The Federal Government has declared Friday 25th and Monday 28th December 2020 as public holidays. Also declared as a public holiday is Friday, January 1, 2021. The holidays which are traditional are to...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday suspended its strike action which started in March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement during a briefing by...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 until March 2021. He gave the approval on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the task force...

The Federal Government has extended registration for the National Identity Number (NIN) by up to six weeks, from Dec. 30 to Feb. 9, 2021. The National Task Force on the NIN and Subscriber Identification...

 The Federal Government has imposed new restrictions due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on...

Nigeria’s National Assembly has passed the 2021 national budget raising the proposed estimate of N13.082 trillion to N13.588 trillion. The fiscal document is predicated on oil benchmark of $40 per...

Hundreds of schoolboys who were kidnapped last Friday from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara are now back in Katsina State. They arrived Government House Katsina on Thursday night. They were...

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has tested positive for the dreadful coronavirus, COVID-19. The Director of Press and Publicity to the governor, Dr Makut Macham, disclosed this in a statement on...

The Lagos State Government has directed public and private schools in the state to vacate on Friday, December 18. This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, titled ‘LASG directs schools to vacate...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four land borders. The borders are Seme in the SouthWest, Illela in the NorthWest, Maigatari in the NorthWest, and Mfun in the South-South. The...

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He stated this on Wednesday during the 28th Federal Executive...

The House of Representatives has asked the National Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the 31st December deadline issued to sim card owners to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN). The...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the conviction and seven years jail term clamped on a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh. A three-man panel...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured of safety around the scene of a gas pipeline rupture along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. A press release by the NNPC spokesperson, Dr. Kennie...

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the 28th Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The president who...

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday postponed the passage of the 2021 budget till Monday next week. Senate President Ahmad Lawan who disclosed this at plenary, said the development followed new items of...

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State last week. In an audio tape released on Tuesday, Boko Haram leader,...

The Ministry of Education in Kaduna State  has directed all schools in the state to close on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 following the rising cases of  COVID-19. In a statement on Tuesday morning, Commissioner...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19. The CJN is at the moment in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment. A member of the Supreme Court, Justice...

The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. This was announced in a statement by the bank on Tuesday noting that the facility is a five-year Country Partnership Framework...