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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday via Twitter pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. “It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon. “Congratulations […]

Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mai Mala Buni has said that the ruling party is about to shock Nigerians with an unprecedented number of defections that would remain the largest in the nation’s political history. Buni gave the hint on Wednesday while delivering a speech during a meeting […]

The Eastern Africa region’s labour market lost an estimated 38 million jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst job loss in Africa. “When the COVID-19 pandemic sent the global economy into a recession, the East Africa region was not spared,” according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Economic Commission for Africa […]

DCDS Edeh A. Uchenna, the Head of Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has warned procurement officers in the Akwa Ibom State civil service to steer clear of fraud. He gave the warning on Tuesday at the second edition of ‘Law and Finance Seminar’, organised by the office of the […]

The Presidency has listed some initiatives President Muhammadu Buhari has put in place in his 5 years in office to show how he cares for the youths. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in an article he entitled, ‘Lest we forget: Opportunities for young Nigerians by the Buhari administration,” […]

South African-born billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has overtaken Bill Gates as the second richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This is coming few weeks after Musk overtook Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest. However, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, remains number one in the rankings. Musk ranked 35th on the Bloomberg […]

The Coalition Alliance Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) says it has so far spent N43,272,562,831 on the acquisition of medical equipment, medical supplies and food palliatives for vulnerable Nigerians. The coalition made up of Bankers Committee, comprising the Central Bank of Nigeria, Deposit Money Banks and key stakeholders in the private sector was set up in March […]

Niger State Government has announced that full salaries will not be paid to workers due to a reduction in its federal allocation. The state government proposed to pay workers 70 per cent of their salaries, a decision which organized labour rejected. Secretary to the Niger State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, in a statement, noted that […]

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, revealed that it has reached out to the British Government over the threat by the UK Parliament, to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials over their roles in the End SARS protests. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this while fielding questions from State House reporters at the end […]