Germany will end most government restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic in March, according to a draft official plan seen by AFP on Monday, as new infections rates ease. Two years after the start of the outbreak in Germany, curbs to prevent contagion will begin falling away. As a first step, contact restrictions will ease…
The Chief of Defense Staff on Friday led heads of other security agencies to a meeting in Abuja with Governors of the oil-producing states. Also in attendance at the meeting were the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi. The Governors…
Nigeria and five other African countries have been chosen to begin production of COVID-19 vaccines, with the continent having had limited access to jabs. “Today I’m delighted to announce the first six African countries that will receive technology from the hub to produce their own mRNA vaccines: Egypt, Kenya Nigeria, Senegal South Africa, and Tunisia,”…
Officers of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested three traffic robbers at Ikeja City Mall while three others were arrested by the police with the help of members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mile 2 park. Four of the suspects, Segun Peters (22), Kabiru Odeh (25), Nurudeen Suraj (22),…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium, called on European leaders as partners in promoting democracy and good governance to lend their weight behind measures put in place by the African Union to stem the tide of unconstitutional leadership changes, rearing its head again on the continent. In his contribution to the roundtable discussion…
igerian Operators Dismayed as Senate Threatens to Invite Foreign Carriers to Ply Domestic RoutesThe Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has expressed dismay over the threat by the Chairman of Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi that foreign airlines might be invited to operate domestic service in Nigeria if local airlines do not stop incessant…
Four days into the one-month warning strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government has made a move towards addressing one of the grievances of the union.This the government did on Thursday by announcing the setting up of 21 panels to draft the White Papers for the reports of visitations…
Nigeria’s federal government on Thursday in Abuja, officially handed over Spectrum Allocation for 5G deployment to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, who doubles as the Chairman of the National Frequency Management Council (NFMC), did the official handover of the Spectrum Allocation for 5G licence to…
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.40 per cent in 2021, the highest since 2014, when the economy grew by 6.22 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed on Thursday.According to the National GDP Q4 report released by the NBS, the expansion in economic activities was majorly driven by the non-oil sector.The…
