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Rescue teams are racing against the clock to find survivors from the rubble of the devastating earthquake that tore through Morocco on Friday — but hope is fading. On Tuesday, officials pegged the number of casualties at 2,800 while the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said about 100,000 children have been affected. […]

President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into recurring boat accidents in the country. The president gave the order to maritime safety authorities following two recent boat accidents in Adamawa and Niger states that claimed many lives. At least 24 persons died after a boat capsized in Gbajibo, Mokwa area of Niger, […]

Nearly 3,000 have died and around 10,000 are feared missing after massive floods ravaged parts of eastern Libya. Major parts of the city of Derna — home to approximately 100,000 people — were swept away on Sunday after Storm Daniel, an extremely deadly Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, collapsed two dams. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked deposit money banks (DMBs) to stop utilising gains from the revaluation of the naira to pay dividends or finance operations. CBN said a review of the foreign exchange regime change showed the DMBs are in a position to profit from the policy because of its […]

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) generated N3.01 billion as revenue in 2022 — a 43.9 percent decrease compared to N5.37 billion earned in 2019. The bureau disclosed this in its 2022 postal services data released on Monday. The NBS said the total revenue made […]

Kayode Egbetokun, acting inspector-general of police, has set up a committee to review the force’s firearms licensing and regulations. Egbetokun mandated the committee to carry out the review in line with the firearms act and other extant laws. In a statement on Monday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said  Egbetokun has issued a […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for bringing an end to the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Since 2021, UAE and Nigeria have been engaging in a diplomatic row over issues involving flight allocations and travel bans. In December 2021, the UAE […]

The British High Commission in Nigeria has announced a new temporary submission centre for UK visas in Enugu state. In a notice on Monday, the commission said the centre is located at the Omedel Luxury Hotel, 4/6 link road off Pascal and Jerk bus stop, Independence Layout, Enugu. The centre will be […]