Saudi Arabia triples VAT to support coronavirus-hit economy
Saudi Arabia is tripling its value added tax (VAT) as part of austerity measures to support its coronavirus-hit economy. The government in Riyadh also said […]
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UK Prime Minister to reveal more details on lockdown changes
Boris Johnson will reveal more detail on his plans to reopen society in England, after unveiling the “first sketch” of his “road map” out of […]
Governor Wike announces temporary lifting of lockdown
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday announced the temporary lifting of the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas for two days […]
‘Friendly fire’ sinks Iranian naval vessel in Gulf of Oman
One sailor has been killed and others have been wounded in a “friendly fire” incident involving two Iranian naval vessels, Iranian state TV has said. […]
Police fund gets new chair as Buhari appoints ex-IGP Abba
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of retired Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, as chairman, board of trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. […]
UNIZIK: Don dismissed over alleged discovery of COVID-19 drug
The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has dismissed Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor Ikemefuna Uzochukwu, over alleged discovery of drug for […]
Almajiri system has ended in my state – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said the almajirai system has ended in the state, adding that over 30,000 of them had been repatriated […]
Nigeria spent N752 billion on subsidy in 2019 – NNPC
According to a report by the Nigerian National Petroluem Corporation (NNPC), the federal government paid N752 billion as petrol subsidy in 2019. According to a […]
Former Sokoto Governor, Garba Nadama is dead
The second civilian governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Garba Nadama is dead. The Sokoto State Government, in a statement on Tuesday, confirmed the development. Nadama […]
NCDC confirms 245 new cases of coronavirus as toll jumps to 2802
A total of 245 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Nigeria on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed this in a post on […]
Governor Wike locks down Port Harcourt over COVID-19
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike yesterday announced a 24-hour total lockdown and a dusk-dawn curfew on Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas as […]
Ogun doctors begin strike
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun, says it will begin a three-day warning strike on […]
Abacha loot, U.S. repatriates fresh $312 million
The United States has returned another batch of the late General Sani Abacha loot in the sum of $311,797,866.11 to the Federal Government. Attorney General […]
7 returnee Almajiris test positive for coronavirus in Bauchi
Bauchi State Government has said that seven out of 348 Almajiris who were returned to the state have tested positive for COVID-19. The Executive Chairman […]
Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar’s ‘cure’ for COVID-19
The president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, is sending a plane to Madagascar to fetch a herbal tonic touted as a cure for Covid-19 even as […]