Large crowds: NIMC lists 50 NIN enrolment centres in Lagos, Abuja

Following the large crowds that besiege its state offices in the Lagos and Abuja, the National Identity Management Commission has released a list of over 50 National Identification Number enrolment…

Nigeria’s daily oil production sinks to 1.17 million barrels

Crude oil production in Nigeria tumbled by 155,000 barrels to a record low in December amid the production cuts by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies.…

COVID-19: Ignore fake lockdown alert, PTF tells Nigerians

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to disregard a fake fresh lockdown alert in circulation on social media. PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, made this known…

FG bans assemblies, overcrowding, others as schools resume Monday

The Federal Government, on Thursday, banned overcrowding and large gatherings such as assemblies and visiting days, as schools reopen on Monday. It also put limitations to class sizes and hostel…

118,044 retirees withdraw N29.26bn, leave pension scheme

A total of 118,044 retirees withdrew N29.26bn from their Retirement Savings Accounts and left the Contributory Pension Scheme because they had low balances in their accounts which could not be…

Gunmen seize 18 traders in Edo, demand N25m

The kidnappers of 18 traders from the Kantin Kwari Textile Market, Kano, who were abducted on the Lokoja-Benin Highway have insisted on collecting N25m ransom before they will be released.…

CAN defends Kukah, demands arrest of people threatening bishop

The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Thursday, cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, including the Muslim Solidarity Forum, to stop their actions and warning that…

South-East govs’ security outfit meant to counter our corps – IPOB

THE Indigenous People of Biafra has warned the South-East governors to perish the idea of setting up a security outfit in the geopolitical zone. In a statement by the group’s…

Northern elders, Kukah, Obi, others warn of another civil war

A former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi; the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah and the Northern Elders Forum said on Thursday that Nigeria was repeating its mistakes that…

KANU: One Nigeria is a deceit

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday, said there is no oneness in Nigeria because of the “lies and deceit” of the ruling class. Kanu…