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The Lagos state government has shut down Unic Vilos Montessori school after a two-year-old pupil was allegedly brutalised by her teacher. Source: Top Stories

At least 17 persons reportedly died in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a petrol tanker at Isara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The collision was said to have resulted in a fire outbreak. Ahmed Umar, the sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the European Union (EU) that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been considerate on Nigerians with a low infection rate.  Speaking at the EUAU Summit in Brussels, Buhari appreciated the EU for its donation of vaccines to Nigeria, and the level of work being done to combat the pandemic.  […]

Since the recent petrol scarcity in the federal capital territory (FCT), some residents have been selling the product on the black market for as much as N600 per litre. TheCable noticed some black marketeers loitering around the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Towers in Abuja on Friday, selling the product without hassles. […]

On February 8, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) broke the news that petrol with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification, was discovered in the supply chain. As a result of this, the regulator isolated and withdrew the affected product from the market.  As events unfolded, fuel scarcity set in and […]

A Nigerian man identified as Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha says he is now the first Igbo language lecturer at the University of Oxford in England. Source: Top Stories

Nigeria recorded 45 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Friday.  Australia approves Moderna COVID vaccine for children from age six to 11. Australia’s medicines regulator has granted provisional approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in children from age six to 11. Stephane Bancel, Moderna’s chief […]