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The Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus has urged countries to be prepared for the next pandemic. Dr Ghebreyesus said this on Monday at the ongoing 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, which sets to address global health challenges including future pandemics, and eradicating polio, among others. He said the end

  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has revealed that the Dangote Group has remitted 70 percent of the loans it obtained from the apex bank to build its oil refinery.   Speaking at the commissioning of the refinery on Monday, he said the commercial loan component of the project was financed

Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has proposed to his long-time lover, Lauren Sanchez. Insiders close to the couple disclosed that they took the big step while sailing across Europe in the billionaire’s superyacht named Koru, Page Six reports. The pair were most recently sighted at the premiere of Apple Original Films’ “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Chief Press Secretary of Kogi state, Onogwu Muhammed stated on Monday that Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has signed five Bills into law.Onogwu, in a statement, praised Governor Bello for signing several bills into law, including establishing a health science and technology college, providing for the retirement of teachers, establishing a roads fund management board,

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, in Lagos State, said the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu will sustain the support his regime has accorded to the Nigerian Navy in the past eight years. “I have no doubt that the incoming administration of President-elect, His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will sustain the current

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has made a U-turn on its promise that pilgrims won’t pay the extra cost of $250 on airfare as a result of the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The increased fare was introduced because of the shutdown of the Sudanese which will now cause a longer travel time to the

Bello El-Rufai, the son of the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has taken a new wife, Aisha Habibu in a private wedding in Abuja. Aisha is the daughter of the former Military Administrator for Plateau and Niger states, Colonel Habibu Shuaibu. Bello is a House of Representatives member-elect representing Kaduna North while Aisha is

Juventus on Monday were given a 10-point deduction in Serie A after a revision of their initial 15-point penalty inflicted on the club over illicit transfer activity. The new sanction, announced by the Italian Football Federation’s (FIGC) appeals court, dents Juventus’ hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League, pushing them out of the top

The outgoing President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has assented to bills establishing the National Social Investment Programme Agency and the National Senior Secondary Education Commission as well as six others passed by the National Assembly. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, urged judges in the country to shun all forms of bias and ensure justice is dispensed equitably on all cases before them. Ariwoola, who spoke at the opening ceremony of the conference of the National Association of Women Judges in Nigeria, stressed that it was the

As his tenure ends in exactly one week, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, in Lagos, said he is “happy to leave” Nigeria’s economy in competent hands. He also expressed confidence in President-elect Bola Tinubu who, he said, will strengthen the framework of Nigeria’s public-private partnership policies to accelerate the pace of

No less than 16 candidates are aspiring for the chairmanship position ahead of the Tuesday state congress of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State. The position which was zoned to Anambra Central Senatorial District commenced with a debate organised by the Anambra Independent Support Group. In the debate on Monday, the contestants observed

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed June 28 for judgment in a suit filed by Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), against the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged unlawful arrest. Justice Obiora Egwuatu fixed the date after Ojerinde’s counsel, A.A. Usman, and

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said 80 per cent of the 2,500 Nigerian under-five children who die every day occur in the primary health care centres. Osinbajo said this in his keynote address at the launch of the Community-Based Health Research Innovative Training and Services Programme in Abuja. According to him, Nigeria

WhatsApp has unveiled a new feature that lets users edit messages that have already been sent. With the new feature, users of the instant messaging service would be able to edit messages even 15 minutes after sending them, the Chief Executive Officer of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, disclosed this Monday. “For the moments when you make

No fewer than 289 pensioners in Ekiti State on Monday received cheques worth N915 million as gratuities from the state government. While issuing out the various categories of cheques to the senior citizens, the governor said it is in fulfilment of one of his electioneering promises. The beneficiaries, comprising state, local government and primary school

The Universal Basic Education Commission, Monday noted that the estimated figure for the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is no longer relevant. The commission noted that the availability of correct data on out-of-school children in the country is dependent on the conduct of a nationwide census. The PUNCH reports that there have been controversies

Suspected armed herdsmen have allegedly killed about 18 persons during a renewed attack on the Iye Community in Uvir Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, of Benue State. The assailants were said to have stormed the community around 6 pm, on Sunday, when the residents were transacting business on the market day. Some of

Some African leaders who were present at the commissioning of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery project on Monday described the project as a game changer that would benefit all of Africa. Some of the African leaders present at the historic commissioning included the President of Ghana, Nana Addo; the President of Niger Republic, Mohammed Bazoum; the

The Management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has dismissed 13 of its academic and non-academic staff for alleged offences ranging from falsified age, financial fraud, gross misconduct, extortion and sexual harassment. The Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Asomwan Adagbonyin, said the decision to terminate the appointment of the alleged erring staff

CP’s Facebook account hacked – Command Some Nigerians have been criticising an alleged remark made by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf, who hinted that the body of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, could have been dumped in the lagoon around Third Mainland Bridge for slapping a policeman in Lagos State. Yusuf, who goes

A northern group, Concerned Northern Forum, has hailed the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for his work and fight against corruption in Nigeria. The group, however, described absurd corruption allegations against the EFCC boss, adding that such is a distraction to shift Bawa’s focus from fighting against corruption and other

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has signed the State’s Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N71 billion. The bill was reportedly passed by the State House of Assembly last week Wednesday. Okowa had on Tuesday, last week, forwarded a letter containing the Supplementary budget proposal, which compromised N65.5 billion for capital expenditure and N5.6 billion as

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency says it has developed an advanced online course to safeguard and protect minors from abuse. Speaking during the “Online Course for Beginners” which was introduced in 2020, with over 13,000 participants, the Executive Secretary of the Lagos DSVA, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, described the course as one of the

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness, Jonathan Paragua Zamuna and His Highness, General Aliyu Iliyah Yammah(retd.), respectively. The state Commissioner of Local Government, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying that the two traditional rulers cease