Barely two weeks after the National Assembly passed new electoral Bill for Presidential Assent, Prime Business Africa reports that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will not sign the document as an ‘Act of Parliament’ to anchor future elections. It was gathered that the President has communicated his decision to relevant sources after due consultations with
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he is aware that Nigerians are angry over years of leadership failure in the country, and the inability of the current government to improve their quality of life. He however, pleads with the people to not give up, but instead, give
Canada yesterday banned travellers from Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi over fears of the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, bringing to 10 the number of African countries targeted by Ottawa, according to the AFP. This is just as members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives at plenary yesterday, mandated the Nigeria Centre for Disease
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday confirmed the first case of Omicron variant in Nigeria. The Centre said in line with the routine travel test required of all international travellers and Genomic sequencing at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) through Its National Reference Laboratory (NRL), Abuja–confirmed Nigeria’s first case of
Six persons comprising two teenagers and four women have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo town, Ondo State, for stealing and receiving catfish worth N1,600,000. Ajayi Segun, 16, and Olamide Omoduyilemi, 17, were said to have stolen the catfish from a fish pond belonging to one Akinbomi Christianah and sold them to
Police in Osun have rescued a six-year-old girl locked up and maltreated for months allegedly by her guardian in the Isale-Osun area of Osogbo, the state capital. Police spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said in a statement yesterday that the girl’s guardian, one Olanrewaju Adenike, was in custody. “In our continued efforts to curtail criminal activities, the
The Lagos State Government has rejected the resolution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters that no fewer than nine persons lost their lives when armed soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020. This claim, which was contained
