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An American-based Nigerian entrepreneur, and Chairman of BUNDI International Diagnostics Limited, Robert Udeaga, has promised to crash the current N49,000 cost of COVID-19 test kits to less than N5,000 in order to give…
On June 29, a dull, somewhat grainy picture of Nigerian activist Nnamdi Kanu in handcuffs began circulating on the internet, shortly after what seemed like unlikely news about his arrest in and extradition from a…
Nigeria currently imports 2.2 million tonnes of fish while it produces 1.1 million tonnes against the total demand of 3.6 million tonnes annually. This was disclosed by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural…
The Anglican Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, His Lordship, Rt. Rev. Ndubusi Chukwuka Obi, has revealed the reason why he suspended the singing of the National Anthem and hosting of the Nigeria flag in churches in Nnewi…
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, said the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme should be a two-year programme so that corps members can undergo military training. Ishaku declared this on Wednesday when he…
Bandits, who abducted 121 students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido, Kaduna State, have reiterated their demand for rice and other foodstuffs to feed the abductees. A top official of the school, who is…
Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has reacted to the Federal High Court ruling in her favour over the NYSC certificate forgery case that ousted her from the Presidential cabinet. In her statement,…
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has said it is examining the recent outburst made by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed against the Kwara state Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, with a…
Nigeria’s former finance minister Kemi Adeosun, who was caught in a certificate forgery scandal, got what appears to be a reprieve from a court on Wednesday. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Mrs Adeosun did…
The Lagos State Police Command manning the protest venue of the Yoruba nation agitators and dispersing them with gunshots, water cannons and teargas may have started having its spiritual implications on the officers.…
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country’s interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday. First Lady Martine Moïse is…
Teachers in Bwari Local Government Area of the Federal Capital Territory have shut down schools due to unpaid salaries. According to PUNCH, students were sent back home on Wednesday morning, two days before the start of…
A man identified as Michael Bassey, a 45-year-old man who is the pastor of the United Evangelical Church has been arrested by the Cross River state police command for allegedly being in possession of a human skull.…
The Aso Villa residence of the former Governor of Abia State and current Chief Whip of the 9th Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday played host to the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain; Marcelino Cabanas Ansorena…
The Presidency, on Tuesday, commended security agencies on the re-arrest and repatriation of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu; as well as the recent attack by the Department of State…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) call have asked Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to resign his position as governor due to escalation of insecurity…
A man identified as Ibrahim Lawal has hanged himself in Daura, Katsina State. Residents said the incident happened on Sunday. According to PUNCH Metro, the middle-aged man was a worker at the Sandamu Local Government…
Parents of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist School Kaduna state have taken over the Kaduna-Kachia express road in protest over the abduction of their wards, Newspremises reports. The protest is ongoing even as…
Minister of Justice and Solicitor-General of the government of Alberta, Canada, Kelechi Madu, has said that Nigeria’s Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami “is a disgrace to the rule of law, and not worthy to be an officer…
Governors of the southern region are holding a meeting in Lagos on the state of the nation. The meeting is a follow-up on the earlier meeting in Asaba hosted by the Delta state Governor where the governors agreed on…
