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Nigerian Troops fighting bandits in the North-West of the country have been urged to bring a decisive end to the scourge in the zone. The call was made by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Alhaji Ali Ndume, at a press briefing held at the Nigerian Army Super Camp in...
The Nigerian Government has approved the full reopening of 14 airports in the country for domestic operations from July 8 to July 24. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, made the announcement in his official Twitter handle, @hadisirika, on Sunday. Sirika pointed out that the inspection on the airports had...
One of Africa’s largest food retailers, Shoprite, has announced plans to exit the Nigerian market after posting continuous losses from its operations in the world's populous Black nation. Shoprite, in a trading update filed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Monday morning, said it was planning to discontinue its...
Petrol stations in Lagos State are now under surveillance to ensure compliance with the approved pump price band for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says on Monday. This is coming after News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the Federal Government had on March 12 denied...
Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigations into the viral video showing a man seemingly wearing a Nigeria Police “uniform” vaping  Shisha. https://youtu.be/5VNAVYhY5L8 The viral video showing a man seemingly wearing a Nigerian Police Uniform vaping "Shisa" https://echotitbits.com/kogi-set-to-tap-into-lawmas-strategies-to-establish-robust-waste-management-system/ The police, in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said the investigation...
A former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme on Wednesday said bandits terrorising northern Nigeria have the direct lines of the governors in the region. While speaking on insecurity in Nigeria, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who was a guest on Arise TV's The Morning Show Wednesday described politicians in...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the state beginning from Monday (November 2), while boarding house students in public schools are to resume on Sunday (November 1). Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed on Thursday through Lagos...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government Monday said it expended about N523.3 million on school feeding programme during the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)-induced lockdown. This was disclosed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD), Sadiya Farouq, while speaking at the Presidential Taskforce briefing on COVID-19 in...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has declared July 30 and 31 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This was coming as the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government appealed to Muslim faithful in the state to celebrate the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir on a low-key in order to...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government Friday clarified various costs in managing different cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, re-admitting that the state government is spending between N100,000 and N1 million to manage infected people in isolation centres on daily basis. In an attempt to offer "clarification and...