Nigeria

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has called for the regulation of cryptocurrencies in Nigeria rather than killing it. Osinbajo stated this during a keynote speech at the CBN/Bankers Committee’s Initiative for Economic Growth, on Friday. The CBN had recently reaffirmed its opposition to cryptocurrencies, placing huge restrictions on its trade […]

Nigeria on Friday recorded 600 new cases of #COVID19.According to the Nigeria center for Disease Control (NCDC), the 600 new cases were recorded from 20 states and the federal capital territory.A breakdown of the cases show;Lagos recorded 169 cases,Taraba-92Ogun-65Cross River-57FCT-38Rivers-28Kwara-26Akwa Ibom-25Osun-21Plateau-12Borno-9Gombe-9Abia-8Ebonyi-8Ekiti-7Kano-7Delta-6Oyo-6Bauchi-3Nasarawa-3Sokoto-1 Till date,155,076 cases hace been confirmed, of which 132,544 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a strong warning to bandits kidnapping school students for ransom, saying his administration will not succumb to blackmail. This comes as the president condemned the kidnap of hundreds of girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State, who were abducted by gunmen […]

Still on the kidnapped Jangebe girls, Popular Islamic cleric and now-famed-mediator between the government and bandits; Sheik Ahmed Gumi, has said that the gunmen who kidnapped the Jangebe school girls are different from the ones he is in talks with. He made this known while speaking to the media yesterday, […]

The Zamfara Police Command has revealed that terrorists who invaded the Government Girls Science Secondary School Jangebe in Jangebe, Zamfara State abducted 317 schoolgirls. Abutu Yaro, the Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State gave the figure while speaking with newsmen hours after the abduction on Friday, saying the police got the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday has met with the newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. They met behind closed-door at the Statehouse in Abuja. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, joined in the meeting minutes after it […]

Senate Committee on Communications on Thursday held an investigative hearing on the present status of the 5G Network in Nigeria and its technological impact on citizens. In his contribution, the Minister of Communications, Isa Ali Pantami, said indeed the Ministry conducted the first trial of 5G in Nigeria on 25th […]

Family and friends of the seven officers who died in the Nigeria Air Force Plane (NAF) plane crash could not hold back their tears at the burial ceremony. The event which held on Thursday at the national military cemetery in Abuja saw an outpour of emotion from both the young […]

The Nigerian Air Force says the seven officers who died in the Sunday air crash will be buried at the National Cemetery, Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja, on today..The NAF disclosed this on Wednesday in an invitation to journalists. The Beechcraft King Air B350i in which they were flying crashed near […]