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Experts warn as ATMs breed dirty notes

Experts, yesterday, blamed the preponderance of dirty notes on corruption and lack of political will, as 22,000 Automated Teller Machines (ATM) dispense bad notes. This is as the disappearance...

Niger exports fuel to Nigeria as Egypt, Algeria build 13 refineries

Neighboring Niger Republic, which started commercial oil production in 2011, now exports petroleum products to Nigeria, as Egypt and Algeria lead African operations with 13 refineries. Both countries...

Edo 2020: PDP Urges Security Agencies To Invite Hosa Okunbo

[i]Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has called on the police, the Department for State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil...

PDP To Buhari: Nigerians Can’t Survive Fuel, Electricity Price Hike

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the increase in fuel and electricity tariffs saying Nigerians cannot survive the new policy. In a statement issued by the PDP...

Body Of SAN Sets Up Committee To Audit NBA Elections, Group Condemns Move

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), has set up a Committee to audit the national elections of the Nigerian Bar Association for the years 2016, 2018, and 2020. The...

Rivers Strike Threat: Labour Leaders Absent As Industrial Court Adjourns Suit To Sept 18

The National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till Friday, September 18, to hear all applications relating to the Rivers State Government’s suit seeking the interpretation of the...

Ethiopian flight arrives Abuja amid pomp, passengers decry coronavirus test fee

Following the resumption of international flights after five months of COVID-19 lockdowns, Ethiopian Airlines, yesterday, landed Abuja from Addis Ababa at about 1:35 p.m. The ET 911 flight,...

COVID-19: NCDC discharges 218 patients in 24 hours, records 155 new infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 218 Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients have recovered from the infection across the country in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this...

NIS INTERPOL system uploads 150,000 stolen, lost travel documents

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) INTERPOL i-24/7 desk has successfully uploaded 150, 000 Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (STLD) to INTERPOL Global System (IPSG) in Lyon, France seamlessly. The...

CSOs, women groups appeal for extension on ‘Call for Memoranda’ deadline

A total of 283 Civil Society Organisations and Women groups have appealed for an extension in the deadline of Call for Memoranda. This is coming after the Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman...

Nigerian languages going into extinction – NICO

The Executive Secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Mr Ado Muhammed Yahuza, has said that some Nigerian Languages might go into extinction if urgent measures were not taken...

Hauwa Ojeifo honoured with inaugural Marca Bristo Fellowship

Human Rights Watch has selected a Nigerian human rights advocate, Hauwa Ojeifo, as the recipient of its inaugural Marca Bristo Fellowship, an award created in memory of the pioneering disability rights...

Gbajabiamila applauded by Nigeria-Ghana traders over intervention in trade dispute

The Nigeria-Ghana Business Council and the Nigeria Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG) have been applauded Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over his intervention in...

Nigeria urges Resident Doctors to suspend strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors(NARD), Has been instructed by the Federal Government on Tuesday, To suspend all her ongoing Industrial action across the Country. Sen. Chris Ngige,...

Where does Nigeria’s petrol price rank in the world?

The Nigeria Government last week increased the price of the petrol Motor Spirit(PMS) from N138-N151, this saddened the heart of all Nigerians, that at this time of Economic hardship imposed by a coronavirus...

Kano Emirates: State Assembly approves amendment, new rules

Kano State House of Assembly has passed the Emirate Councils Amendment Bill 2020. Speaker of the house, Abdulazeez Gafasa, presided over the plenary as lawmakers adopted the amendment on Tuesday. The...

Internet usage changes during the pandemic in Nigeria

While the country of Nigeria is no stranger to internet services, having had mainstream internet access since 1995, there has been a significant shift in usage patterns over the last few months due...