Some suspected bandits have killed two worshippers at Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, in an attack carried out during the church’s Sunday service. The gunmen were said to have surrounded the church before they started shooting sporadically. A yet to be ascertained number of worshippers were also abducted from the church. […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has again extended the ongoing national identification number (NIN) and subscriber identity module (SIM) integration exercise. This time, the deadline was shifted from the previous date of October 31 till December 31, 2021. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, conveyed the approval of the federal government to extend […]
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A member of the House of Representatives, Fakeye Olufemi, says owners of small and medium enterprises, including carpenters and taxi drivers, should be made to pay tax. Olufemi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Boluwaduro/Ifedayo/Ila federal constituency of Osun state, spoke on the floor of the house on Wednesday. The finance act […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has officially mandated all civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID-19 virus. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), said workers who fail to get vaccinated will be barred from entering their places of work. Mustapha, who is also the chairman of the presidential steering committee (PSC) […]
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Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday slapped a N200,000 fine on Femi Fani Kayode, a former minister of aviation, for his absence in court to take his plea in an alleged N4.6 billion fraud. Fani-Kayode, also the Chairman of the Media and Publicity of the 2015 Goodluck […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says it has taken South Africa, Brazil and Turkey off the list of countries from which travellers are restricted from entering Nigeria. Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19, disclosed this on Wednesday at a media briefing in Abuja. Recall that the federal government had, in June, […]
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Not less than 13 wedding guests, including the groom’s brother and his wife, have died in an accident which occurred in Etche Local Government Area of River State. It was gathered that the Coaster bus conveying the wedding guests collided with a truck close close to Akpoku- Udufor community in the state last Saturday. It […]
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The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says the federal government will soon make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for civil servants. Speaking at a meeting of the health commissioners forum on Thursday in Abuja, Mustapha said the government wants civil servants to be vaccinated, considering that they sometimes represent Nigeria abroad. The […]
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By Suleiman Shehu The organised labour has said it will oppose any plan by the Federal Government to increase the price of electricity or petrol to avert crisis in the economy. Mr Babatunde Olatunji, President, National Union of Chemical, Footwear Rubber Leather and Non-Metallic Product Employees (NUCFRLANMPE), made the appeal at 29th Annual Industrial Relations […]
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Following the record-breaking feat of Folashade Oluwafemiayo on Monday in the Women’s 86kg Powerlifting event, Team Nigeria now has three gold medals at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Oluwafemiayo had the best lift of 152kg in her fourth and final attempt to not only claim gold at the Tokyo Paralympic games but also set […]
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