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Entrance of UNILAG The Senate of the University of Lagos may shut the institution’s hostels after its emergency meeting on Wednesday. Sources in the Senate told our correspondent that the meeting was summoned to take a decision on the COVID-19 situation in the school. “It should be a short meeting. …

Stella Oduah A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, if she failed to appear in court by the next adjourned date. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning after Dr Hassan Liman, counsel to the Economic and Financial …

The Senate has rejected the confirmation of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, in his report on Tuesday, said Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the Federal Character Principles. The Senate at the committee of the …

NNPC GMD, Mele Kyai The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), some multinationals and local partners have in the last two years attracted about $32 billion investment into the Nigerian oil and gas sector. The investment is coming exactly two years after the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, assumed …

No fewer than 950 pupils have been abducted from their schools by gunmen in the last six months, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) said on Wednesday. The United Nations (UN) agency expressed concern about the attacks and abduction of children in some parts of West and Central …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has appointed some commercial banks as agents to recover the sum of N1.8trn from accounts of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) And MultiChoice Africa (MCA). This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami and released on Thursday. The statement confirmed …

The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval of the amount followed the presentation of the harmonised report of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Police Affairs on the floor at plenary. Chairman Senate Committee …

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has said the death of its General Overseer, Prophet Joshua, aka T. B. Joshua, increased the church’s followers on social media by over 600,000. The church said it had also received tributes from 195 countries since the announcement of his demise. The ministry stated this on …

Details have emerged on how the federal government of Nigeria apprehended the fugitive leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, over the weekend. Following Kanu’s extradition to and arrest in Nigeria, the IPOB leader, has been ordered to be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). The remand …

The Federal Government on Tuesday re-arraigned the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, before a Federal High Court in Abuja for continuation of trial. Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), produced Kanu before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mr. Kanu was brought …