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The Federal Government has relaxed the restriction on foreign travellers without evidence of payment for their COVID-19 PCR test. In a memo by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, foreign airlines were asked to board passengers without evidence of payment for day seven COVID-19 PCR test or generate paid QR code/permit …

The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested two members of an international drugs syndicate, recovering a total of 16.65 kg narcotic drugs worth over Rs 30 crores in the process. One of the accused, Nigerian national Chigozie Foster Okafor alias David, has been living in India illegally. He had arrived …

The Federal Government has supported the supply of electricity in the country with about N1.3 trillion as the Distribution Companies remitted N26.8 billion in June this year. The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, which disclosed this noted that the fund, an N701.9 billion Payment Assurance Facility (PAF) and another N600 …

The long absence of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress in the country, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has triggered an uneasy calm among his supporters and loyalists. Findings revealed that most of his supporters are apprehensive over his long absence from the political scene, which is also said to …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted three days cloudiness and sunshine from Monday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine are anticipated over the northern region on Monday. The agency further predicted chances of isolated thunderstorms over parts …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has announced the expulsion of forty-one (41) members from the party. This is following their alleged violation of the provision of the party’s constitution. Those affected include a former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Eugene Odo, former military …

The Lagos State Government has trained and presented necessary work tools, including Personal Protective Clothing, to 100 newly employed officers of the Fire Service for effective discharge of their duties. The Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Adeseye Margaret, speaking at the passing out parade of the new …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has ordered the Judicial Service Committee (JSC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to immediately initiate disciplinary action against the Upper Area Court Judge who issued direct criminal summons against a former governor of the Central Governor of Nigeria (CBN), Professor …

The dispute between the Federal Inland Revenue Service and some states over the collection of Value Added Tax seems to be taking a new turn by the day as two more states, Ogun and Akwa Ibom, say they are ready to enact laws that will enable them to collect the …

Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister in the new Taliban government said Sunday. The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies at a news conference, several days …