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Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, says he does not believe in rehabilitating terrorists. He said the best way to deal with the persons terrorising Nigerians is to kill them. The governor made his position known on Tuesday while briefing state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He was in […]

Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says unvaccinated people have a greater likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Shuiab spoke on Tuesday in Abuja shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari received his booster shot. He said COVID-19 is now mostly a disease of unvaccinated people, adding that […]

The federal government has reinstated Emirates’ winter flight schedule to Nigeria. The schedule consisted of 21 weekly passenger flights to Nigeria, comprising two daily flights to Lagos airport and one daily flight to Abuja airport. This was contained in a letter dated December 21 and signed by Musa Nuhu, director-general of the […]

Atedo Peterside, the founder of Stanbic IBTC and Anap Foundation, says he has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement on Tuesday, Peterside said there was an outbreak of COVID-19 in his house over the weekend, which made him go into isolation and cancel all physical engagements. Peterside said he took the […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country is currently experiencing a fourth wave of the COVID pandemic. Ifedayo Adetifa, director-general of the NCDC, announced the development in a statement on Monday. “Nigeria has recorded a 500% increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it was unable to establish allegations of corruption against Yewande Sadiku, former CEO and executive secretary of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). In a letter dated December 16 and addressed to the CEO of NIPC, the ICPC said it received a […]

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and northern governors to “show more empathy” towards victims of banditry in the region. In a statement issued on Monday by Emmanuel Yawe, its national publicity secretary, ACF condemned the recent killing of 38 people by bandits in Giwa LGA of Kaduna […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., says he will be paying over $ 11 billion for taxes this year. Musk disclosed this in a tweet on Monday, confirming to the public his exact tax bills. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” Musk tweeted. […]

A federal high court in Abuja has nullified the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Andy Uba, in the November 6 Anambra governorship election. George Moghalu, an aspirant in the APC primary election, had approached the court challenging the process and the outcome of the primary election. He […]