A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the unfreezing of accounts belonging to some promoters of the End SARS protest. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, who gave the ruling on Wednesday, ordered all affected banks to “immediately defreeze the affected accounts of End SARS promoters.” Justice Mohammed proceeded to strike outContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presided over the virtual groundbreaking ceremony of the rail line to connect Nigeria and Niger. The rail project will link Kano-Katsina to Jibiya-Maradi. In his remarks, Buhari directed the Ministries of Transportation and Finance to conclude financial arrangements for the construction of the West-East CoastalContinue Reading
Members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives in Ondo State, on Tuesday, went wild during a meeting of the State Executive Council meeting. The meeting was to discuss issues of the attack on three Nurses at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, the 50 percent half salary paidContinue Reading
Nigerian Police Force on Monday denied that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu paid N2 billion for tenure extension. The force described the development as untrue, unfounded, defamatory and libelous, following a report published by an online media. Reacting to the story, the Force Public Relations Officer, FrankContinue Reading
The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has again, reiterated his stand against negotiating with bandits who are terrorising the state. Speaking in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), monitored on Monday, El-Rufai declared that any bandit arrested in Kaduna State will be killed,Continue Reading
The Northern Governors Forum has challenged States in the South to fish out criminal herdsmen, isolate and make them face the wrath of the law. NGF expressed worries that the activities of criminal elements were being used to tag a particular ethnic group. Chairman of the Forum and Governor ofContinue Reading
Foreign capital flow into Nigeria plummeted by more than half in 2020 to $9.68bn, its lowest level in four years, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. The NBS, in its capital importation report for the fourth quarter and full-year 2020, said the total value of capital importation intoContinue Reading
he Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the decision to have the President, Vice President, and Governors as the first set of people to take the Covid-19 vaccine is to puncture the conspiracy theories going around about safety of vaccines. Mohammed also said that theContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed two appeals by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, in which he sought among others, to be made the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last by-election in Imo North Senatorial District of Imo State. A five-man panel of the court, headed by JusticeContinue Reading
The Nigerian government has slammed Emirates Airlines’ outbound flights with a 72-hour suspension. This was contained in a Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) circular issued on February 4. It explained that the suspension followed a breach of guidelines placed by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The airline isContinue Reading
