A mild drama played out on Nigeria’s 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day when the white pigeons released by President Muhammadu Buhari refused to fly. In a video currently trending on social media, President Buhari was seen trying to force the birds to fly after releasing them from a white cage holding them. The President had opened the birdcage at the ...

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has appointed an acting managing director in the wake of the sex scandal rocking its managing director, Adam Nuru, and his subsequent stepping aside. The new chief executive of the bank is Yemisi Edun. Nuru had volunteered to proceed on leave while the board of the bank begins investigation into his alleged romance with a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 appropriation bill of N13.588 trillion into law. Buhari had presented the initial 2021 budget proposal of N13.082 billion to a joint sitting of the national assembly on October 8. The national assembly raised the total sum of the budget by N508 billion. The signing followed the earlier passing of the bill by the ...

THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and Living Faith Church Worldwide (a.k.a. Winners Chapel), have backed down on their insistence to hold Crossover services in churches on Thursday. They announced, on Tuesday, adjustments in their programmes to ensure that none of their members violates the 12 midnight – 4am curfew imposed by the ...

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday called off its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started since March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja. Details later…

The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Tuesday announced a 72-hour total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to cast concrete on the expansion joints. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the shutdown will take effect from midnight on Saturday to midnight on Tuesday. He added that construction works had reached the ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed that all government and private schools in the state be shut down until further notice. This forms part of the public health directives issued by the governor on Friday, as the state government prepares for a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, over the surge in COVID-19 cases. He also directed all public ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block all SIM cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Failure to do so will lead to your line being blocked or disconnected by the 31st of December 2020. Below are few steps to link your phone number with your NIN ...

The Katsina State Government on Thursday night at about 9pm announced the release of the 333 boys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara who were abducted when bandits invaded the School on Friday December 11, 2020. A statement from the Secretary to Government of Katsina State, Mustapha Mohammed Inuwa confirming the release of the boys said they are being transported ...

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Thursday said that there is no cause for panic regarding the two weeks deadline for deactivation of Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards that are not linked with users’ National Identity Number (NIN). The Commission explained that adequate arrangements have been made to capture the data of 200 million Nigerians within the next five years. ...