Prepare for likely spread of Omicron COVID variant, WHO alerts countries
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to prepare for the possible spread of Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant. Christian Lindmeier, WHO spokesperson, who spoke in Geneva on Friday, said it would take two weeks before more is known about how transmissible and how dangerous the variant is. Lindmeier advised against […]
BREAKING: FG approves COVID vaccine booster shots
The federal government has approved booster shots of the COVID vaccine for Nigerians who are fully vaccinated. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement by Mohammad Ohitoto, spokesman for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). According to the statement, eligible Nigerians are to visit health centres and mass vaccination […]
Oromoni’s death: Lagos orders closure of Dowen College after TheCable report
The Lagos state government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College over the controversy trailing the death of Sylvester Oromoni. Source: Top Stories
Army commander feared dead as troops clash with ‘ISWAP fighters’ in Rann
A commanding officer in one of the battalions of operation Hadin Kai has been killed by suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), sources have told TheCable. The senior officer was said to have been killed alongside five soldiers when the insurgents attacked Rann, a town in Kala […]
EXPLAINER: How to buy MTN shares for N3,380 in 10 easy steps on your phone
In May 2019, MTN Nigeria (MTNN) was listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), immediately adding over N1.8 trillion to the market cap of the exchange. This marked one of the biggest leaps forward for the stock market in Nigeria. A year on, Bloomberg named Nigeria the best performing stock exchange in the world, posting […]
A’court overturns life sentence, frees Ondo prophet accused of kidnapping child
A court of appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo state, has discharged and acquitted Babatunde Alfa, general overseer of Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Akure, who was accused of kidnapping of Gold Kolawole, a one-year-old boy. The boy had gone missing in November 2019 after his mother dropped him off at the children section of the […]
Dowen College shuts down as family moves to protest student’s death
Dowen College in Lagos has shut down temporarily over the controversy surrounding the death of Sylvester Oromoni. Source: Top Stories
Omicron: No countries banned as FG reviews protocol for international travel
The federal government has reviewed its international travel protocol to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 variants of concern. The revised protocol did not place restrictions on inbound travellers from any country. Mukhtar Muhammad, national incident manager of the presidential task force on COVID-19, had said on Monday that the government will […]
Akabueze: Funds were not released for duplicated projects uncovered by ICPC
Ben Akabueze, director general of the budget office of the federation, says funds were withheld for duplicated projects discovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Bolaji Owasanoye, chairman of the ICPC, had disclosed that 257 projects amounting to N20.138 billion were duplicated in the 2021 budget. Owosanoye […]
EXTRA: Lawyer arraigned for using ‘fake documents’ to secure order freezing Nasarawa accounts
Okpale Ojikpa, a Makurdi-based lawyer, has been arraigned for allegedly using fake documents to freeze accounts of the Nasarawa state government. Ojikpa, who is said to be representing some pensioners under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, allegedly filed a notice of appeal and a petition seeking an interlocutory injunction to prevent banks […]