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Kaduna and Kano states chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are at each other’s jugular over the controversial dethronement Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano. APC chieftain in Kaduna, Yusuf Ali (Rabagardama) described the Kano chapter of the party as an ungrateful bunch, which chose to drag the Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the […]

Without any fanfare, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has technically devalued the naira exchange rate on the Investors and Exporters’ (I&E) window from the N366.7 to a dollar it closed on Friday, to N380.20 to a dollar. Trading data from Bloomberg terminal showed that there was very low appetite for the CBN open market […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday called for calm among Nigerians as the scourge of COVID-19 is gradually spreading in the country, with four new cases discovered in Lagos State, bringing the toll to 12.The president, in his first major intervention since the index case, caused by an Italian, was uncovered on February 27, said the federal […]

One of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari (name withheld) who returned from the United Kingdom Thursday is now in self-isolation. Her mother and First Lady, Aisha, who personally disclosed this, said the young lady is not in self-isolation because she is showing symptoms of COVID-19 but rather in compliance with the advice of the […]

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the Italian index case of COVID-19 has tested negative and will be discharged after confirmation by a second test. This came after Lagos recorded four new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 12.   Stating this at […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned Nigeria and other African countries to prepare for the Worst case scenario as COVID-19 continues to spread across the continent; even as the pandemic has killed over 9,000 people across the globe, according to an AFP tally Thursday based on official sources. A total of 9,020 deaths were […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday reversed the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that sacked Ifeanyi Ubah as a Senator. The FCT high court on Thursday, April 11, 2019, removed Ubah as Senator for Anambra South senatorial district.   But a three-man panel of the court, led […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed a review of the country’s budget for 2020, saying the budget review, alongside other policy implementations, is to reflect current realities in the oil sector and to respond to emerging threats pose by cases of coronavirus. Other policy implementations directed by Buhari include prioritization of the health sector infrastructure […]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said it will ban entry to arrivals from Friday, March 20th from 13 of the countries worst hit by the COVID 19 pandemic. According to a post on the agency, Twitter handle on Wednesday, countries on the list have more than 1,000 cases and include the United States, […]

The federal government Tuesday inaugurated a presidential task force for the control of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, who inaugurated the task force, said its composition by President Muhammadu Buhari was necessary to monitor developments around the world on the outbreak of the contagion. The […]

The Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa, Canada, has suspended passport application processing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in its community. In a statement dated March 16, the high commission said that the suspension was effective immediately and would last until further notice.   It, however, said the issuance of Emergency Travel Certificates […]

Turkish club, Trabzonspor yesterday terminated the contract of former Super Eagles’ Captain, John Obi Mikel following the Nigerian’s refusal to continue playing during the current Coronavirus crisis, reports goal.com. A statement by the club read that they parted ways with Mikel by mutual consent.   Mikel only joined Black Sea Storm as a free agent […]