The number of COVID-19 infections in the United States and Europe continues to surge in spite of the start of vaccinations, the New York Times has reported.

By Lawani Mikairu A person with disability, Dr Chike Okogwu, has accused Dana Air of discrimination stating the airline barred him from boarding with a claim that ”a new policy forbids carrying” passengers ”with wheelchair”. In a thread of tweet on Monday, Okogwu, complaining of the alleged unfair treatment said; ”This is indeed the height […]

Two men were on Monday found guilty of manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants, who died in the back of a lorry in Essex, England in October 2019. Gheorghe Nica, 43, from Essex, and the lorry driver, Eamonn Harrison, 23, from Northern Ireland, were found guilty for the deaths of the victims. During the trial in […]

Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, urged Nigerians to seek God’s face for the solution to the litany of challenges, especially economic and security, plaguing the country.

Five countries on Monday announced that they have banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus.

Against the backdrop of transferring unclaimed dividend into the Federal Government federation account as proposed in the Finance Act 2021, the shareholders under the aegis of Independent Shareholder Association of Nigeria, ISAN have pleaded to the government that Part V of the Act be expunged as the idea of converting private wealth to government revenue negates the country’s constitutional provisions.

By Shina Abubakar A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State on Monday adjourned bail hearing of a leader of #EndSARS movement, Emmanuel Adebisi, popularly known as ‘Captain’ as the State Ministry of Justice took over his prosecution from the Department of State Services (DSS). Adebisi was last Monday arraigned before the Court presided over […]

Manchester City’s strikers will have to rediscover their scoring touch because reinforcements will not be signed in January, manager Pep Guardiola has said. Guardiola explained that even with the backing of their Abu Dhabi owners, City were subject to the same financial pressures as their rivals due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. City […]

…Says schools may reopen January 2021 By Vincent Ujumadu Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige said Monday that the federal government has met 98% of the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, assuring Nigerians that the nation’s universities are likely to reopen by January next year. Addressing reporters at […]

Federal government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number, NIN, by telecommunication service subscribers to 19th January and 9th February, 2021 respectively. FG disclosed this in a statement titled: ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’, signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta; and […]

…Wants NIN/SIM cards registration stopped By Dirisu Yakubu Foremost rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to come up with measures to protect the lives of Nigerians following spike in the spread of the coronavirus in the past two weeks. This is even as the […]

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate an alleged plan by the Federal Government to lease some government assets in the country.

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the closure of 42 Microfinance Banks (MFBs) whose operating licences were recently revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with verification of their respective depositors.

The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), has urged farmers in the country to key into its various insurance policies to improve the agriculture value chain. Mrs Folashade Joseph, the Managing Director of NAIC, made the call at a sensitisation workshop for farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Monday. “By so doing, the […]

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by nwachukwu john owen (@realjohn_owen) By Prince Okafor One of the 344 students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, has disclosed that they were not kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorist group as earlier stated by the Federal Government. The student who made […]