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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says almost 90 million COVID cases have been reported worldwide since the Omicron variant was identified. Speaking on Tuesday at a virtual media briefing, Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said the figure is greater than the number recorded in 2020. “Since Omicron was first identified just 10 weeks […]

The federal government has asked the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to approve the request by Air Peace for the resumption of passenger flights. The FG said this in a letter addressed to Saif Mohammed Al Suwaid, director-general (DG) of the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The letter, dated […]

Aghoho Owhojede, doctor to the family of Sylvester Oromoni, the deceased student of Dowen College in Lagos, has testified that there isn’t evidence to establish the 12-year-old consumed any chemical substance. Source: Top Stories

The Kaduna government says 1,192 persons were killed by bandits and other violent groups in the state in 2021. The data showing the attacks in the state was made available on Tuesday at the presentation of the 2021 annual security report. The figures were compiled by the state’s ministry of internal security […]

Ethiopian Airlines, on Tuesday, resumed flying Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, nearly three years after a fatal crash prompted global grounding of the model. In March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Kenya, crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, killing all 149 passengers […]

An Oyo state high court has dismissed the suit challenging the consent judgment that nullified the promotion of Ibadan high chiefs as Obas. Munta Abimbola, Oyo chief judge, dismissed the suit on Tuesday after the plaintiffs (high chiefs/obas) — including Lekan Balogun, a former senator — consented to withdraw the suit. BACKGROUND […]

Sustained gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Bissau, capital city of Guinea-Bissau, on Tuesday. Though it is not yet clear those behind the gunfire, soldiers are said to have surrounded the building where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is reportedly attending a cabinet meeting. Since independence from Portugal in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says it pleases him that the Nigerian elite has realised that changing the country is a task for everyone. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari spoke on Sunday at a dinner in honour of the 2022 committee of business, political, media and civil society leaders. Buhari […]

Jennifer Douglas Abubakar, the third wife of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has finally reacted to controversies trailing her efforts to divorce the politician. Source: Top Stories