NCDC: Three additional cases of Omicron variant detected in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed three additional cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Nigeria. According to a statement by Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC director-general on Tuesday, the new cases were detected in individuals with recent travel history to South Africa. The announcement comes days after the NCDC announced […]
‘Student, work visa applications will be processed’ — UK releases update on travel ban
The United Kingdom has released a new update on the processing of visa applications for countries on its red list. On Sunday, the British High Commission announced that it will “pause making decisions” on visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria. The development came after the UK put Nigeria […]
Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa in darkness as AEDC workers protest over ‘unpaid allowances’
The areas serviced by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Monday were thrown into darkness owing to an industrial action by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). The federal capital territory (FCT), Kogi, Nasarawa and Kaduna are areas serviced by the AEDC. The workers claim they have been owed allowances […]
Nobody knows how they got locked in, says father of 4 kids found dead in abandoned car
Ibrahim Jubril, one of the parents whose children were found dead in an abandoned car in Lagos, says nobody knows how they got into the vehicle. TheCable had reported that eight children were found dead in a Honda Pilot parked on Adelayo street, Jah-Michael, along Badagry expressway in Lagos, on Saturday. The […]
Travel ban: Tomori blames FG, says Nigeria paying for ‘condoning errors of commission’
Oyewale Tomori, a professor of virology, says the travel ban imposed on Nigeria by Canada and the United Kingdom is because the federal government “condoned errors of commission”. Tomori said this on Monday at the national COVID-19 summit organised by the presidential steering committee (PSC). Following the discovery of the Omicron COVID […]
‘We should be serious’ — Lawan tackles health ministers over absence at COVID summit
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has berated Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, and Olorunimbe Mamora, minister of state for health, over their absence at a summit on COVID-19. Mahmuda Mamman, permanent secretary of the ministry of health, was also a no-show at the summit which took place in Abuja on Monday. While delivering […]
Nigeria to UK: It’s apartheid to ban travellers over Omicron variant
Sarafa Ishola, Nigeria’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), has described the travel restrictions imposed on the country as “apartheid”. Following the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant by South Africa, a number of countries in Europe banned travel from countries in Africa. On Saturday, the UK announced that it would add […]
Boss Mustapha: We have enough COVID vaccines to cover 70% of Nigerians
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says Nigeria has enough vaccines that can cover over 70 percent of the country’s population before the end of 2022. Mustapha said this at the national COVID-19 summit which was held at Muhammadu Buhari Conference Centre in Abuja. The summit was tagged […]
Aung San Suu Kyi, ousted Myanmar leader, jailed for four years
Aung San Suu Kyi, former leader of Myanmar, has been sentenced to four years in prison by a special court. She was found guilty of inciting dissent and breaking COVID restrictions under a natural disasters’ law. Suu Kyi has been in detention since the country’s […]
NFIU: Report on ISWAP moving N18bn through Nigerian banks stale
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) says a report that N18 billion was moved by the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) through the country’s financial system is stale. On Sunday, the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa, a body established by the Economic Community of West African States […]