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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, for giving Fulanis in Oyo State an ultimatum to leave the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, revealed this in an interview with the Hausa Service of the BBC. The BBC report quoted Shehu ...

For The Record: Joe Biden’s Inaugural Speech As 46th US President Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans. This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested a new ...

President-elect Joe Biden has arrived at the US Capitol where he would be sworn-in as the 46th US President. He was accompanied by his wife Jill Biden. The incoming Vice President Kamala Harris has also arrived and accompanied by her spouse Douglas Emhoff. Also present to grace the ceremony is a former US President Barack Obama and his wife Mitchell ...

The Lagos state government on Friday reiterated that public and private schools below tertiary level are to resume on Monday. This was contained in a press release signed by the Head of Public Affairs at the state’s Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi. “This affirmation was made today by the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo while noting that this ...

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 ...