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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday turned back unvaccinated staff members from its Jabi, Abuja headquarters. Many workers and visitors without the COVID-19 vaccine cards were prevented from accessing…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, confirmed three more cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant in Nigeria. The confirmation was contained in a statement on Tuesday by NCDC Director-General, Dr.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country. A statement signed by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said the two cases were discovered…
Canada has confirmed two cases of Omicron, a highly transmissible variant of COVID-19. Health officials said the two cases were traced to two people who travelled to Nigeria. The statement read, “Today, the province of…
More countries are tightening their travel restrictions after a new coronavirus variant was identified in South Africa earlier this week. The UK, Singapore and Japan are among those rushing in stricter quarantine…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says more that 5.8 million have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since the commencement of the vaccination. Mrs Deborah Oladipo, the Kwara…
The Federal Government has exempted fully vaccinated travellers from the mandatory one-week isolation. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the development on Tuesday in a Facebook post. Chairman of…
The Federal Government have listed fresh conditions to inbound travellers to Nigeria after the United Kingdom relaxed its COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Nigerians. In a statement on Friday, Secretary…
Bill Clinton, a former president of the United States has been admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center's intensive care unit for a urinary tract infection that spread to his bloodstream. "He was…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn its suit seeking the forfeiture of N20billion bailout funds granted to the Kogi State Government by a new generation bank. The money, which was meant for…
Here is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari's 2022 Budget presentation to the National Assembly: 1. It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the 2022 Federal Budget Proposals to this…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has explained that he will receive COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of the gospel. He stated this on Friday night during the monthly Holy…
Video-sharing platform, YouTube, has announced an expansion in its misinformation policies, aimed at banning anti-vaccine contents on the platform. In a post on the company’s official blog on Wednesday, it was reported…
N’Golo Kante is out of Chelsea’s Champions League match against Juventus on Wednesday after testing positive for coronavirus, manager Thomas Tuchel has confirmed. Tuchel said the French World Cup winner, 30, was not in…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation earned revenue of N4.61tn and spent N4.52tn in 2020, according to a report released on Friday. The report, titled ‘2020 NNPC Annual Performance Review’, was developed by…
The Federal Government may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint at a press briefing in…
Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, an Ijebu-Igbo born politician has died due to complications from COVID-19. Durojaiye who died at the age of 88 was a former political activist and member of the National Democratic…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 1,149 cases of COVID-19 in sixteen states across the country. The health agency made the revelation on Thursday morning via a post on its verified Facebook…
Former Big Brother Naija housemates, Prince and Dorathy have revealed why ‘Shine Ya Eye’ housemate, Jaypaul was turned back 45 minutes from joining last year’s lockdown edition. Recall that JayPaul had revealed he was…
Google employees could see their pay cut if they switched to working from home permanently in the wake of the pandemic, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters. It is an experiment taking place across…
