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Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).   The minister, in a document attached to his response to the threat by the House of Representatives to sue him over […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the name of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving” Nigerian citizens, Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi announced.   Missing from the list of those honoured was the name of former military leader and civilian president, Olusegun Obasanjo.   Those honoured were Bola Ahmed […]

After weeks of uncertainty and conflicting directives, the Nigerian government on Monday directed schools in the country to reopen on August 4 to enable final-year students to prepare for their examinations.   The government also announced that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for 2020 would begin on August 17.   Ben Goong, Director, […]

Edo State government and the All Progress Congress are trading blames over who was responsible for an attack on Saturday at the Palace in Benin City where the People’s Democratic Party planned to launch its governorship election campaign.   The Edo State Government condemned the attack on its guests, notably governors and other Very Important […]

Yakubu Dogara, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress, has said he dumped the People’s Democratic Party over the failure of governance, financial impropriety, among others, in his home state of Bauchi, which is ruled by the PDP.   Dogara listed his grievances in a letter […]

The Nigerian Government has approved 14 airports to restart domestic flight operations, after they were shut down following the corornavirus pandemic.    Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation, announced this on Sunday morning via tweets.    “Glad to announce that the following airports are open for full domestic operations, hence ministerial approvals in and out of […]

Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service has cleared the air on the stamp duty to be paid on rents and leases, saying it is not six percent across board, as was reported earlier this week.    In a series of tweets late Saturday, the tax agency explained that   Stamp Duties rate on Rent/Lease is graduated […]

  Nigeria’s House of Representatives has strengthened its legislative tool kit to serve the citizens better against the background of the new realities created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Speaker has said.   Femi Gbajabiamila said this in a speech on Saturday in Abuja at the public presentation of the updated Legislative Agenda of the […]

  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has ordered the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission to shut down the current episode of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show.   The Minister hinged the need to halt the fifth edition of the show on fears it could lead to an escalation of cases of the coronavirus infection […]

The Nigerian government on Friday denied the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission.   “NDDC: A fabricated statement on the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), attributed to presidential Spokesmen, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, is making the rounds on various social […]

The Federal Government has declared that the Madagascar COVID-19 herb syrup did not show any evidence that it had real curative properties against COVID-19. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure in Abuja at the 52nd Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19.   According to him, the […]

  Inadequate access to personal protective equipment or weak infection prevention and control measures raise the risk of health worker infection The World Health Organization (WHO)(https://www.afro.who.int/) Thursday warned of the threat posed by COVID-19 to health workers across Africa. More than 10 000 health workers in the 40 countries which have reported on such infections […]