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Joint taskforce arrests over 1,400 migrants, intercepts explosives, others across Nigerian borders
The Nigeria Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) has disclosed that 1,401 illegal migrants were arrested during patrol of the country's border and intercepted 10,447 bags of NPK fertilizer often used for making explosives especially in the…
JUST IN: Court dismisses forged certificate suit against Obaseki
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit on forged certificate filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a leader of the party, Williams Edobor, against Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, ruling that the claimants…
JUST IN: LASG fixes date for schools resumption, other academic activities
The Lagos State Government has approved Monday, 18th of January, 2021 for resumption of academic activities in public and private schools and mandated strict adherence to coronavirus protocols within the learning premises.
It said that…
JUST IN: Kwara Govt. orders reopening of schools amid COVID-19 second wave
In a bid to reduce Coronavirus impact on education in Kwara, the State Government has directed schools to resume academic activities and that strict adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols must be ensured within the premises.
The…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll crosses 10 cases daily mark
The second COVID-19 wave in Nigeria has begun to exceed expected projections after the death toll recorded across the country scaled the 10 casualties daily mark.
As gathered, the above 10 casualties daily mark was recorded within 48…
Buhari’s New Year broadcast (FULL SPEECH)
NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
1ST JANUARY 2021
My fellow countrymen and women,
First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty…
Buhari lists security, economy, anti-graft war as 2021 priorities
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that addressing security challenges, boosting the economy to recover from COVID-19 impact, and strengthening the ant--corruption war to restore sanity across the country would be the administration's…
Buhari signs N13.5trn 2021 appropriation bill into law, cautions agencies on revenue
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 appropriation bill of over N13,5 trillion into law, just as he warned that sanctions awaits heads of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS),…
Nigeria records 13 COVID-19 death within 48hrs
Atleast 13 COVID-19 patients have been confirmed to have died in isolation across Nigeria within 48 hours, bringing the total number of deaths recorded since the outbreak earlier in the year to 267 cases.
Also within the two days under…
Lagos records civil servant, 17 others’ COVID-19 patient deaths in Dec.
No fewer than 18 Coronavirus patients were confirmed to have died across Lagos State between December 1st and 24th, bringing the total number of casualities recorded to 238.
Of the 18 deaths recorded within the period under review, one…