Lakurawa: Nigeria, neighbours begin offensive against new terror group
Farotimi: Protest organisers dare police, insist on Ekiti rally
Marketers begin direct loading from Dangote refinery
Marketers may access petrol from PH refinery this week – IPMAN
No consultants for tax collection under new tax bills, Oyedele clarifies
New coronavirus strain: NCDC alerts states, public
11,852 Nigerians repatriated in 23 months – IOM
Lagos health workers begin three-day warning strike Wednesday
NIN Modification: Nigerians narrate bitter experiences, as banks, NIMC trade blames
Trump plans mass deportations, end birthright citizenship
Syria’s ousted president, Assad, family arrive in Russia, granted asylum
India arrests three Nigerians for cyberfraud
DID YOU KNOW?
- Before its independence on March 6, 1957 Ghana was called Gold Coast. The Portuguese who arrived in the 1470s found so much gold there, prompting the British to call it Gold Coast. Ghana which means ‘warrior king’ in the Soninke language was chosen by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to evoke a sense of unity.
- Adults blink about 10–15 times per minute while babies blink about once or twice a minute.
Tinubu, others congratulate Mahama as opposition clinches Ghana Presidency
Speaker congratulates Senate President, Akpabio on 62nd birthday
SEDC board appointments: Kalu commends Tinubu
FG 2021 audit report reveals N39.949 trillion negative asset balance
Troops destroy 17 illegal refineries, seize 170,000 litre stolen products in Niger Delta
Military recovers human skull, firearms in IPOB camps raids
Tax reform bills not meant to impoverish north – Akume
SGF asks northerners to wait for 2031 presidency
Foreign investments in telecoms crash by $99m – NBS
Pension assets grew by N4.26tn in one year – PenCom
FG yet to appoint ambassadors, disregard fake list – Ministry
INEC chair commends Ghana poll, highlights lessons for Nigeria
Ondo election: INEC blames banking errors as ad-hoc staff demand payments
Tinubu committed to culture, tourism promotion – Minister
Tunji-Ojo pledges compliance to employees compensation scheme
Yuletide: NAFDAC warns against fake drinks
NSIB Begins Probe As Abuja-Accra Bound Flight Loses Engines Midair
FCCPC warns Air Peace against obstructing ongoing inquiry
FG tasks NIPR on fight against fake news, disinformation
Taxation: FCT-IRS gives 2-week deadline to 10,000 high earners
NBSA calls for more blood donation as Nigeria faces shortage
JAMB Registrar Oloyede decries misconceptions about Jihad in Islam
Tax reform bill will kill tertiary education, ASUU warns FG
Electricity bill: Intervene in private universities’ ordeal, Babcock VC tells FG
Lagos-Calabar highway: Compensation process lacks transparency, says Surveyors
Julius Berger gets new MD
Edo: APC, PDP begin legal battle at tribunal today
Damagun to preside over Cross River PDP crisis-resolution meeting
Tension in Osun PDP as Reps member Oke criticises Adeleke’s leadership style
Ekiti gov honours late CJ with N300m transformer project
Energy: Makinde targets 500MW solar power generation project
Sanwo-Olu presents staff of office to new Orijeru of Igbooye kingdom
Enugu gov promises investors business-friendly environment
Cross River magistrates begin indefinite strike Monday
Enugu crashes external debt by $39.8m
Borno, Yobe, Adamawa warn private schools against arbitrary fee hike
Developer jailed 10 years for defrauding 133 victims – LASRERA
Kwara plans mass burial for unclaimed corpses
One killed, suspects arrested as Gombe youths, herdsmen clash
Trigger-happy cop detained for killing Delta teenager over fireworks
18-year-old arrested for allegedly killing Niger ex-perm sec
Lagos Fire Service rescues 63-year-old plumber trapped in 120-meter-deep well
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 1979, World Health Organization (WHO) officially certified the eradication of smallpox. Only two infectious diseases have been completely eradicated in history; the other is Rinderpest, which is an infectious disease of cattle that was eradicated in 2011.