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  Lagos State Government, on Thursday, April 07, 2022, named Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, as the chairman of the newly constituted Parks Management Committee weeks after state officials debunked news of the appointment. This was contained in a press statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and …

  Two persons in the entourage of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan died in Abuja after a convoy crash today Wednesday, April 6. The convoy was involved in an accident while returning from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to his residence in the Federal Capital Territory. He had barely returned from an international …

Umar Muda, a member of the House of Representatives has introduced a bill to prohibit cross-dressing in Nigeria. The bill, read on the floor of the House on Tuesday, April 5, seeks to ban cross-dressing with the exemption of those using it for entertainment. If the proposed law is passed, …

A bank allegedly restricted its customers from leaving the hall by locking the doors after they complained about absurd SMS charges deducted from their respective accounts.     According to the report, the disgruntled customers had complained about how the bank has been charging them for SMS since 2016 which …

Federal government has directed telecommunication companies, (MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile) to bar all outgoing calls from unlinked Subscriber Identification Module cards, SIMs. Disclosing this in a statement signed by the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, FG stated that it’s directive will take effect from the 4th …

The new guideline also prescribes sanctions for airlines that bring violators of the new rules.   Chairman of the PSC, Boss Mustapha. A new international travel guideline has been issued by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, removing mandatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing for fully vaccinated visitors and …

The United States Embassy in Abuja has announced its readiness to begin processing of certain visa renewal applications for Nigerians without requiring interview. The Embassy stated this in a statement released by its Senior Public Affairs Specialist, Aishah Gambari, in Abuja, on Wednesday March 30, 2022. The new policy which commences …

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has stated that the incessant violent attacks being witnessed in the country constitute a challenge to the capacity of the nation’s leadership. About eight people were killed in the Kaduna-bound train attack while many others were injured and several unaccounted for. Reacting to the incident, …

Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. Malami said that N498, 850,000 of the amount was approved for the supply of the eye scanning detector, while the …

No fewer than 20 people, including women and children, have drowned in a river while attempting to escape from Bandits in Niger state. Reports say the bandits simultaneously invaded Guni and Kurgbaku communities of Munya Local Government Area on the morning of Wednesday, March 30, 2022. According to Daily Trust, the …