COVID-19: With three infections, Nigeria records lowest daily cases

Within the past few weeks, Nigeria has experienced a significant decrease in the number of confirmed infections and fatalities – giving a strong indication of the possible end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The latest statistics released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday morning, shows that the country recorded […]

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Nigeria witnessed fewer killings last week than any week in 2022

Although killings by non-state actors continued in Nigeria last week (February 27 to March 5), fewer people were killed during the week than at any week since the start of the year. At least 10 people were killed last week, with the killings occurring in two states of the federation. The victims include two people […]

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Deteriorating security situation in South-East

South East Governors It is worrisome that many parts of the five states of the South-East have been gripped in unrelenting terrorist activities orchestrated by the so-called “unknown gunmen.” Fingers are being pointed in the direction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network arm that are championing agitation for self-determination […]

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We’ve not released 2023 election timetable – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has clarified that it was yet to release time for the 2023 general election. The main opposition party explained that the timetable being circulated online was fake and did not emanate from the party. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday titled, […]

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APC put together to defraud Nigerians – PDP

The National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Debo Ologunagba has described the All Progressive Congress as a “special purpose vehicle” hurriedly put together to defraud Nigerians. Ologunagba in a chat with journalists in Lokoja on Saturday said that the performance of APC in the past six years has revealed the party was a […]

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US to offer Kyari legal representation, keeps mum on extradition

The Department of Justice of the United States of America has declined comments on the planned extradition of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The justice department, however, reiterated that Kyari is facing charges filed in 2021 which led to his indictment, adding that he would be offered legal representation in the US. In […]

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After 23 years of battling infertility, failed IVF, I conceived twins naturally – 49-year-old woman

Mrs. Gabriel with her twins While it’s not impossible to become pregnant naturally in the late 40s or 50s, it is, nevertheless, rare with experts always warning that conceiving at such age can increase the risk of some health problems for the baby and the mother. Mrs. Modupe Gabriel, a school proprietress in Lagos, however, […]

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Osinbajo takes charge of Nigeria as Buhari goes on medical trip

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is in charge of the country. He said this while departing Abuja for a medical check up in London on Sunday. As of the time of filing this report, it could not be confirmed if Buhari transmitted a letter to the National Assembly handing over […]

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Saudi Arabia opens Hajj to foreign participation after two-year hiatus

A picture taken June 23, 2020 shows a few worshipers performing al-Fajr prayer at the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. – Saudi Arabia held a “very limited” hajj in 2020 and 2021, with pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the annual ritual […]

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