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UK removes all African countries from travel red list
The UK has removed all 11 African countries from its red list, which severely restricted travel between those states and the UK.
Read More »ASUU gives FG fresh 3-week strike notice
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a fresh three week notice to resume the strike it suspended last year.
Read More »Lawmakers on recess, holidaying workers risk kidnapping – DSS warns
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday said federal lawmakers who would soon begin their recess and other vacating public and private workers were susceptible to kidnapping, assassinations and armed robbery
Read More »NSA names religious organisations backing terrorist groups in Nigeria
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), on Tuesday, named some groups supporting terrorist organisations in the Sahel region.
Read More »Ikoyi Registry: FG dismisses annulment, insists on rights to conduct marriages
The Federal Government has dismissed reports of a court judgment invalidating its rights to conduct marriages through its registries, saying under the law, the formation of marriages is under the Exclusive List.
Read More »Private sector fears job losses, firms’ closure over planned taxes, tariffs
The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN), comprising the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), among others, has expressed its opposition
Read More »Chinese govt to begin COVID-19 vaccine production in Nigeria
The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, has said China and Nigeria are in the process of ensuring the production of COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
Read More »EFCC, NYSC ban unvaccinated employees, corps members
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun compulsory enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination for its employees in all the agency’s offices across the country.
Read More »Gunmen abduct mother of Kogi governor’s Chief of Staff
Gunmen have abducted Hajia Zuliehat Raji, 70, the mother of the Chief of Staff to Kogi Governor, Mr Abdulkarim Asuku.
Read More »Court discharges, acquits alleged husband killer in Lagos
A Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a woman, Christiana Odo, accused of stabbing her husband to death during a fight.
Read More »Presidency spends N34bn on food, travels in six years
The Presidency’s budgetary allocations for food and travels hit N34bn in six years, according to data obtained from the appropriation bills of the Federal Government within the period under review.
Read More »Nigeria’s debt rises by N2.54tr in three months, hits N38tr
The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday disclosed that Nigeria’s public debt was N38.005tn as of the end of the third quarter of 2021.
Read More »2023: I won’t turn down calls to vie for presidency, says Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he would not turn down the numerous voices calling on him to contest the 2023 presidency.
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