NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is working on reversing the suspension of the issuance of immigrant visas to Nigerians by the United States. Recall that in January, the United States imposed an immigrant visa ban on Nigeria as a result of the country’s failure to comply with its established identity-management and information-sharing criteria. […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that the low number of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country is due to lesser number of samples collected across the states. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during the Presidential Task […]
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Exceptional young people can now submit entries for the 2021 Commonwealth youth awards to win prestigious titles and cash grants. The awards recognise and reward young people whose work has made a major impact on people and communities in their country. Young leaders from across the 54 Commonwealth countries can enter five regional categories: Africa; […]
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Sevilla and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the semi-finals of the Europa League on Tuesday after respective wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers and Basel. Five-time competition winners Sevilla face Manchester United on Sunday after snatching a last gasp 1-0 win over Wolves, while Shakhtar take on Inter Milan on Monday after easily seeing off Basel 4-1. The […]
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The Rivers State Government says it has pulled out of the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government, where 774,000 Nigerians were supposed to be employed. The nominee of the Rivers State Government in the Committee, Erastus Awortu, made the decision of the state known in a letter addressed to the Minister of State […]
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COVID-19 infections in Nigeria rose further on Tuesday, inching towards the 50,000 mark after the country confirmed 423 new cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which announces national figures, revealed that the new cases were spread across 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. They take the country’s total number of cases to […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says Air Peace will recall some of the pilots it sacked earlier in August. The pilots were sacked as part of the company’s efforts to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operations. After the action, the National Association of Airline Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) had given the […]
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says five states account for 60 per cent of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), made this known on Monday in Abuja during the daily briefing on the pandemic. Mustapha […]
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The stories making the rounds, that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) cannot pay their Foreign Scholarship students due to the absence of an Executive Director of Finance and Administration (EDFA), following the death of Mr. Etang Ibanga, the former EDFA has been discovered to not have emanated from […]
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Emirates Skywards members in Nigeria amongst other travellers world-wide can now enjoy over 1500 new ways to earn miles, as the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, has introduced a thousand new ways to earn Miles while shopping online with popular UK and US brands. Members can now visit skywardsmilesmall.com, choose from more than […]
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