Joe Biden Unveils $1.9tn US Economic Relief Package
President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped US economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for…
Pigeons Released By Buhari Refuse To fly At Armed Forces Remembrance
The doves, otherwise known as white pigeons, released by the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony, refused to fly despite multiple attempts by the President thereby…
Vaccines Must Be Approve Before Use -NAFDAC, DG
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has warned Nigerians not to take any vaccine except the ones approved by the agency. Adeyeye,…
COVID-19: Supreme Court Backs Small Firms Over Business Interruption Insurance Claims
Insurers are being urged to pay up without delay after judges dismiss the industry’s arguments over the disputed claims. Small firms are cheering a Supreme Court ruling that appears set…
Police lose second AIG in three days
An Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Yunana Babas, is dead. Babas was in charge of Zone 8. He passed awa three days after the death of another AIG, Omololu…
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Inflation Soars To 15.75%, Highest Since 2017
The inflation rate in Nigeria jumped in December to its highest level in more than three years, data released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed. Inflation stood…
Food Inflation Records Highest Since 2016
Nigeria’s food inflation increased by 1.26 percent on a year-on-year basis from 18.30 percent in November 2020 to 19.56 percent in December. This is according to the December 2020 consumer…
UGANDA ELECTION: Museveni In Early Lead With 65%, Bobi Wine Trails With 27
internet remained down in Uganda for a third day as vote counting for the presidential election continued, with provisional results from 24 percent of polling stations giving President Yoweri Museveni…
Amotekun Firs Operative For Killing 23-year-Old Man In Ibadan
By Stephen Godonu Afolabi Kazeem, a member of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun, has been dismissed for killing of Tosin Thomas, a 23-year-old resident of the state. Kazeem was said to…
PDP Charges Kano Electoral Body Ahead Of Council Poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sued the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) for “contempt of court,” ahead of the local government election scheduled to hold on Saturday. Also…
