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Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says he is not in violation of any law by accepting to be the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a civil society organisation (CSO), had asked Keyamo to resign his ministerial position to enable […]

Andrew Wylie, agent to Salman Rushdie, a renowned author, says the writer’s condition since he was stabbed has recorded some improvement. Rushdie, author of the controversial novel, The Satanic Verses, was stabbed on Friday when he was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. “He’s off the ventilator, so […]

Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has ordered officers to ensure “watertight” security around critical infrastructure as part of efforts to prevent attacks. The IGP’s directive was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). According to the statement, schools, hospitals would […]

The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) has cautioned its staff to take adequate measures against the “outbreak of Marburg virus” and upsurge in COVID-19 infections. Over the weekend, a leaked memo from the hospital surfaced on the internet. The memo, dated August 12, was signed by Sani Suleiman, the hospital’s deputy […]

At least 41 people have been confirmed dead in a fire outbreak at Abu Sefein church in the working-class neighbourhood of Imbaba in Giza Governorate, Egypt. According to a report by Bloomberg, another 14 people were injured in the fire incident that started at the Coptic church during Sunday morning service. The report […]

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) says its net income increased by 90 percent to $87.9 billion in the first half (H1) of 2022, compared to $47.2 billion in H1 2021.  The oil company disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday. According to the statement, the company said it also posted a […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerians to be circumspect in exercising their voting rights in the 2023 elections. Jonathan gave the advice while delivering a keynote address at the one-year memorial summit in honour of Idahosa Okunbo, the late chairman of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, in Abuja, on Saturday. The former […]

Mu’azu Sambo, minister of transportation, has issued an ultimatum to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on upholding an agreement on funding for rail projects in Nigeria. According to Sambo, the projects are the Kano-Kaduna and the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail lines. At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project […]