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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 …

What did (the various territories that were later to be amalgamated into) Nigeria look like in 1894? How about a hundred years later in 1994? And what could Nigeria look like in the year 2094? History provides elaborate answers to the first two questions. Answers – accurate or near-accurate answers, …

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 …

Publisher of the Leadership newspaper, Sam Ndah Isaiah is dead. He was aged 58. He died on Friday after a brief illness, according to multiple sources. The pharmacist turned newspaperman attended a meeting of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria in Lagos early this week. After studying pharmacy, he worked …

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 …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has backed the call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. The PDP Caucus in the House of Representatives, had, at the weekend, called for Buhari’s impeachment, citing the failure of the President to protect Nigerians against killings, kidnappings, banditry, and other violent crimes across …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday address a joint session of the National Assembly on efforts being made by his administration to address the security challenges currently bedevilling the country. This was disclosed by the President’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, via a message she posted on her …