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The five states in the southeast are set to  begin a joint security patrol to check the rising  level of insecurity, the governors have said.   The leaders condemned the rising wave of kidnapping and attacks on security agents in the region.   Chairman of Southeast Governors Forum and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, declared […]

THE Federal Government has revealed that about 82 million Nigerians will be vaccinated with the available and approved COVID-19 vaccines this year. This figure represents 40 percent of the Nigerian population, which is estimated to be 206 million. Executive Director and CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib disclosed […]

Dr. Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, has urged Nigerians to take COVID-19 seriously and also obey safety protocols put in place by government.   Olukoya, who noted many Nigerians still did not believe that the virus was real, declared that as a microbiologist, he was sure it […]

Facts have emerged that the Nigerian government once again raised the electricity tariff in the country.    Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, gave approval for the hike, with effect from January 1, 2021. The increase varies, based on different consumer classes.   The NERC announced the tariff hike in its December 2020 minor review of the […]

Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new cases of COVID-19, as the new spike in the pandemic continued its climb in the country. The new numbers took the country’s total infections to 91,351, according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control. Lagos State recorded three deaths on the same day, while two died in Sokoto, and […]

 Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has declared that in interest of his sanity,  it is good for him to forget about the existence of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Speaking with Kaftan TV on board the Lagos-Ibadan train service, Soyinka said: “I don’t want to talk about Muhammadu Buhari’s administration,” he said when asked if the […]

Dr. Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, has urged Nigerians to take COVID-19 seriously and also obey safety protocols put in place by government. Olukoya, who noted many Nigerians still did not believe that the virus was real, declared that as a microbiologist, he was sure it existed […]

Facts have emerged that the Nigerian government once again raised the electricity tariff in the country.  Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, gave approval for the hike, with effect from January 1, 2021. The increase varies, based on different consumer classes. The NERC announced the tariff hike in its December 2020 minor review of the Multi-Year Tariff […]

The Federal Government has suspended workers fingered in extortion at enrolment centres of the National Identity Management Commission.   Sources close to the ministry said that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, ordered the immediate suspension of the staff members, who were alleged to have been involved in extortion of applicants at […]

Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has assumed office as the new Managing Director/CEO of Fidelity Bank Plc. She becomes the 4th Chief Executive and first female to occupy the position since the inception of the bank in 1988.   Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe takes over from Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, who retired on December 31, 2020, after completing his […]

Another round of strikes is brewing in the Nigerian university system as the National Association of Academic Technologists has issued a 14-day strike notice to the Government.The technologists’ threat is based on their disagreement over what they describe as a disparity in the sharing of N40 billion earned allowances released to the four unions operating […]

The Lagos State has shifted the reopening of schools on concerns over the resurgence of Covid-19 pandemic in the country, according to a pronouncement by the government on Sunday.It said that public and private primary and secondary schools in the state would not reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021, as earlier announced.While prodded on whether […]