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Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of NECO registrar and CEO Prof Charles Uwakwe

Pay television company, DStv Nigeria, has announced online audition for Big Brother Season 5 on Wednesday via its social media handle. The 10-day audition will be held online and is open for Nigerians or residents who are above the age of 21 and who hold a valid Nigerian passport. In a post on Instagram, DStv said willing participants can log on to www.africamagic.tv/bbaudition to sign up for the reality television show. The online requirement is not more than a two minute video. “Upload a two minute video introducing yourself, telling Big Brother why you should be in the house this…

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has warned that there are some desperate blackmailers, allies of corrupt elements in smear campaign against the agency and its chairman. In a statement by its head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it is not unaware of the activities of these persons. “The attention of EFCC has been drawn to the antics of some few elements in the social media, employing desperate antics of blackmail, and smear campaigns against the successful war being fought against corrupt practices by the Commission and its courageous chairman, Ibrahim Magu. “As a…

Advocates Martial Plan to Boost Electricity And Ease Debt Burden  Wants Youths Prioritised as SMEs are Empowered The chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, has stated that the coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the world presents an opportunity to reset the African continent so that Africans can be empowered to become more productive and self reliant. He said this today at the high-level roundtable discussions made up of African leaders including Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Special Envoy of the African Union on Covid-19 and Tidjane Thiam who is also a Covid-19 Special Envoy responsible for mobilising…

The Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered officers across the country to gear up and align completely with the ongoing enforcement on restrictions and physical distancing amongst vehicle occupants

A 22-year-old COVID-19 patient has been delivered of a set of twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Surulere.

Former Chief of General Staff and de-factor Military Vice President, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, has lost his beloved junior wife, Chief (Mrs) Rebecca Folashade Diya, to Coronavirus.

The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on 18 May 2020 neutralized unconfirmed number of Boko Haram terrorists and destroyed two of their gun trucks on the outskirts of Dapchi Town in Yobe State. OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE AIR TASK FORCE NEUTRALIZES BHT/ISWAP FIGHTERS DESTROYS TERRORISTS’ GUN TRUCKS AT DAPCHI TOWN IN YOBE STATE Close air support by attack Helicopter for TPS at Dapchi. pic.twitter.com/w3oCm08umC — DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) May 19, 2020 The air operation was conducted following reports that Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, in about five vehicles, had launched an attack on the town. Nigeria troops kill Boko Haram…

The party of French President Emmanuel Macron has lost its outright majority in parliament, after a group of MPs broke away to form a new party. Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity will be largely formed of seven MPs from La République en Marche (On the Move) and other ex-supporters of the president. The defecting MPs want to focus on green issues and social inequality. But their decision leaves Mr Macron’s party with 288 seats, one short of a majority in the 577-seat lower house. French commentators said La République en Marche (LREM) still had the backing of two other political allies, the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 226 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Tuesday. The 226 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed cases to 6401. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 90 patients from isolation centers across the country and one death were also reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with a whooping 131 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 2755. Twenty five new cases were reported in Ogun,…