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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded one death and an additional 272 coronavirus infections in Nigeria on Sunday, July 24. NCDC released the information on its official website early on Sunday and the latest infections…

Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to October 31, 2021. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Ikechukwu…

Health experts are afraid the imminent third wave of the coronavirus pandemic may have already hit the country as Nigeria on Friday recorded 317 fresh cases of the infection. The country also reported one death from the pandemic, raising…

Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has reportedly filed for asylum in Benin republic. According to Punch, the 48-year-old activist resorted to the option after he was arrested on Monday, July 19,…

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has announced that it will close sections of Lagos-Shagamu expressway for the purpose of repairs. In a statement issued on Friday, the construction firm said repairs would be done around the Eldorado and Lotto…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 184 COVID-19 cases across seven states and the federal capital territory (FCT) on Thursday. The latest figure represents a 22.69 percent decline after a surge on Wednesday (238 cases).…

Nigerian Air Force has on Thursday, July 22 taken delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the United States. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said the aircraft arrived in Kano State on Thursday…

Two of abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have reportedly been rescued by police operatives. They were rescued on Wednesday evening by police operatives in Rijanna area…

Oyo State Government has on Wednesday said that it has uncovered 41 ghost workers in the state. The government revealed that all the 41 ghost workers would be removed from its payroll, adding that it also discovered 341 workers with…

University of Benin has debunked circulating reports that one of its graduate, who recently went viral for wearing a signing out shirt with the inscription "aggressive malpractice brought me this far", has been asked to rewrite all her…

Yoruba Nation agitators will stage a protest in Ibadan, Oyo State by 12pm today, Wednesday, to demand the release of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, who was arrested by security operatives and detained in Benin…

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 206 new COVID-19 infections, the highest daily toll in months. The new development is according to an update by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which was posted on its Facebook page Tuesday night.…

President Muhammadu Buhari hailed the “gallantry” of Flt. Lt. Abayomi Dairo, the pilot of Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet who survived an air crash. MDB had reported that Dairo successfully ejected from the Nigeria military’s Alpha Jet…

Wale Adeniran, one of the conveners of Ilana Omo Oodua International, a Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, has on Tuesday, July 20 debunked reports that Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, has been released from custody in Benin…

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State given two cows from his farm, 20 bags of rice and N1,000,000 to members of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) that visited him. Buhari said that the scheme has a deep…