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• CBN places ‘post no debit’ restriction on pharmacist’s account • Lawyer accuses Nigeria Immigration Service of stopping her trip abroad • Federal Government’s panel gets 160 petitions, begins sitting today There were strong indications on Tuesday that the Federal Government had begun a clampdown on promoters of #EndSARS protests …

Barring any last minute change in plans, the representatives of the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would meet in Abuja, on Wednesday, to continue their “marathon” meeting, with the hope of reaching solid agreement that could herald the reopening of University campuses. However, there are …

The Lagos State Government has appealed to citizens to strictly adhere to measures against COVID-19. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs of the Ministry of Health, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Tuesday. According to the statement, the government may impose a new lockdown and return other measures …

Field officers have commenced a door-to-door campaign to gather enough signatures to officially commence the recall of Mojisola Alli-Macaulay from the Lagos House of Assembly. Over 50% of registered voters in Amuwo Odofin Constituency I must sign the recall register.

The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said some lecturers got excess salaries and had to refund it back to the government. He disclosed this on Tuesday during an interview on  Newsextra24 Politics Today amid the controversy trailing the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), a policy that …

Trump also claiming the battlegrounds of Ohio and Iowa while Biden won Minnesota and Iowa, two modest prizes the president had hoped to steal. Races were too early to call in some of other fiercely contested and critical states on the map, including North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania. The president, …

Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, has projected that Nigeria’s debt profile would hit N38.68 trillion by December 2021. Speaking when she appeared before the senate committee on local and foreign debts on Tuesday, Ahmed estimated that both external and domestic debt would rise to N32.51 …

The Federal Government is seeking a $ 1 .2 bn external borrowing from China to finance agricultural programmes in the 2021 budget . A request for approval has also been transmitted to the National Assembly . The Minister of Finance , Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed , who appeared …

The Rivers State Security Council has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area of the State following the killing of ten security operatives allegedly by members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The Rivers State Commissioner of Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who …

The world is watching with baited breath on Tuesday as Americans head to the polls to decide the outcome of the Presidential election after a year of unprecedented global chaos and violence in the US. Around the globe, there were mixed feelings of fear and excitement at the prospect of …