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The shorter window between infection and infectiousness for the Omicron variant increases the efficacy of pre-departure testing, says the latest analysis conducted by the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA).   As a precautionary measure to cope with the fear of spreading of Omicron,  the UK has re-introduced compulsory pre-departure …

President Muhammadu Buhari has underscored the need to enhance people-to-people relations between South Africa and Nigeria to avoid unhealthy competition. The President spoke Wednesday while receiving President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the State House, Abuja. Buhari, at the opening of the 10th Session of Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) held in …

Under the leadership of governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Government has released the White Paper on the #EndSARS Panel of Inquiry Report. In the report, the state government says of the 32 recommendations by the panel, it accepts 11, accepts 6 modifications, rejects one. The document also says 14 of …

It was a delight to reconnect with my former school mates from the University of Port Harcourt, forty years after graduation at the ongoing Unique Uniport Class of 1981 Reunion in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State . Today was an eventful day as we visited notable sites in Bayelsa like the first …

Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has hit out at calls for bandits to be declared terrorists, saying the decision won’t change anything. In a statement by Malam Tukur Mamu, the Dan-Iyan Fika and Media Consultant to Sheikh Gumi, the Muslim scholar said: “I think the Federal Government has succumbed to …

President Buhari has urged all security agencies to double their efforts in tackling all those challenging Nigeria’s sovereignty and creating insecurity through criminality in whatever way. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this after a Security Council meeting presided by President Buhari on Thursday at the Aso Villa in …

North Korea has reportedly banned people from wearing leather trench coats because dictatorial ruler Kim Jong-un doesn’t want his citizen dressing up like him.   First worn by Kim in 2019, the coat became popular among the North Korean elite who were keen to show their loyalty to the Supreme …

The Nigerian Army has denied that soldiers burnt down several houses in Awo-Mmamma community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. Recall that we had reported the incident on Tuesday. Soldiers had burnt the houses and shops during a reprisal attack after one of them was killed by …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has been told to conduct a drug test on Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju who made the call said this is necessary after Mohammed dismissed the report submitted by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry …

According to David Ibiyeomie, the General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, anyone who allows his phone to ring in a church is poor. The clergyman, who said this while delivering a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, said such can never be found with a wealthy person. “Anyone whose …