four bodies found as search for survivors continue
Four bodies of dead miners have been discovered after thirty nine days of searching, Burkina Faso government spokesman discloses.
Recall that last month, flood waters...
AfDB ranked world’s Best Multilateral Financial Institution
The African Development Bank has been ranked as the Best Multilateral Financial Institution in the world in 2021.
The ranking, which was done by Global...
DR Congo authorities impound 1.5 tonnes of elephant ivory
About one and a half tonnes of elephant ivory have been seized by authorities in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
West Africa
Australia COVID-19 deaths mount as return to school threatens new Omicron peak
Australia recorded another surge of COVID-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could...
Herdsmen ultimatum: West Africa media lawyers knock NBC, harp on press freedom
The West Africa Media Lawyers Association (WAMELA) has frowned at the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over its warning to media houses on the coverage...
Kano – Maradi rail to gulp $2 billion as FG signs MoU with contractor
By Francis Ogwo
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of the Kano to Maradi (Niger Republic) Standard Guage raile line project has been...
ECOWAS, AU, UNOWAS commend Ghana for peaceful election
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commended Ghana for the conduct of a peaceful election on Monday, December 7.
A joint statement...
Economy
CBN’s interest rate now 13%, first time in over five years
The policy-setting committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, to 13 per...
Price of yam soars above 60% in two weeks – Survey
In Lagos State,the price of yam tuber rose significantly across markets recording a 66.4% price increase in the space of two weeks. Also, the...
Companies rake in higher revenues and margins in Q1 2022
Largest companies in the country earned sum of N2.33 trillion as revenue in the first quarter of 2022, outpacing their earnings in the corresponding...
Trade deficit hits $764m in Q1 – CBN
Nigeria’s international trade deficit increased by 175.13 percent from $152.94m in January 2022 to $420.79m in March 2022. This is according to data from...
Banks’ maximum lending rate drops to a 5-year low at 26.61%- CBN
Banks have reduced the maximum lending rate to 26.61 percent, an over five-year low, amid a rising inflation rate that is expected to hike...
Finance
Auditor-General of Federation tasks tax practitioners on knowledge acquisition
The Auditor-General for the Federation, Chief Adolphus Aghughu, has tasked tax practitioners on acquisition of new knowledge and capacity development to remain relevant in...
FG approves insolvency regulations
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, has approved the Insolvency Regulations (IR) 2022.
This is...
FG earmarks N6.2b for training of youths on phone repair
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said on Wednesday the Federal Government would spend N6.2 billion on...
FG committed to bridging infrastructure deficit – DMO DG
Ms Patience Oniha, the Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO), on Thursday reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to bridging the nation’s infrastructure deficit to attract...
PenCom reviews PRA 2014
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has reviewed the Pension Reform Act 2014 (PRA 2014) as a prelude to advancing legislative action on the Bill.
This...
Business
Monkeypox virus outbreaks can be contained – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Monkeypox virus can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually...
Oil production dips to 1.2mbpd in April 2022
In April 2022, Nigeria’s crude oil production dipped to an average of 1.219 million barrels per day (mbpd) representing a 1.53% decline compared to...
Power generation records first uptick in the week at 89.01kMWH
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that power generation in Nigeria recorded its first uptick in the week with GenCos generating a...
Power generation declines for the third time in May 2022- TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said Nigeria’s power generation dipped by 0.9% on Tuesday to 86.77kMWh when compared to 87.58kMWh recorded the...
Crypto market loses $400 billion as Bitcoin dips below $30K
Crisis seems to be rocking the cryptocurrency market as flagship casset, Bitcoin dipped by over 11% in the last 24 hours to trade in...
Energy/Oil/Gas
Crude oil soars to $111 pbl amid weak dollar
Oil prices rose within the last week as investors weighed tight as concerns about global growth were exacerbated by-product markets and a weaker dollar.
It...
NNPC has enough PMS to last over 47 days – FG
The Federal Government has said that amidst the fuel queues that were noticed in the Federal capital recently, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd,...
Nigeria loses N1.22tn to deficit oil production in Q1 – Reports
Nigeria could not meet about 22.658 million barrels of crude oil production valued at N1.22tn in the first quarter of this year due to...
Electricity cost to go up as FG approves tariff increase for DisCos
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced that electricity companies in Nigeria can adjust their tariff upwards.
The new approval was scheduled to take...
EU bans Russian oil over Ukraine onslaught
The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, on Wednesday imposed new sanctions against the Kremlin which will include a six-month ban on...
Editorial
Service chiefs should resign and go home now!
Monday’s terrorists’ attack on Abuja-Kaduna rail travellers have further affirmed the incompetence of the nation’s service chiefs. Security breaches across the country have become...
COVID-19 Watch
Covid: Over 3,000 Nigerians killed in two years – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country confirmed an excess of 250,000 coronavirus cases and recorded over 3,000 deaths within the...
Columnists
Young, educated, and indebted: Inside America’s student loan crisis
ABUJA - Young adults in the United States of America will either skip formal training or chase their utopian American Dream by subscribing to...
China Chimes by Yandan Zheng
Hope: The 14th anniversary of Wenchuan earthquake
Fourteen years ago, on May 12, a strong earthquake broke out in Wenchuan, Sichuan. The "pig is strong" was buried under the ruins for...
Diaspora Despatch with LaBode Obanor
Why waiving abortion rights is dangerous and should be stopped
Radical SCOTUS and bluenose evangelical Christians poised to eliminate women's right to choose; Why both are dangerous and must be stopped
By LaBode Obanor
It was...
Medical Lines with Dr NG Johnson-Ogbuneke
Anti-Malarial vaccines and hypocrisy of drug companies
Given the speed and global cooperation that urgently produced vaccines of reasonable efficacy to help combat the COVID-19 virus, one cannot help but see...
Opinion
The legality of the CBN Gov to vie for political office
The Central Bank of Nigeria Act (2007) is the legal instrument that establishes the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Office of the CBN...
Editors' Picks
Intelligence sources and autopsy reveal how Chadian dictator Idriss Deby was killed, rule out battlefield death narrative
{Disturbing photos: viewers discretion advised}
The sudden death of long-term Chadian President and three-decade strongman, Idriss Deby, allegedly in the hands of rebel forces at a battlefield in one of the fronts north of the arid North African State was casually announced to the shock...
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70 migrants missing as boat sinks off Tunisia coast
A boat has capsized in the Mediterranean leaving more than 70 people missing.
The boat which was crowded with migrants headed for Europe from Libya...
Spain donates 4.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria
Spain has donated 4.4 million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria.
The Spanish Embassy disclosed this in a statement titled: “No one...
2023: Gov Makinde wins PDP primary in Oyo
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary election in the state.
The governor polled 1,040...
Peter Obi withdraws from presidential primaries, quits PDP
Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, dumped the opposition party.
He will also not participate...
Ekweremadu, Abaribe withdraw from gov race
Former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has announced his decision to withdraw from the race to become the governor of Enugu State under the...
Features/Interviews/Analysis
Clinton Samuel, one among Ghana’s top male model
After winning male model of the year for fashion Ghana award 2021, Clinton Samuel is on a journey to set the record for winning...
Big Story
6-year pregnancy: A miracle too hard to believe
To say my older Sister delivered a baby may not sound exciting enough until you hear that the baby was in the womb for...
Lagos Update
No going back on Lagos Okada ban – Sanwo-Olu
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the state government will go ahead with its proposed ban on motorcycles on highways and six local governments and nine...
Lagos govt reopens Chrisland Schools
The Lagos State Government has ordered the reopening of all Chrisland Schools shut down over controversies that surrounded an immoral act engaged in by...
MC Oluomo promises Sanwo-Olu 3m votes in Lagos
Following the Governing Advisory Council (CAC) approval of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's second term bid as governor of Lagos State, the former chairman of the...
Five Dowen students, three house masters in custody – Police
The Lagos State Police says eight persons are in custody over the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, Lekki.
Speaking to journalists...
Three Dowen College students in police custody over Sylvester Oromoni’s death
Three students of Dowen College, Lekki Lagos are currently in the custody of the police over the death of Sylvester Oromoni.
Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu disclosed...
FCT News
FCT: No riot in Lugbe, viral video false – Police
THE FCT Police Command has dismissed reports alleging that a riot was ongoing and motorists and innocent citizens were being attacked at the Lugbe...
FCT minister closes Dei-Dei market after motorcycle riders, traders clash
FCT Minister, Mohammad Bello, has ordered the indefinite closure of Dei – Dei International Market following a clash between commercial motorcyclists (Okada) and traders.
Bello...
FG to construct $272 million 5.76km Abuja light rail
Plans are underway by the Federal Government of Nigeria to build a $272 million, 5.76km rail track in the Federal Capital Territory.
This was made...
This incessant FCT teachers’ strike must stop!
For over a month, government-owned primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory have remained closed. Yet again, teachers in the nation’s capital have resorted...
FCT polls: PDP wins Abuja Municipal Area Council
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Christopher Zaka, on Sunday emerged as the winner of the chairmanship election for Abuja Municipal Area...
Environment
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Wizkid headlines Headies 2022 with 10 nominations
Grammy winning artiste, Ayo Balogun, also known as Wizkid, has bagged 10 nominations in the newly released Headies award list.
The organisers of Headies on...
‘You call yourself a pastor’, Actor Aremu Afolayan blasts Osinbajo
Nollywood actor, Aremu Afolayan, has blasted the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, for turning a blind eye to the state of the country, especially as...
Oba Elegushi, first wife celebrate 19th wedding anniversary
Oba Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi and his first wife, Olori Sekinat, have celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary today, May 24,...
Actor Blossom Chukwujekwu appreciates fans, family over second wedding
Actor Blossom Chukwujekwu, has appreciated his fans and family for their support during his wedding with Pastor Ehinome Akhuemokhan.
Blossom took to his Instagram post...
2023: Banky W, Ned Nwoko win PDP NASS tickets
Nollywood actor, singer turned politician, Bankole Wellington, also known as Banky W, and Regina Daniels's husband, Ned Nwoko, have won their primaries election for...
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Court dismisses Govs’ suit against NFIU on regulation of LG spending
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the 36 states’ attorneys-general and the Nigeria Governors’...
Customary Court
Court dissolves 3-yr-old marriage over father-in-law’s interference
A Customary Court, sitting in Ile-Tuntun, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday dissolved a three-year-old union between Ibukun Amuson and estranged husband, Babatunde, over interference...
Judge advises 27-year-old woman to work towards winning her parents’ love
A Grade I Area Court Judge in Kubwa, Abuja, Muhammad Adamu, on Tuesday advised a 27-year-old woman, Ifeoma Maduaka, who bit and threatened to...
Housewife seeks divorce over husband’s gambling addiction
A trader, Fisayo Akibu, on Tuesday approached a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, seeking dissolution of her 19-year-old marriage to husband, Abiodun, over...
My husband forced me to have 15 abortions, divorce seeking woman tells court
A nurse, Shukurat Adewumi has prayed a Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan to dissolve her 17-year-old marriage to her husband, Adewale, on...
Save me from my husband, step-children – Woman begs court
A businesswoman, Morufat Giwa, on Friday prayed a Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, to grant her request for divorce and save her from her...
Media
Labour
Akwa Ibom teachers suspend strike
The Akwa Ibom chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Akwa Ibom has suspended its five-day-old strike.
The union disclosed this in a...
Fuel price hike: Sokoto NLC to join nationwide strike
Owing to government's planned hike in fuel price,the Sokoto State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will join the January...
Strike: You can’t gag workers — NLC tells lawmakers
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has told members of the National Assembly, particularly members of the House of Representatives, that it cannot gag workers...
Lagos nurses, midwives declare warning strike
The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has declared a three-day warning strike in demand for better working...
NLC to embark on nationwide protest over fuel subsidy removal
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday asked its 36 branches and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to prepare for a nationwide protest should...
Sports
EPL approves Boehl’s takeover of Chelsea at £4.25bn
The Premier League has approved the takeover of Chelsea FC by a consortium led by American billionaire, Todd Boehly, to bring Roman Abramovich’s 19-year...
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