The Federal Government has placed fresh travel restrictions on 100 passengers for flouting its directives on COVID-19. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 released the passport details of the defaulters in a tweet, announcing they have been restricted from travelling for six months. While noting that the travellers had been notified and barred from travelling out of…
The Department of State Services has issued a second warning in less than four weeks about some persons and groups who are allegedly planning to cause religious and ethnic crisis in the country. The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who made this known in a statement, said those behind the alleged plot intend to tack advantage of the…
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for Nigerians to link their National Identity Number to mobile phone SIM by eight weeks. This means that instead of the initial expiry date of February 9, mobile phone subscribers who are yet to link their SIM to their NIN would be allowed to enjoy services until April 8, 2021.…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested one Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi with three point three-zero kilograms of cocaine at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Airport Commander of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, said Onyekachi was arrested on arrival in Nigeria from São Paulo, Brazil, through Addis Ababa, with the hard drug hidden in T-shirts…
Award-winning comedian, Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth has described Nigeria’s approach to secure COVID-19 vaccines as worrisome. Speaking in video on his Instagram page, the comedian cited an example of a neighbouring country, Ghana which he said has already secured over seventeen million vaccines for its thirty million population. Basketmouth also expressed annoyance over what he…
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria misses the chance to defend their West African Football Union B tournament after losing the final to the Baby Elephants of Ivory Coast 2-3 at the Stade de Kegue, Togo on Monday. Ivory Coast, who had defeated the Golden Eaglets 1-0 in the group stage of the championship, started the game on…