Reps Move To Allow Appointment Of Female IGP
The House of Representatives on Thursday held a public hearing on the Police Service Commission Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2020 and the National Institute for Police Studies (Establishment) Bill…
Nigeria Records 97 New COVID-19 Infections, Total Now 162,275
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 97 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,275. The NCDC disclosed this on…
University Of Aberdeen To Return 1897 Stolen Bronze Sculpture To Benin
The University of Aberdeen has promised to return a Benin Bronze to Nigeria within weeks, the first institution to do so more than a century after Britain looted the sculptures…
Senate faults NDLEA’s proposal to send operatives to Nigerian missions abroad
The Senate on Thursday faulted a proposal by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), to send its operatives to Nigerian missions abroad as “drug attachés.” The Director-General/ Secretary of…
Labour Rejects Govt’s Bid To End N120b Petrol Subsidy
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) *NNPC: Burden not sustainable *NLC: Nigerians shouldn’t suffer for govt’s inefficiency Labour on Thursday night said no to the government’s plan to fully deregulate petrol pricing…
FIRS To Adopt NIN Database For Tax Collection, Says Nami
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is making arrangements to adopt the National Identification Number database to ramp up registration of taxpayers, data collection, and profiling in the country. FIRS…
CBN Works to Slash Wheat Importation by 60%
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday restated the bank’s commitment to improve local production of wheat and reduce importation by 60 per cent…
UAE Bows to FG’s Demand, Stops Antigen Test for Passengers
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the host country for Emirates Airlines, has conceded to the demands of the federal government to remove the requirement of Rapid Antigen test for outbound…
Insecurity: Masari, Tambuwal, Matawalle Seek EU, UN, Others’ Assistance
In their collective bid to halt the spate of banditry, kidnappings, and violence in the North-West geopolitical zone, three governors from the region on Thursday met and sought the assistance…
Biden says China’s Xi doesn’t have a ‘democratic bone’ in his body
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he had made it clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States was not looking for…