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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:23:58 GMT
Govt Bars Officials From Using Yahoo Mail, Gmail Others for Official Communication
[Premium Times] "...this will not be tolerated by government anymore. Any official communications must be using (by) official email. And that email should not be a generic one. It must be dot.government dot.ng."

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 04:48:40 GMT
Commuters in Abuja Struggle With Gasoline Shortage
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, is experiencing an acute fuel shortage, causing long lines of motorists at gasoline stations. Commuters are frustrated as some wait hours to fill up their tanks.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:22:46 GMT
How Nigeria Beats Other Countries to Become Highest in Mobile Web Traffic Globally
[Vanguard] Despite poor broadband penetration with 40.88 percent as at December 2021 according to the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Nigeria in a recent report was rated to have the highest number of mobile web traffic globally.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:42:06 GMT
No Evidence Nigerian Presidential Hopeful Tinubu Just Seven Years Older Than His Daughter
[Africa Check] A screenshot circulating on Facebook since late January 2022 claims that Nigerian presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu is only seven years older than his first daughter, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:24:52 GMT
Abba Kyari - How a Celebrity Cop Fell Into Infamy
[Premium Times] An extradition hammer hung over the head of Nigerian police detective Abba Kyari but the celebrity cop appears to have fallen into a deeper trouble with his arrest by the NDLEA for allegedly aiding and abetting drug trafficking.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:18:22 GMT
Academic Union Dodging Negotiation - Govt
[Vanguard] The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was looking for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for negotiation and was attending to its demands before the union declared a one-month warning strike.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:18:19 GMT
Nigerian, Josephine Oboh-Macleod Is Conservatives Unionist Candidate in Scotland
[Vanguard] Josephine Oboh-Macleod, the Secretary to BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) has been given the Conservatives and Unionist Party ticket to run for the 2022 councillorship elections in Kirkintilloch North, East and Twacher.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:18:17 GMT
Corps Warns Against Hoarding Products
[Vanguard] The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) in Ilorin has warned fuel station owners to desist from hoarding products and worsening the fuel scarcity situation in the state.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:18:14 GMT
Infrastructure Deficit - Declare Emergency in Coastal Communities, Reps Urge Govt
[Vanguard] House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the poor state of infrastructure in the coastal communities to improve their living standards.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:18:13 GMT
Drug Cartel Working With Abba Kyari Not Our Men - Agency
[Vanguard] The National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has distanced its operatives at the Enugu International Airport from the 25-kilogramme cocaine deal allegedly involving a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari, saying it would...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:36:23 GMT
Fuel Shortage Bites Harder in Akure, Motorists Lament
[Premium Times] A motorist said he had been on the queue since 9 a.m. and as of 1.30 p.m., he was yet to move close to the pump.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:47 GMT
White Paper On Ikoyi Collapsed Building - Lagos to Prosecute Developer, Fourscore Heights
[This Day] The Lagos State White Paper on the recommendation by the six-man panel set up by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the collapse of a 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, has accepted the recommendations of the panel report that the owne...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:45 GMT
Kanu Knows Fate On Terrorism Charges April 8
[Leadership] Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed April 8, 2022 for ruling on a preliminary objection filed by the detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:42 GMT
Finally, Ruling Party's Governors Reach Consensus, Zone Chairmanship to North Central
[Leadership] After days of vacillation of zoning of party offices, governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday finally agreed to zone the party's national chairmanship position to the North Central ahead of the ...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:41 GMT
If Nigeria Fixes Security, Africa Will Get It Right - Kenyan Lumumba
[Leadership] Founder and chairman of PLO Lumumba Foundation, Prof Patrick Lumumba, has said Africa will get it right the day Nigeria gets it right on security and governance.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:39 GMT
Oil Firm Apologises to Nigerians Over Bad Fuel, Long Queues
[Leadership] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has apologised to Nigerians over the importation of the off-spec PMS.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:37 GMT
We're Surprised Academic Union Went On Strike - Federal Govt
[Leadership] Three days into the one-month warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government said it was surprised that the lecturers took the action.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:35 GMT
Emefiele's Record Causing Panic Attack, Friends Tackle Smear Campaign
[Leadership] A group under the aegis of Friends of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said people, especially in the political cycle who are afraid of his outstanding achievements and integrity, are sponsoring neg...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:20:31 GMT
Russia-Ukraine Tension - Federal Govt Urged to Prepare for Evacuation of Nigerian Students
[Leadership] Stakeholders have urged the Nigerian government to put all measures in place for swift evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine, amid mixed signals coming from Russia. While some Russian troops positioned on the border with Ukraine are returni...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:23:58 GMT
Of Baseless Defections and Lies of the Opposition in Gombe State
[Premium Times] A good food for thought for those defecting to quench thirst for power and their hosts is that their brand of politics which harps on selfishness, sectionalism, ethnicity and religious discrimination, a pattern that is alien to our st...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:18:11 GMT
Nigeria Confirms 358 Cases of Lassa Fever in 2022, As UK Reports 3 Deaths
[Vanguard] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 358 cases of Lassa fever recorded across 19 States, even as the world continues to battle COVID-19.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:23:58 GMT
Cabinet Approves $2.8m for Ibadan-Lagos, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Projects
[Premium Times] The money will be used to procure rolling stocks operational maintenance equipment for the new railway projects corridors in Ibadan to Kano standard gauge and Port Harcourt to Maiduguri narrow gauge rail lines.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:23:53 GMT
Lawmakers to Investigate Incessant Cancellation of Exams By West African Examinations Council
[Premium Times] The lawmakers called for more vigour in the management of the examination body.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:26:35 GMT
Air Force Airstrikes Kill Bandit Kingpin, 40 Others Involved in Katsina Police Officer's Death
[Leadership] Airstrikes undertaken by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft have neutralised Dogo Umaru, a key terrorist-kingpin, loyal to the notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:26:32 GMT
Fuel Queues to Vanish Next Week
[Vanguard] Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari said that the lingering fuel crisis and its attendant queues at the filling stations will ultimately disappear next week.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:22:51 GMT
We're Looking for Academic Union to Continue Negotiation - Minister
[Premium Times] But ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said the government or its delegation has not reached out to the union.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:22:43 GMT
Nigeria's Flutterwave Becomes Africa's Biggest Fintech Startup, Surpasses $3 Billion Valuation
[Premium Times] The payment company secures $250 million in another round of funding.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:22:42 GMT
Drugs Agency Reveals More Details On abba Kyari's Drug Deal
[This Day] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Wednesday that it had no reason to shield anyone who may be indicted in the course of the ongoing investigation of a 25kg cocaine deal involving a gang headed by suspended "supercop"...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:22:37 GMT
Nnamdi Kanu Going Blind, Ozekhome Tells Court
[Leadership] Counsel to the leader of the proscribed Indegeneous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has raised an alarm that the sight of the detained leader of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has deteriorated.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:22:34 GMT
Davido Disburses N250m to 292 Nigerian Orphanages
[Premium Times] The monies were the funds given to the singer on his birthday, totaling N200 million, while he added N50 million.



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