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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has complied with the Federal Government’s directive on re-opening of land borders in the country. This is contained in a statement signed by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James and issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. “In compliance with the...

  The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) says the rate for pre-travel COVID-19 testing for travels within the ECOWAS region will  be harmonised. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, who spoke at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) Daily Briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said that the conclusion was made...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,145 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)  in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday, Dec.17, 2020 . It said that as of Dec. 17, 2020, 1,145 new confirmed cases and one death were...

The United States (U.S.) on Thursday condemned the abduction of hundreds of children by gunmen from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec. 11 and urged the government to hold those responsible accountable ” to the full extent of the law”. The U.S. Department of State condemned the...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, describing their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and the international community. Malam Garba Shehu,  the president’s spokesman, in a statement on Thursday, quoted...

Aminu Masari of Katsina State has confirmed the release of all the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Masari, who gave the confirmation on Thursday in Katsina, said the students released were 344. The governor added that the government had already sent vehicles to convey...

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Lagos Metropolitan has installed Ayodeji Akinwande as its 2021 Local Oganisation President. He took over from Omowunmi Davies-Akinwande whose term has ended. The induction and investiture of the President and the new Board of Directors was hosted by JCI Lagos Metropolitan recently   Lagos. The event tagged;...

...says dissident zonal exco members have no right to remove chair *We now know the source of crisis in South-West PDP, he says Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said on Thursday that the South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will continue with efforts aimed at uniting its members...

    Warns that hospitals and facilities are overwhelmed calls for strict enforcement of compliance protocols   Today at its monthly meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, members of the National Economic Council (NEC) expressed alarm at the spike in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria and decided to...

The Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Prof. Aliyu Jauro, and Executive Secretary, E-Waste Producer Responsibility Organisation of Nigeria (EPRON), Mrs Ibukun Faluyi as well as the chairman, Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Adeleye Ajayi, have commended ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue. Both...