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Nigeria’s manufacturing sector contracted in December after scraping a weak recovery in November, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealedin its Purchasing Managers Index Survey Report for December, 2020 issued on Thursday. “The Manufacturing PMI in the month of December stood at 49.6 index points, indicating a contraction from the...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that no citizen of the country would be shortchanged in the distribution and application of the COVID-19 vaccines when they arrive in the country. The executive arm of the government has already presented a N400 billion proposal before the National Assembly...

  The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,041 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last February, more than...

  It was gathered that he died on Friday – Christmas Day – about 2am from a seizure. He only just concluded directing his new movie on Christmas Eve. Ejiro was popular for his blockbuster movies in the 90s. He produced movies like Silent Night, Blood Money, Deadly Affair, among...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn the licences of seven payment service providers in the country. The nation’s apex bank made the proclamation on Thursday in a report titled, Revocation of Operating Licences of Some Payment Service Providers. According to the banking industry watchdog, the affected firms...

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, felicitates with the Christian faithful and Nigerians generally as they join the rest of the world in celebrating Christmas. Lawan notes that this year's celebration comes at a time when the world is combatting the resurgence of the Coronavirus pandemic, which has forced...

    The Federal Government has approved 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct enrolment of all persons including legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB) on behalf of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). This was disclosed on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) website on...

  He attacks APC National Secretary Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said he resisted many appeals from some quarters to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said he refused to yield...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 1,133 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the total figure of infected persons to 80,922. NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that more than 903,800 samples have been...

  The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday announced his recovery from COVID-19 infection, having tested negative, following 14 days of treatment. Addressing State House correspondents at ‘Lagos House’, Marina, Sanwo-Olu said that he experienced moderate symptoms like headache, cough, among other COVID-19 symptoms. He thanked the people...