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The national assembly has transmitted the 2022 budget to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Ojo Amos, clerk to the national assembly, signed the accompanying letter forwarded to the president on Friday. In October, President Mohammadu Buhari presented the 2022 budget to the national assembly. Last week, the house of representatives and […]

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the electoral amendment bill was rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari because of its tendency to worsen insecurity in the country. The president had declined assent to the bill, citing concerns over the recommendation of direct primaries for political parties. According to him, such a recommendation […]

Nigeria on Monday recorded 859 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Tuesday.  CDC shortens isolation period for asymptomatic COVID cases from 10 to five days The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has shortened the recommended isolation time for citizens with asymptomatic cases of COVID to five days — from the […]

Enyinnaya Abaribe, minority leader of the senate, says he will contest in the 2023 governorship election in Abia state.  Abaribe declared his interest on Monday at an event organised in his honour by Nzuko Ahiaba La Abayi, a sociocultural organisation in Ahiaba, Obingwa LGA of the state. Speaking at the event, Abaribe […]

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says he is optimistic that high-profile insurgents will be “taken out” before the end of the current administration. Speaking on Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme, Adesina said with the current efforts on improving security, insurgency could be brought to an end within the 17 months that President Muhammadu […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says a total of 92 persons have died of Lassa fever in 2021. Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic (excessive bleeding) illness that is transmitted to humans through contact with food, household items contaminated by infected rodents or contaminated persons. Symptoms include fever, headache, […]

Uche Nwosu, former governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in Imo state, says he was not invited by the police before he was arrested. Nwosu was arrested on Sunday during a church service in Imo. While condemning the arrest, Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, said the arrest of Nwosu, his son-in-law, was “like […]

A group of telecoms subscribers has warned against the implementation of digital tokens feature on the national identification number (NIN) without proper consultation. Last week, Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, announced the ‘NIN Tokenization Solution’ feature for NIN. The virtual NIN is a tokenised version of a person’s actual […]