Browsing Category
News
FG introduces new visa regime for UK, US, UAE, others
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has introduced a new visa regime for citizens of the United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and 148 other countries.
The new visa regime, which consists of transit, business…
Donald Trump and first lady Melania test positive for coronavirus
Donald Trump has announced that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, have tested positive for coronavirus, after one of his closest advisers contracted the virus, throwing the 2020 US election into chaos.
On Friday morning,…
Nigeria records 153 fresh COVID-19 infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 153 new COVID-19 infections in the country.
With the latest number of cases, Nigeria has now recorded a total 59, 001 cases so far.
The breakdown of the…
Enugu High Court suspends panel of inquiry set up by Gov. Ugwuanyi
An Enugu State High Court presided over by Justice Cyprian Aja has suspended the sitting of the Administrative Panel of Inquiry into the land dispute in Ugwuaji community, Enugu South Local Government Area.
Ajah was ruling in a…
Lagos CP apologises as officer who brutalized Lagos Journalists is detained
For brutalising a photojournalist with The PUNCH, Olukayode Jaiyeola, Inspector Adadu Innocent will not only be detained but will face orderly room trial, the Lagos State Police Command said Thursday evening..
The…
Soldier dismissed and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for raping 13-year-old girl
A corporal of the Nigerian Army, Aliyu Yakubu has been dismissed and sentenced to five years for assaulting and defiling a 13-year-old girl.
Yakubu was sentenced on Wednesday by the seven Division of General Court Martial of…
Nigeria @60: Zulum calls for renewed patriotism
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Thursday called for renewed patriotism from all Nigerians.
The governor in a signed statement on Nigeria’s Independence Day Celebration, conveyed his well…
Buhari’s Independence address, ‘tale full of sound and fury signifying nothing’ – Southern,…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum on Thursday berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day nationwide broadcast in commemoration of the 60 years of independence of Nigeria, saying that the president would have used the…
Removal of fuel subsidy, a step in the right direction says Sanusi
Even as Nigerians continue to lament the recent hike in the price of petrol occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petroleum products, Deposed Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido on Thursday…
Independence: Nigeria is now on reverse gear – PDP Governors
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday declared that in spite of enviable strides recorded since independence 60 years ago, the nation appears to be on reverse gear with the current…