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Wheat Production - Govt Engages 400 Farmers in Gombe
Dec 7, 2021 | 11:36 am[Daily Trust] The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) said it has engaged over 400 farmers in Gombe State for this year's dry season wheat production.
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Kano APC Crisis - What We Discussed With Tinubu - Shekarau
Dec 7, 2021 | 11:28 am[Premium Times] Ibrahim Shekarau says the crisis in the APC in Kano is not about Mr Ganduje but about the leadership of the party in the state
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Court Nullifies Dismissal of Army General
Dec 7, 2021 | 11:26 am[Premium Times] A.S.H. Sa'ad, a brigadier general, was dismissed alongside 37 other officers in 2016.
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Restoring the Dignity of the Nigerian Armed Forces
Dec 7, 2021 | 11:14 am[Vanguard] Over the weekend, the Director of Public Relations of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, virtually rolled out the drums celebrating the command style of the present Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, which he said[…]
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Niger First Lady Flags Off Second Phase of Covid-19 Vaccination, Others
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:32 am[This Day] Minna -- The wife of the Niger State Governor, Dr. Amina Sani Bello, has flagged off the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination and routine immunisation for children in Chanchaga and Bosso Local Government Areas of the state[…]
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Red List - UK Under Fire for Travel Apartheid Against Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:32 am[This Day] As global outrage continues to trail recent travel ban placed on Nigeria and some other African countries by the United Kingdom (UK), a development which has been described as racist and discriminatory, Nigeria's federal government yesterday officially condemned[…]
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HIV - Why Anti-Stigma Law Should Be Domesticated Across Nigeria-Experts
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:30 am[Daily Trust] Experts working in the field of HIV have called for the domestication of the anti-stigma law across all states of the country.
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Buhari Charges Military to Evolve Out-of-Box Strategies to End Insurgency
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:30 am[This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, charged the Armed Forces of Nigeria to evolve new strategies in containing insecurity in the country.
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... Fails to Red List 17 European Countries Despite Recording Omicron
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:30 am[This Day] Despite the presence of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant in 17 countries in Europe, the United Kingdom has failed to take same punitive action it took against some developing nations, thereby confirming its selective red listing of Nigeria[…]
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Despite Govt's Plea, Electricity Workers Cripple Power Supply in Abuja, Environs
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:30 am[This Day] Abuja -- Despite a federal government statement pleading with the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) not to embark on an industrial action, the workers yesterday made good their threat, crippling power supply in parts of Abuja and[…]
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15.6bn External Borrowing Enhanced Naira Exchange Rate - DMO
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:29 am[Vanguard] The Debt Management Office (DMO) yesterday disclosed that external borrowing of $15.368 billion in the last ten years helped to shore up naira exchange rate.
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Cross River to Vaccinate 900,000 Children Against Polio
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:29 am[Leadership] Cross River State government has unveiled plan to vaccinate 900,000 children against polio. The exercise will be carried by the state Primary Healthcare Development Agency.
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#EndSARS - the Truths About the Untruths of 'Massacre Without Bodies'
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:29 am[Vanguard] With David Ibanga's eyes shut and visage covered in blood, as reported by The Washington Post, Ndifreke Ibanga's last sighting of his lifeless body was in a photo on social media after the EndSARS protest at the Lekki Toll[…]
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Covid-19 - Senate President Slams Ministers of Health Over Absence At Health Summit
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:13 am[Premium Times] Mr Lawan said it was wrong for Ehanire, Mamora, and the permanent secretary to be absent at an interventionist summit designed to support their work.
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Nembe Communities Protest Continuous Oil Spill, 31 Days After Blowout
Dec 7, 2021 | 10:10 am[This Day] Yenagoa -- Indigenes of Opu-Nembe and surrounding communities have protested the inability of the Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Limited or the government to stop the oil spillage currently devastating their communities following the blow out from the[…]
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Travel ban: Tomori blames FG, says Nigeria paying for 'condoning errors of commission' | TheCable
Dec 7, 2021 | 09:52 amOyewale Tomori, a professor of virology, says the travel ban imposed on Nigeria by Canada and the United Kingdom is because the federal...
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Omicron: UK suspends issuance of visitor's visa to Nigerians - Premium Times Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021 | 09:46 amOn the suspension of visitor visa applications in Nigeria, the UK said the decision will be in effect until the travel ban is lifted. “To support the ...
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Uncertainty over Christmas as Nigerian govt mulls subsidy removal - Daily Post Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021 | 09:30 amAs Christmas is approaching, beautiful decorations have started appearing in major cities, however, one other thing that has started appearing are ...
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Fauci to speak at Nigeria's COVID-19 Summit
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:30 amFauci to speak at Nigeria's COVID-19 Summit. Mr Fauci is the Chief Medical Adviser to the U.S. President Joe Biden as well as the Director, the ...
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Cross River to Vaccinate 900,000 Children Against Poliomyelitis
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] The Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency said it would vaccinate more than 900,000 children in the state against the circulating vaccine-derived poliomyelitis.
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Pirates Kidnap NSCDC Operative, 4 Oil Workers in Bayelsa
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] Suspected pirates have abducted an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and four contract staff working at the Conoil field in Koluama 1 in Bayelsa.
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Release Kanu, Others Unconditionally - Ohanaeze Youths to Buhari
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths Worldwide, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and 19 other Igbo youths illegally detained by security agencies.
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FCT Poll - We Are Committed to Credible Elections - INEC
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is committed to conduct credible area councils election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by Feb. 12, 2022, with appropriate technology deployment and its innovative tools.
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FCT, Kogi, Niger Others Thrown Into Darkness As Workers Shut Abuja Disco Offices
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] The workers of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, yesterday downed tools and began an indefinite strike throwing several states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and other areas into darkness over perceived poor working conditions of service among others.
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Nigeria Losing High Volume of Annual Farm Produce to Pests - Agric Minister
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] The Minister of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, has said that Nigeria is losing high volume of its annual farm produce to damage from pests.
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$10bn Nlng Project - Senate to Sanction Contractors Over Breach of Law
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] THE Senate Committee on Local Content, yesterday, threatened to sanction Saipem SPA over failure to provide evidence for several petitions it had received against the firm, on alleged breach of Local Content Law in the execution of the Train-7[…]
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Buhari Urges Auditors-General to Stamp Out Corruption
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Auditors-General across the country to introduce strategies that will help stamp out corruption from the system.
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8 Children Who Died Inside Car - We Opted to Bury Our Children Because Officials Demanded N.8m for Autopsy - Bereaved Parents
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:16 am[Vanguard] Mr. Ibrahim Jubrilia, father of two boys, Toheb and Mamud, who were among the eight lifeless bodies recovered inside a Honda Pilot SUV, with number plate, AAA157BD, abandoned inside a fenced house in Jah-Michael community, Olorunda area of Lagos[…]
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Omicron - UK's Ban Unjust, Punitive, Discriminatory, FG Declares
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:15 am[Vanguard] THE Federal Government has described the British government's decision to put Nigeria on the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic red list as unjust, unfair, punitive and discriminatory.
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Korea to Donate $12.4m for Solar Mini-Grids Construction in Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:15 am[Vanguard] Mr Kim Young-Chae, Ambassador of Korea to Nigeria, on Monday said that his country would provide US$12.4 million for the construction of solar mini-grids in Nigeria.
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Travel ban: Nigeria, UK may clash, FG alleges action discriminatory - Punch Newspapers
Dec 7, 2021 | 08:14 amBritain had on Saturday banned Nigerian travellers after it said it discovered 21 cases of the Omicron variant in people who recently visited Nigeria.
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Nigeria records another big jump in COVID-19 cases - P.M. News
Dec 7, 2021 | 07:52 amNigeria recorded 167 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, a triple jump over the 55 reported on Sunday. The NCDC did not offer any explanation.
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– Sylvester Oromoni and Nigeria's School SystemTHISDAYLIVE
Dec 7, 2021 | 07:44 amSylvester Oromoni and Nigeria's School System. editorDecember 7, 2021 1:37 Am. The death of Sylvester Oromoni, a JSS 2 Student of Dowen College ...
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Air Force Destroys Houses, Farms in Poor Benue Community Despite Court Order
Dec 7, 2021 | 07:28 am[Premium Times] Over 100 residents of Tse-Poor, an agrarian rural community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, are still licking their wounds, weeks after the Nigerian Air Force's bulldozers ravaged their ancestral land.
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50 per cent of COVID-19 positive cases in Nigeria from UK - FG
Dec 7, 2021 | 07:12 amThe Nigerian government has said that 50 per cent of the COVID-19 positive arrivals that the country has had are from the UK.
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TB Joshua Church Re-Opens As Embattled Widow Takes Charge
Dec 7, 2021 | 06:52 am[Nation] Six months after the death of Prophet TB Joshua, in-person service kicked off at his Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on Sunday with his widow, Prophetess Evelyn TB Joshua, presiding.
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Buhari Government Tackles ECOWAS Over Report On ISWAP Getting Funds Through ...
Dec 7, 2021 | 06:45 amThe Nigerian Government on Monday debunked a report by the ... flowed through the country's financial system to reach terror groups in Nigeria.
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Moghalu: Nigeria, S'Africa should reciprocate travel restrictions by UK, Canada - TheCable
Dec 7, 2021 | 06:19 amKingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says Nigeria and South Africa should respond in kind to the travel ...
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Top Savings Platforms Paying Higher Interest Rates Than Banks in Nigeria ▷ Nigeria news | Legit.ng
Dec 7, 2021 | 06:18 amLegit.ng News ☆ Nigerians have a plethora of choices when it comes to savings. There are a litany of opportunities to save either in the banks or ...
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Cameroonian Refugees in Nigeria Now Over 70,000, Says UNHCR
Dec 7, 2021 | 05:20 am[This Day] Abuja -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed that Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria are now over 70,000.
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Govt Slams UK for Placing Nigeria On Covid-19 Red List
Dec 7, 2021 | 05:20 am[This Day] Abuja -- The Federal Government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to put Nigeria on the red list and place a ban on foreign travels originating from the country following the discovery of Omicron, the new[…]
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Nigeria-eligible striker set to leave Arsenal in January - Soccernet.ng
Dec 7, 2021 | 05:17 amNigeria-eligible forward Folarin Balogun is set to seek a temporary move away from Arsenal in January. The 20-year-old was restricted to Carabao ...
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Omicron: Why Nigeria is not considering travel restrictions yet
Dec 7, 2021 | 04:18 amThe Nigerian government has said it is not considering the imposition of ... flight restrictions to many African countries, including Nigeria.
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Fauci to speak at Nigeria COVID-19 Summit - The NEWS
Dec 7, 2021 | 04:04 amAs part of efforts to redefine the country's national COVID-19 response and build the health security framework for the country, the Nigerian ...
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Nigeria to UK: It's apartheid to ban travellers over Omicron variant - TheCable
Dec 7, 2021 | 03:18 amSarafa Ishola, Nigeria's high commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), has described the travel restrictions imposed on the country...
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What you need to know about UK's inclusion of Nigeria on a travel ban list | Pulse Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021 | 02:04 amThe Omicron COVID-19 variant is being treated as an African virus by a slew of developed nations. | Pulse Nigeria.
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Omicron: FG speaks on imposing travel ban after UK puts Nigeria on red list - Daily Post Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021 | 01:35 amThe Federal Government has insisted there are no plans at the moment to restrict foreigners from travelling into Nigeria.
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Travel Ban: Tomori Goes Emotional, Says Nigeria Paying For Overlooking Errors Of Omission
Dec 7, 2021 | 00:15 amThe COVID-19 pandemic and other disease outbreaks in Nigeria are nothing compared to the real enemies of the country, said Professor Oyewale ...
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UK halts visa for Nigerians as experts ask FG to reciprocate - The Guardian Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021 | 00:15 amPassengers stranded as British Airways cancels flights in, out of Nigeria • UK detects 80 new Omicron cases, ban to affect over 8,000 Nigerian ...
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ECOWAS' report on ISWAP's moving N18bn terror funds via Nigeria institutions false - NFIU ...
Dec 6, 2021 | 23:40 pmThe Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has described as untrue the Inter-governmental Action Group on Money Laundering in West Africa ...
