80 passengers tested positive seven days after arrival – PTF

THE Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday justified the repeat COVID-19 test being conducted on international travellers after seven days of their arrival to the country. The National Coordinator…

Magu’s lawyers planting false publications against panel – Salami

A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami (retd), has denied reports about him expressing regrets for accepting the appointment to chair the Federal Government’s Judicial Commission…

CAN tables 10-point demand, says lopsided appointments generating tension

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Tuesday outlined a 10-point demand to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), including revisiting the 2014 national conference report with a view to…

Reps withdraw water bill as lawmakers clash

Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday clashed over the controversial National Water Resources Bill. Members of the House, mostly from the southern part of the country and the…

Buhari asks Senate to confirm eight new Supreme Court Justices

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the Senate to approve the appointment of eight new Supreme Court justices.The letter read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad…

We’ll make it illegal to export raw minerals, says minister

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has said that the ministry is working on law to make it illegal to export minerals without adding value to them.…

PDP RESURGENCE AND SENATOR EKWEREMADU’S SACRIFICES

Obiora Obasi is a solutionist writer and author of the fast-selling book, This Way Nigeria. He is a mediator, a community leader, development worker, student of history and keen follower…

BUHARI ORDERS EXTENSION OF ITAKPE WARRI RAIL LINE TO NORTH

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, virtually inaugurated the 326 Km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation and directed the Ministry of Transportation to ensure that all…

BERLIN AIRPORT TO OPEN AFTER NINE YEAR DELAY

Berlin’s new international airport can open next month after an embarrassing nine-year delay despite the coronavirus pandemic taking a big bite out of air travel, its chief manager said Tuesday.…

NBS BEGINS NATIONAL ECONOMIC CENSUS AFTER 20 YEARS

The National Bureau of Statistics will begin a national economic census across the country from October 12. It stated on Monday that it had been more than 20 years that…