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Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 432 COVID infections. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Thursday.  WHO: Over 85 percent of African population yet to receive single shot of COVID vaccine  The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more than 85 percent of the people in Africa are yet to receive a single dose […]

Blessing Okagbare, Nigerian sprinter, has been allegedly identified among the exhibits as US prosecutors begin the trial of one Eric Lira, the self-acclaimed kinesiologist and naturopathic doctor, for providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes who participated at the Tokyo Olympics. Okagbare’s alleged inclusion among the evidence built against Lira was announced in a statement […]

Oil price surpassed $85 a barrel for the first time in three months. On Wednesday, Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, rose 1.66% to $85.11 a barrel by 19.06 GMT+1, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures increased 2.25 percent to $83.05 a barrel. The price of Brent crude had crossed the $85 mark […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the lifting of the suspension on the Twitter operations in Nigeria. The lifting will be effective from midnight January 13, 2022, according to a statement from the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The statement signed by Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director-general, NITDA, added that the approval followed […]

When the news of Sonny Chu Okongwu’s death filtered in on Wednesday, Nigeria was still mourning Ernest Shonekan, former interim head of state, who had died hours before.  But death heeds no one and waits no turn. Okongwu, aged 87, was said to have died in Enugu surrounded by loved ones. Okongwu was […]

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says fighters of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) are better armed than those of Boko Haram. The governor spoke on Wednesday when he received members of the senate committee on army led by Ali Ndume — the lawmakers visited Zulum in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. […]

Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, says God spoke to him about declaring his intention to run for president in the 2023 general election. On Tuesday, Umahi disclosed that he had informed Buhari of his intention to contest the presidency. The Ebonyi governor’s announcement came about 24 hours after Bola Tinubu, a chieftain […]