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Airrtel Nigeria has announced customers on its network can call their loved ones, family members and friends in Ukraine for free and without any conditions attached. The gesture, it said, is to provide unhindered access to everyone who needs to reach out and connect with their loved ones in Ukraine …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday afternoon returned to Abuja from a three-day visit to Nairobi in Kenya where he participated in United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) 50th anniversary event. Buhari, who touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja around 1pm, was initially scheduled to proceed to London in …

The Kremlin has claimed it is waiting for a response from Ukraine following yesterday’s second round of peace talks. Moscow said it had told Ukraine “how we see the solution to the problem”, adding what happens next will depend on Ukraine. The Kremlin added that no documents were agreed yet …

 The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof Umar Danbatta has informed the commission is on the verge of deploying the Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria. He affirmed Spectrum licenses for the companies that will roll out services have have been issued. He spoke during the NCC …

Despite opposition from a section, Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has reiterated his administration’s readiness to return missionary schools in the state to the original owners. The Governor, however, disclosed that only the Catholic Church has signified interest to take over its schools in the state. The state …

Sowore’s-lawyer-Marshal-Abubakar-arrested Marshal Abubakar, lawyer to Omoyele Sowore has been allegedly arrested by the Police. Marshal Abubakar is a legal practitioner attached to Femi Falana Chambers in Abuja that handles Sowore’s legal concerns. The activist made this known via his Facebook page on Friday, saying that Marshal Abubakar was forcefully arrested. …

Nigerians arriving from Ukraine Nigeria’s federal government has said it will pay $100 (about N42,000 at official rate) to each of the 5, 000 Nigerians billed to return from Ukraine. The government had on Wednesday, approved $8.5 million for the immediate evacuation of Nigerians stranded as a result of the …

Police A policeman identified as Sergeant Bello has shot at least six mobile police officers dead in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. Sources said the incident which happened inside the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri, has caused disarray in the college. A senior police officer told Daily …

 An ambulance conveying a patient to the hospital was trapped in traffic gridlock caused by fuel queue on Airport road Abuja on Thursday night. The ambulance, which had NISA Premier Hospital imprinted on its, was obviously conveying a patient to either NISA Premier or the National Hospital when it was …

 Motorists plying the Sango-UI-Ojoo Road in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital have raised the alarm over the danger posed by the roadside erosion at the Samonda area close to the maingate of the University of Ibadan. Our correspondent, who visited the area observed that almost half of the road has …