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Members of the house of representatives say the recent ban imposed by the United Kingdom (UK) on Nigeria over the Omicron COVID variant is a wake-up call to fix the country.  The lawmakers spoke during plenary session on Tuesday while contributing to a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Ndudi Elumelu, minority […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the country’s internet subscribers dropped by 9.6 percent. representing 14.5 million in one year. The commission said this in a recent update of industry statistics posted on its website. According to the data, the total number of active internet subscribers, which hit 154.88 million — an […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says the travel restrictions placed on Nigerian travellers by a number of foreign countries could worsen vaccine hesitancy. The NGF described the development as “arbitrary stigmatisation”. The governors asked the World Health Organisation (WHO) to intervene by “setting uniform standards that are acceptable to all” countries. Following […]

An unconfirmed number of students are feared to have been killed in an accident involving a truck that occurred along the Ogunnusi road in Lagos. The incident, which happened on Tuesday afternoon, is said to have led to the death of more than 10 students. There were many students in the area […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed three additional cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Nigeria. According to a statement by Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC director-general on Tuesday, the new cases were detected in individuals with recent travel history to South Africa. The announcement comes days after the NCDC announced […]

The United Kingdom has released a new update on the processing of visa applications for countries on its red list. On Sunday, the British High Commission announced that it will “pause making decisions” on visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria. The development came after the UK put Nigeria […]

The areas serviced by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Monday were thrown into darkness owing to an industrial action by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). The federal capital territory (FCT), Kogi, Nasarawa and Kaduna are areas serviced by the AEDC. The workers claim they have been owed allowances […]

Ibrahim Jubril, one of the parents whose children were found dead in an abandoned car in Lagos, says nobody knows how they got into the vehicle. TheCable had reported that eight children were found dead in a Honda Pilot parked on Adelayo street, Jah-Michael, along Badagry expressway in Lagos, on Saturday. The […]

Oyewale Tomori, a professor of virology, says the travel ban imposed on Nigeria by Canada and the United Kingdom is because the federal government “condoned errors of commission”. Tomori said this on Monday at the national COVID-19 summit organised by the presidential steering committee (PSC). Following the discovery of the Omicron COVID […]