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…as government targets 70% of citizens vaccinated in 2 years   President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and the state governors will be the first set of people to take the Covid-19 vaccine in Nigeria, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed declared Friday. The decision for this sequencing of the vaccination in […]

…as IGP orders arrest Apostle Johnson Suleman, the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, has sued one Pastor Mike Davids who accused him of interfering in his marriage, the pastor’s lawyers said Friday.  Speaking through his legal team led by Osa Director Esq, For Osa Director And Co, Suleman said he […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated all the immediate-past service chiefs who were disengaged last week as non-career ambassadors.   Their names have already been sent to the Senate for confirmation, the Presidency explained.   Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Thursday titled “President Buhari […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, by three months, the government announced Thursday. Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, announced this on in Abuja. The extension was necessary to allow for the proper selection of Adamu’s successor, Dingyadi told State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Matters […]

The drama surrounding the trial of the former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, and his son, Faisal, continued Thursday as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told the court that the younger Maina has escaped to the United States of America. Faisal sneaked into the Nigeria’s neighbour, Niger Republic through one […]

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday gave provisional licences to 20 new private universities to operate in Nigeria, including Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, located in Kano, Kano. With this, the number of private universities in Nigeria is now  99. This was one of the decision taken at the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive […]

…as Uromi women ask Fulanis to vacate their community   The Department of State Services, Nigeria’s spy police, has again threatened to deal with those it said are plotting to cause ethnic and religious violence in the country. This is coming less than two weeks after the department raised an alarm over plans by some […]

Olisa Agbakoba, a human rights and constitutional lawyer, and member of the National Consultative Front, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding fundamental changes of Nigeria’s political structure. In the letter dated Feb 2, 2021, and titled ‘The Missing Fundamentals and Regional Autonomy for Nigeria’, Agbakoba argues that National Fundamentals have played key roles in […]

Following recent heat turned on herdsmen in various parts of the country, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged them to return to the northern region.   In preparation for this, the NEF leadership has also advised governors of the northern to start preparation to receive the Fulani communities being ejected from southern states. These […]

The retrial of Orji Uzor Kalu, former Abia State governor, commenced Tuesday, as he opposed his trial for a second time on the same counts. On its part, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which brought a N7.65b fraud against him, objected holding the retrial  of the former governor and two others in the […]

The Nigerian Government has extended by eight weeks the deadline for the linkage of National Identity Numbers with Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards, it announced Tuesday. A joint statement by the Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Identity Management Commission said the new deadline is now April 6, 2021.   The statement jointly signed by […]

By the end of work today, Monday, February 1, 2021, the current Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adu, would have officially retired from the force. But there is uncertainty surrounding that, as the Presidency is yet to comment on the matter. On Monday (today), he completes 35 years in the service, having joined the police in […]