The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has made a U-turn on its promise that pilgrims won’t pay the extra cost of $250 on airfare as a result of the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The increased fare was introduced because of the shutdown of the Sudanese which will now cause a longer travel time to the […]

Buhari signs eight bills into law Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The outgoing President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has assented to bills establishing the National Social Investment Programme Agency and the National Senior Secondary Education Commission as well as six others passed by the National Assembly. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Senior […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, urged judges in the country to shun all forms of bias and ensure justice is dispensed equitably on all cases before them. Ariwoola, who spoke at the opening ceremony of the conference of the National Association of Women Judges in Nigeria, stressed that it was the […]

As his tenure ends in exactly one week, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, in Lagos, said he is “happy to leave” Nigeria’s economy in competent hands. He also expressed confidence in President-elect Bola Tinubu who, he said, will strengthen the framework of Nigeria’s public-private partnership policies to accelerate the pace of […]

No less than 16 candidates are aspiring for the chairmanship position ahead of the Tuesday state congress of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State. The position which was zoned to Anambra Central Senatorial District commenced with a debate organised by the Anambra Independent Support Group. In the debate on Monday, the contestants observed […]

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed June 28 for judgment in a suit filed by Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), against the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged unlawful arrest. Justice Obiora Egwuatu fixed the date after Ojerinde’s counsel, A.A. Usman, and […]

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said 80 per cent of the 2,500 Nigerian under-five children who die every day occur in the primary health care centres. Osinbajo said this in his keynote address at the launch of the Community-Based Health Research Innovative Training and Services Programme in Abuja. According to him, Nigeria […]

WhatsApp has unveiled a new feature that lets users edit messages that have already been sent. With the new feature, users of the instant messaging service would be able to edit messages even 15 minutes after sending them, the Chief Executive Officer of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, disclosed this Monday. “For the moments when you make […]

No fewer than 289 pensioners in Ekiti State on Monday received cheques worth N915 million as gratuities from the state government. While issuing out the various categories of cheques to the senior citizens, the governor said it is in fulfilment of one of his electioneering promises. The beneficiaries, comprising state, local government and primary school […]

The Universal Basic Education Commission, Monday noted that the estimated figure for the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is no longer relevant. The commission noted that the availability of correct data on out-of-school children in the country is dependent on the conduct of a nationwide census. The PUNCH reports that there have been controversies […]