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The Federal Government has confirmed 32 cases of Delta Variant of COVID-19, bringing the country officially into the third wave of the pandemic. The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chike Ihekweazu, disclosed this at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. He said 80 percent of the tests conducted in...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has finally met his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, and sent a special message to the members of the proscribed group from his detention under the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS). Kanu, who met with Ejiofor, on Monday, expressed gratitude to all members of the group and those who...

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Monday appointed DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Disu replaced DCP Abba Kyari, who was suspended following his indictment by the FBI. Just like Kyari, Disu is a ‘celebrity’ cop who is very popular on the microblogging platform, Twitter. While serving as the Commander of...

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF) has vowed to shut down Nigeria if anything should happen to embattled Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) DCP Abba Kyari, following his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over fraud and money laundering allegations, as well as the subsequent suspension by the Police Service Commission (PSC). The AYCF, in...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Monday resumed its industrial action over unpaid salaries and benefits. Reports from some government owned hospitals across the country showed that they have downed tools, leaving patients to their fate, even as other health workers try to fill the gaps. The doctors are also demanding the immediate withdrawal of a circular removing House Officers from...

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has labelled the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, a terrorist organisation, calling on the Federal Government to immediately proscribe it as well as other cultural tribal organisations undermining the peace, security and peaceful coexistence of the country.” In a statement issued on Monday by Abdul-Azeez Suleman, CNG’s spokesman, the Northern Coalition said any organisation or...

Hundreds of youths from Eleme and other communities in Rivers State, who had laid siege on a section of the east-west road in Rivers State on Sunday evening suspended the protest and will vacate the road at midnight. The protesters, our reporter learnt, suspended the protest following the assurance given by the Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Obarilomate Ollor,...

Gunmen yesterday besieged the Nasarawa State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning in Lafia and catered away the sum of N100 million at gunpoint. The office is adjacent to the state’s Accountant General’s Office, where personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and Nigeria Police Force were stationed. They were, however, not able to prevent the operation. An eyewitness, who...

In the next few days, the US government will supply 10 million vaccines to South Africa and Nigeria. 5.6 million Pfizer doses will be going to South Africa and 4 million Moderna doses will be heading Nigeria’s way. This was revealed by Dana L. Banks, US Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Africa at the National Security Council,...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that it was working to ensure that urban centers in the country are 5G enabled by 2025. However, it said telecoms subscribers in the country would not be forced to use the technology. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, revealed this at the Industry Consumer Advisory Forum (ICAF) Quarterly Meeting...