Although the deadline for NIN registration across the country has been extended from December 30 to January 19, 2021, thousands of Nigerians still assembled at NIMC registration centres across the nation to beat the ultimatum, defying the COVID-19 protocols amid a second wave of the virus in the country. In order to address this situation,…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed his sadness at the news of the death of Professor Femi Odekunle on Tuesday. Professor Odekunle, aged 77, was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) headed by Prof Itself Sagay. He was reported to have died at the COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Gwagwalada,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to give foreign exchange for food importation. The president who on Tuesday reiterated his earlier directive given to the CBN in September promised that his administration will keep a keen eye on food inflation in the New Year. President Muhammadu…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has challenged graduates under the Graduate Internship Programme to prove their mettle at their various places of internship, stressing that they should not be contented with the monthly N40,000 stipend given by the State Government but to aim for a higher goal of being financially independent. Speaking at the…
The Nigeria Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says Troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI have rescued 18 women and 5 children as well as recovered 75 rustled livestock from bandits in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina. A statement issued by the Coordinator, Defence Media operations, Major General John Enenche stated that this was a continued effort…
The on-going fasting and prayer programme – Pray Your Way Into 2021 For Restoration of Glory and Destiny & Uncommon Wealth that started on December 24, 2020 to end on January 1, 2021 has been abounding with testimonies from the partakers since it kicked off. It is no doubt, a fasting and prayer path way…
The General Overseer and Founder of Rhema Deliverance Mission, Bishop Arthur Nwachukwu is dead. He was aged 79. His death throws the entire Christian community, especially his ministry and the people of Anambra State into mourning. The well revered Bishop died at the early hours of Monday 28th December, 2020 after a brief illness, according…
The English Premier League has announced the highest number of COVID-19 positives case since it began weekly testing in a single week. The league in a statement on its website stated that there were 18 positives cases after 1,479 tests were carried out on players and club staff from December 21-27. It is the highest…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday made an unplanned fact-finding visit to Apapa to ascertain the causes of incessant gridlock on roads leading to the seaports with the aim of taking over the management of traffic in the area from the Presidential Task Force Team. Governor Sanwo-Olu and members of the state cabinet were…
Nigeria’s talented music sensation, Umughare Aghogho Prosper popularly known as Holmes, who is fast establishing himself as one of the great artistes on the continent with his Afro-fusion genre of pleasant sound has continued to break fallow grounds in the entertainment industry, despite the challenges that hit the year 2020. No stage performances, no gigs,…