Reps reject bill to reduce number of cases that get to Supreme Court
A bill to reduce the number of cases that can get to the Supreme Court was rejected by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The constitution alteration bill, sponsored by…
‘Odumakin planned to write memoir of his medical conditions – Wife
The widow of the late spokesperson of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Joe Okei-Odumakin, has said death did not allow her husband to pen down his medical challenges as planned.…
COVID-19: Nigeria records zero deaths in 10 days, 100 new cases
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 100 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths, making it the tenth consecutive day that the country recorded no deaths from the virus. This is according to…
Nigeria reviews passport processing time to six weeks
The Federal Government has said it is turning around the entire passport application process by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to six weeks. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed…
JNI faults document linking Pantami to Yakowa assassination plot, urges investigation
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has described as fake a document linking communications minister Isa Pantami to the planned murder of former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa. The group also…
Buhari orders revoked oil leases returned to China-owned Addax
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Department of Petroleum Resources to restore four oil mining licences revoked from Addax Petroleum. The was disclosed in a statement by the president’s aide,…
FAAC shares N681.330 billion March 2021 revenue to FG, states, LGAs
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N681.33 billion as March 2021 federation revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments Councils and relevant Agencies in…
Nigeria ‘treading the path of sustainability’, Buhari says at US Climate Summit
President Buhari has said Nigeria is undertaking climate-friendly programmes and is ‘treading the path of sustainability.’ He made this statement at the just concluded Leaders Summit on Climate convened by…
Nigeria needs N1.89 trillion to reduce malaria prevalence, mortality by 2025 – Minister
About N1.89 trillion will be needed if Nigeria is to achieve malaria prevalence rate of less than 10 per cent and reduce mortality rate to less than 50 deaths per…
Three of the abducted Kaduna university students killed
Three of the students kidnapped on Tuesday night at Greenfield University in Kaduna State have been found dead, an official has said. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and…