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About 60 people have been reportedly killed after gunmen raided some communities in Zamfara state. According to Daily Trust, the attacks occurred between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The affected communities — about five in number — are located in Bukkuyum and Anka LGAs of the state. The newspaper quoted a […]

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 791 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Friday. WHO records jump in COVID cases, fall in deaths worldwide in one week The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there was a 71% surge in the weekly count of infections worldwide, describing this as a […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Omicron COVID variant should not be classified as mild. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said this on Thursday at a media briefing on COVID. Speaking at the briefing, Ghebreyesus cautioned that although “Omicron does appear to be less severe compared to Delta especially in those vaccinated, […]

Rashidi Ladoja, the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland and former governor of Oyo, says the controversy over the successor to the throne of the Olubadan is unnecessary. The royal stool became vacant following the death of Saliu Adetunji who died on Sunday. Although the royal succession system recognises Lekan Balogun, a former senator […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to finishing his tenure as “age is telling” on him. The president said this on Thursday in an interview on NTA. When asked about how he feels after clocking 79 recently, Buhari said being president is hard work and that he looks forward to when […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he’s not “expecting any appreciation” from Nigerians after the end of his administration. Buhari spoke in a chat with NTA on Thursday. The president said he has, through the years, been involved in governance in various capacities in the country, and he has given his “best” to Nigeria, […]

The Plateau government has directed the state’s road task force to shut down and auction fuel stations found hoarding petrol. The government said those stations are creating artificial scarcity in the state. Danladi Atu, secretary to the state government, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday in Jos. Atu said […]

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to “declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a terrorist organisation”. The call is coming hours after the federal government gazetted an order designating bandits as terrorists. In a statement on Thursday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press secretary (CPS), quoted the […]

On Wednesday, the United Kingdom said from Friday, it will no longer require vaccinated travellers to take COVID tests before boarding flights to the country. According to Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, the requirement for travellers to self-isolate on arrival until receipt of a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test would also be […]