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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it is monitoring emerging evidence on Omicron variant and its implication, to inform Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director General, NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja. NAN reports that […]
The Nigerian team, after their opening 71-79 loss to Cape Verde on Friday when the window one of matches began, had gone on to beat Mali 72-70 on Saturday. The resurgence saw them taking control of the group on Sunday with an overwhelming defeat of the East Africans. The FIBA world-ranked 23 team took […]
The Principal of Auga Community Grammar school, Mr Joshua Adeyemi his vice, Mr Ifedayo Yesufu and three N Power Teachers have been abducted by gunmen. The victims were abducted along Auga-Ise Road while travelling in a Toyota corolla car on Thursday. A pregnant teacher among them, Mrs Blessing Okeke, was said to have been […]
Zeetin Engineering, an engineering company, is setting up a multi-billion naira factory in Idu Industrial area of the federal capital territory (FCT) to produce electric cars. Speaking with journalists on Thursday, Robert Azibaola, promoter of the company, said he has invested about N3.5 billion in setting up the place. Azibaola said, so far, he […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says Nigerians should expect gigabytes in a second, smart cities, self-driving cars, robust telemedicine, and others with the deployment of the fifth-generation (5G) technology in Nigeria. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC) of NCC, stated this while responding to questions during a webinar, titled: “Unlocking 5G Potential in […]
The Nigeria Labour congress, NLC has rejected the Federal government’s planned fuel subsidy removal describing it as a ‘penny wise pound foolish’ gamble. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, had on Tuesday announced at a World Bank event in Abuja that petrol would sell for between N320 […]
Scores of protesting women drawn from the states of Niger Delta on Tuesday shutdown official activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) at its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The protest, according to the women, was to demand the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a substantive board for the interventionist […]
Human rights organization, Amnesty International, Nigeria has faulted the claims of the Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed over the Lagos #ENDSARS report. The Minister of Information and Culture at a press conference in Abuja had described the leaked report as one laced with discrepancies and inconsistencies, and was unverified fake news. He insisted […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake. Mohammed said this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The nine-member panel had in its leaked report alleged that at least nine persons were killed at the Lekki toll plaza when soldiers […]
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a closed door meeting on Sunday night in Abuja. Meeting under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) were the host governor and chairman of the group, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, his counterparts from Kwara, Imo, Borno, Ebonyi, Lagos and Zamfara. […]
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