The Federal Government has revealed plans to end the monopoly enjoyed by cable television service providers, especially Digital Satellite Television, owned by MultiChoice, a South Africa-based company. The plan is said to include ending exclusive rights to sporting events. Only DStv currently broadcasts major football competitions in Nigeria, especially the English Premier League. At the

Former Governor of Ekiti State , Ayodele Fayose , says Thursday that the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress is a show of God ’ s anger against the governing party. Fayose said the crisis was a price for the role the APC played in impoverising Nigerians and promoting the rigging of elections , adding

The nation’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, says the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices are set to force the economy into negative growth. Ms. Ahmed made the comments after the National Economic Summit meeting in Abuja on Thursday. “On the economy, COVID-19 has resulted in the collapse in oil prices,” she said. “This will impact

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the school feeding claims by the Federal Government, even when schools are shut due to Covid-19 pandemic, is a huge scam and a scheme by corrupt All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and some officials in the Buhari Presidency to siphon a targeted N13.5 billion public funds to finance their

The new Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has said his primary allegiance would be to President Muhammadu Buhari and not the public. The Chief of staff stated this on Wednesday when he spoke briefly to State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa. He started out by thanking President Buhari for deeming

The Living Faith Church aka Winner Chapel of Bishop David Oyedepo claimed to have healed 36 Covid-19 patients around the world through online broadcast. This was shared on Facebook broadcast sent to all church members SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR ALL WINNERS All pastors and members are advised to comply with the Covid-19 restriction orders, as they

Barely a week after helping to repatriate $311m (N118bn) stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, the United States says there is a separate $319m (N121bn) Abacha loot in the United Kingdom and France. The US Embassy in Nigeria said in a statement on Wednesday that there is $167m in stolen assets

The All Progressives Congress has cleared the air on the alleged appointment of a ‘dead’ man from Ebonyi as a member of the Federal Character Commission. The party made the clarification at a news conference on Wednesday in Abakaliki by the Ebonyi Chairman of the party, Mr Eze Nwachukwu. This followed speculations that the President,

As authorities continue to unravel the causes of the “mass deaths in Kano State, President Muhammadu Buhari says he and his government are with the people of the state and will not let them down. Buhari, in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the outcome of the impending autopsies would determine

Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan says he has no accounts or property abroad. Jonathan made the comment in response to a report that the federal government has requested for the bank statements of public officers including his and his wife, Patience; former ministers of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke and Rilwanu Lukman. The request was reported to

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina while speaking on This Morning programme on TVC News, revealed that the person who leaked President Mohammadu Buhari’s draft speech hours before he delivered his address to the nation on Monday night, has been traced. According to Adesina, the version released was full

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has given a rather ridiculous interpretation to the unfolding tragedy in Kano, suggesting that the unusual death toll in the northwestern state could be “a deliberate attempt” at decimating the population of Muslims in Nigeria. Kano State has seen a spike in mystery deaths in one week amid COVID-19 threats.

In more measures to curb the spread of coronavirus in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate deportation of almajiris and other street beggars from the state with immediate effect. Governor Wike gave the order on Monday in a statewide broadcast on COVID-19. He said it became necessary to deport the almajiris because

A suspected COVID-19 patient on Sunday afternoon ran to a police station for help after several attempts to reach the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) failed. The woman, it was gathered, had tried to reach the COVID-19 toll-free lines since she started developing symptoms without success. Desperate for survival, she was said to have

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday announced that the state public servants earning, at least, N67, 000 will have 25 per cent of their salaries ‘donated’ to the state’s purse until the end of the quarantine period. Kaduna is one of the Nigerian states that have confirmed cases of coronavirus. The state put in

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to scale down the total lockdown imposed in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. This was contained in a letter dated April 24, 2020 and signed by NGF chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State. The letter was addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has opened up on the personality of Mallam Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. He said that the late Chief of Staff had been the architect behind most of the significant projects of the Buhari administration, but added

Stakeholders remain divided about the wisdom in the continued search for hydrocarbon resources in the north, especially as $3 billion has already been sunk without making a commercial find. While those in favour of the search disregard the economic waste, but are encouraged by the success of oil finds in neighbouring countries like Niger, Chad,others,

Over 150 people who reportedly died in Kano between Friday and Saturday last week have been buried in three cemeteries, heightening fears that the deceased must have died as a result of a strange ailment. Undertakers who doubled as grave diggers in the affected cemeteries said the frequency at which they received corpses these days

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should immediately open an arrangement with commercial banks for the suspension of charges for use of ATM cards and low amount mobile fund transfers. The opposition party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, said it is

The death of former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, was undoubtedly a rude shock to those following the Nigerian political space keenly. Although the rumours of his death sprung up weeks ago, it was doused by his defiant response of “I will be back to the office soon” issued on March

The headquarters of Nigeria’s electoral office has been razed by fire, officials said on Friday. The fire started just before noon and gutted some parts of the building in Abuja’s Maitama neighbourhood. The source of the fire is being investigated and no casualty was reported, Oluwole Uzzi, a spokesperson for the electoral office, told PREMIUM

The two-month free power supply promised by the Nigerian government, as part of measures to reduce the effects of COVID-19 lockdown, is not for all, according to authorities. On Thursday, the House of Representatives and stakeholders in the power sector agreed to set up a joint implementation committee to arrive at those poor and vulnerable

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, says the federal government considers Nigerians who buy N100 call credit as poor and will ensure they get relief cash. The minister, who earlier confirmed that N-Power beneficiaries were being paid their stipends, spoke in an interview with State House correspondents on Tuesday. NAN quoted her as

The federal government on Tuesday said it lacked the capacity and resources needed to cater for over 2,000 Nigerians who have expressed willingness to return to the country owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs who disclosed this while featuring on ‘Politics Today’, a daily programme on Channels Television, said the

The Anambra State Government has ordered the closure of private and public motor parks in the state. This followed the announcement of the state’s COVID-19 index case on Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Our correspondent learnt that the whereabouts of the index case was unknown as of the time of filing this

The Federal Government has yet to take a decision to provide free electricity supply to Nigerians for two months, the Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, has said. The minister’s statement comes after power distribution companies said that the two-month free electricity which they announced on Wednesday would be paid for by the National Assembly

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s call for a fundamental tactical change in approach to the ongoing campaign to defeat Boko Haram could not have come at a better time, following the heart-rending carnage Nigerian soldiers suffered in a recent encounter with terrorists in the north-eastern part of the country. No fewer than 47 Nigerian soldiers were killed

The Federal Government said it spent N1.5 trillion to subsidize Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in 2019. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, disclosed this in a communiqué obtained by Vanguard. The communiqué was issued after a consultative meeting between a Federal Government team led

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it had concluded plans with state governments to start feeding schoolchildren in their various homes. According to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the federal and state governments had agreed to continue the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme using a door-to-door voucher distribution system. The

The Lagos State, through its Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said it does not know the whereabouts of Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. This is contrary to reports that Kyari is at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) isolation centre in Lagos. Prof. Abayomi said he does not

The National Coordinator, Nigeria Sex Workers Association, Amaka Enemo, says sex workers in the country have been forced to suspend activities, especially in Lagos and Abuja due to the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Enemo told The PUNCH on Tuesday that although sex workers offer “essential services” they will remain indoors because their services

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus), following a test for the disease that was carried out yesterday on the president by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), THISDAY can report. The NCDC has informed the president on the outcome his negative result this morning in Abuja. According to

As coronavirus spreads to six states in Nigeria, with fear that the infection could get worse, highly-placed health workers have said that the nation does not have up to 500 ventilators across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Findings by our correspondents show that hospitals may experience difficulties in handling seriously ill COVID-19

Fear heightened on Monday over the fate of about 35 senators who have not complied with the measures to determine their Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) status. The senators last week returned from a trip to the United Kingdom (UK), where they attended a Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) seminar in London. It was learnt that they

The federal government of Nigeria has said it will deploy the military and police to enforce social distancing as part of efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. The minister deplored some religious leaders’ decision to flout directives

Sixty years after the suspension of registration of cattle, sheep and goats coming from neighboring countries, the Federal Government is to re-introduce the policy to curb spread of livestock diseases across the country, the government disclosed this at the weekend. It also unveiled plans to review government policies on the movement of cattle, sheep and

The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has inaugurated a $95 million agro-pastoral development project, a flagship programme anchored on food security and social development. The objective of the project, which is expected to be implemented within a five-year period, is to contribute to poverty alleviation and strengthening food security in the state. The project

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has counselled Nigerians to avoid social visits to police stations and other police offices as confirmed cases of coronavirus rise to 30 in Nigeria. He also urged the citizens to minimise official visits to police stations, except where absolutely necessary. Adamu in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, by