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Nigeria on Thursday recorded 1,940 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Friday. US supports UN efforts on COVID-19 response with $10m US has contributed $10 million to assist the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its work on COVID-19 response and addressing threats to human, animal […]

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), former military head of state, says Nigeria needs a leader like Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to run the country. He said this on Thursday when members of the Osinbajo Grassroot Organisation (OGO) visited him in Niger state. Aside from the OGO, there have been several groups expressing support for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged troops of operation Hadin Kai to remain steadfast as they go into the “final phase” of the fight against insurgency. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, Buhari said this on Thursday at the air force base in Maiduguri, Borno state. TheCable had reported had […]

The presidential steering committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has issued an advisory for Nigerians to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays. The PSC, in a statement signed by Boss Mustapha, its chairman and secretary to the government of the federation, said increased movements, as well as reduced compliance with health protocol, have led […]

The Lagos state government has condemned the attempt by the Shangisha Landlords Association to demolish houses in Magodo estate phase two. TheCable had reported that some police officers, said to have been accompanied by hoodlums, arrived at the estate with bulldozers on Tuesday evening. The hoodlums marked some houses in the estate with […]

What does Nigeria mean to me? It means hope and promise of a greater now and future; it means resilience and courage to rise from dust and nothing; it means purpose in disarray, unity in diversity, brotherhood in divergence and love even in dangerous times. It will be a violent lie to say […]

Rabi Shinkafi, commissioner for  women and children affairs in Zamfara, has resigned her appointment and taken up a job in Imo state. Shinkafi disclosed the development on Thursday in an interview with NAN in Gusau, the Zamfara capital. There had been speculations on social media about the reason for her resignation, as […]

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved 16 projects presented by Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power. The FEC meeting was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the state house on Thursday. Speaking with reporters at the end of the meeting, Aliyu said the total cost of the projects is N211,203,901,210. […]