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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders. The Presidency made this known in a tweet today. “President Buhari has directed the immediate opening of four land borders: Seme, Illela, Maigatari, and Mfun,” @NGRPresident tweeted. Nigeria had in August 2019 closed its land borders to …

With an estimated population of over 200 million people, representing 2.5% of the global population, Nigeria is a readymade market for food and beverage related business. Buttressing this is the popular Nigerian saying that ‘you can’t do food business and run at loss, especially in commercial nerve cities like Lagos …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19. According to The Nation, the CJN is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment. A member of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa disclosed this at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim …

  The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has given telecommunications operators in the country two weeks within which they should block SIM Cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers, NIN. In a statement on Tuesday, the NCC Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, disclosed …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday sacked the Prof Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, announced the development in a statement on Saturday night. He said the president also approved Effiong Awa, acting executive director of finance and administration …

Following Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu ‘s exposure to a confirmed case of COVID-19, a PCR test performed yesterday the 11th of December has confirmed that he has indeed been infected with the virus which is supported by mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID. …

Obaseki Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, says Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), assured him of his victory in the September 19 governorship election. Obaseki, who ran under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had defeated Osagie Ize-Iyamu, his All Progressives Congress …

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has gone into self-isolation following the infection of one of his close aides with coronavirus (COVID-19). Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, who broke the news on Friday, said other members of the governor’s team will undergo COVID-19 test. “They will be tested by the …

The federal government says it has put in place the machinery for receiving 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021. Faisal Shuaib, executive secretary, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, broke the news at the presidential task force on COVID-19 media briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He said …

Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, is dead. He reportedly died Thursday night at 85. Nsofor, a retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, assumed office as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States on November 13, 2017. Born on March 17, 1935, in Oguta, Imo State, Nsofor …