[Premium Times] The operation of the microblogging platform in Nigeria was suspended on June 4, two days after a controversial tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari was deleted by Twitter.

[This Day] Nigeria yesterday expressed solidarity with South Africa as it struggled with some of the difficulties posed by a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, discovered in the country. The Nigerian government warned Western countries against discrimina...

[Vanguard] *... as NCDC prioritises sequencing of samples from SARS-COV-2 positive travellers

[Premium Times] A civil defence officer is among those killed, the security agency has confirmed.

[Premium Times] The climate change law provides for, among other things, the mainstreaming of climate change actions and the establishment of a National Council on Climate Change.

[This Day] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has expressed concerns over the increasing rate of irrational use of antibiotics which it said had further accelerated the process of antimicrobial resistance leading...

[Vanguard] A civil society organisation, Access to Justice, AJ, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Farouk Yahaya, demanding an urgent investigation into the alleged attacks on a civilian community in Awo Mmamma of Imo State by soldiers.

[Vanguard] The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno have engaged in war of words over on-going resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

[Vanguard] Lagos -- A co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, Chiemeka Arinze, has died in prison custody.

[Daily Trust] Recent inflation numbers from Nigeria are mounting serious concern over the rising cost of food in the country. But this is not Nigerians' first encounter with food prices running hot. The spikes date back roughly three decades. Between...

[This Day] Abuja -- The Federal Ministry of Health and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have urged Nigerians to ensure strict adherence to the public health and social measures in place inview of the advent of a new COVID-19 ( B.1.1.529) var...

[This Day] Abuja -- Canada said it has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant from persons who had recently travelled from Nigeria.

[Premium Times] Family source said the kidnappers demanded N40 million and three brand new motorcycles as ransom for the release of the LG staff.

[Vanguard] The National Chairman of People's Democratic Party, PDP, Dr.Iyochia Ayu, has told Nigerians that the number of foreign loans Nigeria attracted under the Buhari administration and the economic predicaments in the country, have made Nigeria ...

[Vanguard] Young Muslim Forum, a religious group, has called on the Federal and State Governments to enact stiffer laws that would tackle incessant rape cases across the country.

[Vanguard] Infectious disease experts yesterday disagreed with the banning of flights from Southern African countries, stating that such a move would be counter-productive for Nigeria, especially as there is not much information on the new COVID-19 v...

[Vanguard] The deficit spending of the Federal Government, FG, rose by 51 per cent, year-on-year, YoY, to N5.1 trillion in seven months to July 2021, driven by rising non-discretionary spending on security and COVID-19 mitigation measures.

[Vanguard] THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday hit back at Sheikh Gumi, describing as total madness and mischievious for anybody to compare it with bandits.

[Vanguard] The widespread opposition to the planned N5,000 transport grant in lieu of fuel subsidy removal intensified over the weekend with business leaders advocating investment in critical infrastructure like transport, health and education as a b...

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[This Day] Chairman of West Link Airline, Captain Ibrahim Mshelia has said that it would be extremely difficult for Nigeria Air to create 70, 000 jobs, as promised by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika.

[This Day] The anti-graft agency should decide on what to do with seized ships as they are endangering lives.

[This Day] The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, in this interview by Julia Chatterley, Anchor of First Move on Cable News Network, CNN, spoke about the bank's aggressive African expansion and its ...

[This Day] Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Vanessa Obioha write that many members of the All Progressives Congress are not comfortable with the proposed February 2022 date for the party's national convention.

[Vanguard] Land and Air Components troops of Joint Task Force, North East (NE), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on Sunday night annihilated several Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an encounter at Forward Operat...

[Vanguard] Nigerians have since colonial times basically belonged to two groups: the conservative, pro-establishment and the progressive, anti-establishment. During colonialism, the conservative group was symbolised by Oba Dosunmu of Lagos, while the...

[Vanguard] Abeokuta -- When a fuel-laden tanker upturned while inbound Rounder from Oju-Irin, Lafenwa, Ogun State, spilling its content, police tried to maintain order.

[Vanguard] The Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to deliver 50 MegaWatt of electricity for 20 hours daily to residents through the Lagos State Electricity Policy.

[Vanguard] Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of attempting to pitch him against the people of the state, saying he never referred to Benue people as drunkards as alleged by the opposition party.

[Vanguard] India remains committed to working more closely with Nigeria in the global fight against terrorism, according to Mr Abhay Thakur, High Commissioner of India to Nigeria.