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Nigeria on Friday recorded 41 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Saturday.  WHO names new COVID strain ‘Omicron’, says it’s ‘variant of concern’ The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new COVID-19 strain as ‘Omicron’ and classified it as a variant of concern. On Thursday, South […]

The federal government says it has lifted restrictions on Emirates flights — ten months after the diplomatic discussions around COVID-19 travel requirements on Nigerian passengers. Emirates Airline is the flag carrier of the UAE Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, said this on Friday. Sirika said the airline had removed some of […]

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, on Friday, shared a video of himself in what appeared to be a military operation. The video, which he shared on his social media pages, showed Ahmed with armed military officers, while shooting was heard in the background. The prime minister had vowed to lead troops […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new COVID-19 strain as ‘Omicron’ and classified it as a variant of concern. On Thursday, South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced the discovery of the new variant, B.1.1.529, and said 22 positive cases of the strain had so far been detected in the […]

The importance of campus journalism as a tool for deepening democratic consciousness and active participation of youth in politics has been emphasised. This was the crux of the town hall meeting organised by Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF). The event, which took place on Thursday in Lagos, had students from various higher […]

Garba Shehu says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is the first to “put forward a workable solution to the herder-farmer” clashes. The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity spoke on Friday while presenting a paper at the 10th anniversary of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina state. […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerians need to adopt renewable energy because it is cheap, environment-friendly and can help generate profit. He said this on Friday at the inauguration of the 2MW solar power project for the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun state. Recently, Nigerians raised the alarm over the […]

At least 11 persons have been reportedly killed following an attack by gunmen on Ta’agbe community in Bassa LGA of Plateau state.  Thirty houses were also said to have been set ablaze by the gunmen who attacked the community in the early hours of Friday. Uba Ogba, police spokesperson in Plateau, confirmed the […]

The global oil prices fell to $77 per barrel, the lowest since September 2021 amid a new coronavirus variant and U.S. release of millions of barrels of oil from strategic reserves. Brent crude oil futures, the global benchmark, dropped by 5.63 percent on Friday to $77.59 a barrel. U. S West Texas […]

The court of appeal, Lagos division has dismissed an appeal filed by Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, challenging the forfeiture of her $40million worth of jewellery to the federal government. On July 5, 2019, the court ordered the interim forfeiture of the assets following an ex parte application filed by Rotimi […]