We will put UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia on COVID-19 red list on Monday or Tuesday – FG

With effect from Tuesday, December 14, the federal government will restrict airlines coming from Canada, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced the decision on Sunday in Lagos and explained that it was to reciprocate restricted flights from Nigeria into those countries over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. […]

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Magdalena Andersson emerges Sweden’s first-ever female prime minister

Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden’s parliament as the country’s first-ever female prime minister, after replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats. Sweden is the only Nordic country never to have elected a woman as a national leader before. Ms Andersson, who is currently the finance minister, did not win Wednesday’s […]

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Anambra Election: INEC explains why PVCs were distributed on election eve

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why permanent voter cards (PVCs) were still being distributed the evening before the Anambra governorship election. Recall that on October 26, INEC announced that 81,778 new PVCs would be delivered to Anambra on October 28 for distribution ahead of the November 6 election. However, speaking on Friday in an […]

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