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The United States (US) has ordered family members of its employees resident in Abuja to leave the area. The announcement was contained in a travel advisory issued on Thursday. The latest advisory is an update to an alert published on Tuesday, which had asked only non-emergency employees and their family members to […]

The federal government has declared Jigawa as the first state to become open defecation free in Nigeria. According to NAN, Suleiman Adamu, minister of water resources, said this on Thursday at a “world news conference”. The conference was part of activities to prepare for the 2022 “world toilet summit”, scheduled to hold […]

Buba Galadima, a former member of the board of trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Rabiu Kwankwaso will win all the states in the north in the 2023 general election. Kwankwaso is the presidential flagbearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Speaking on Thursday in an interview on […]

The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has updated its travel advisory on the federal capital territory (FCT) in Nigeria. In an alert posted on its website, the FCDO said there is an increased threat of terrorist attacks in the FCT. Earlier, the commission had issued a travel […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc, has cited reasons for buying Twitter. The Tesla CEO disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter handle on Thursday. Earlier this month, the billionaire agreed to purchase the micro-blogging platform for the initial offer price of $44 billion. The development came […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has commenced investigation into alleged accidental airstrikes on civilians during military operations in the country. Oladayo Amao, chief of air staff, while speaking on Thursday at the 2022 Air Operations Seminar held in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital, said the investigation will enable accountability. The […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, has presented the 2023 budget to the state house of assembly. The N1.69 trillion ‘budget of continuity’ was presented to the house of assembly on Thursday. According to the breakdown given by the governor, capital expenditure will take N932 billion — representing 55 percent of the total budget […]

A mall located in the Jabi district of the federal capital territory (FCT) has shut down operations over security concerns. The closure of the Jabi Lake Mall came days after the US warned its citizens about the possibility of terror attacks in Abuja, the country’s capital city. The federal government subsequently assured […]