COVID-19: Nigeria reaches 3000 daily testing capacity
Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19 said on Thursday that the country’s testing and tracing capabilities have improved about 3,500 daily. Minister of […]
Month: October 2020
Policeman defiles 11-year-old girl
A policeman attached to Ijagbo Police Post in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State has been arrested by the state command for allegedly […]
Nigerian cop shoots lover in the mouth
A yet-to-be-identified policeman is on the run after shooting his girlfriend in her mouth at Salvation Bus Stop in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. […]
At 60, Nigeria makes no sense, by Majeed Dahiru
In what has become a familiar pattern, the speech delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari to mark the sixty years anniversary of Nigeria’s independence was […]
Buhari renews tenure of ED, National Primary Healthcare Dev’t Agency
President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the renewal of appointment of Dr. Faisal Shuaib as the Executive Director/CEO of the National Primary HealthCare Development Agency for […]
Flood: 36 die, 470 displaced in Sokoto
By Habibu Harisu No fewer than 36 people have died while 470 others displaced from their homes following floods due to heavy rainfalls in various […]
JUST IN: Nigeria’s judiciary, National Assembly to gulp N110bn, N128bn each in 2021 budget
The sum of N110 billion has been earmarked for the National Judicial Council in the 2021 budget proposal as presented by President Muhammadu Buhari before […]
ICPC warns govs against signing badly negotiated agreements
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has warned state governments to desist from signing badly negotiated agreements with […]
Nigerian Senate moves to cut down cost of governance
The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Government to reduce the number of its agencies in order to save cost of governance. The upper chamber […]
Commercial banks panic over parliament’s probe of illicit charges
The Nigerian Senate has mandated its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions to cause an investigation into illicit and excessive bank charges by […]
N4bn judgement debt hits Airtel
The Court of Appeal Division in Lagos has upheld a judgment of the Lagos State High Court, which ordered Airtel Networks Limited to pay a […]
Nigerian pensions defaulters in trouble
The House of Representatives is seeking to criminalise delay in the payment of pension to retirees. It is also proposing raising the amount due for […]
7000 supporters ‘dump’ Bauchi governor
Key leaders and members of some political groups loyal to Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to […]
N654m approved to rehabilitate screening machines, N292 for FRSC vehicles
By Abdullahi Muhammed, Abuja The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N292 million for the purchase of 21 operational vehicles for the Federal Road Safety […]
$3.02 billion approved for Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line
By Abdullahi Muhammed The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $3.02 billion for the re-construction of Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line, linking many states […]