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NEC Endorses Finance Bill 2022

The National Economic Council on Tuesday endorsed the Finance Bill 2022, subject to a few observations to be made. It was endorsed at a virtual NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. longer have access to public offices – NYSC DG Highlights of the bill were presented to the council by the Minister […]

EndSARS: Lagos overrules panel report

THE Lagos State government, yesterday, released a White Paper on the report of the panel on Police Brutality and Lekki Tollgate killings, rejecting key recommendations of the report. Of the 32 recommendations made by the panel, the government accepted only 11. One of the key recommendations it rejected include the Lekki shootings which resulted in […]

Troops foil attempt to abduct doctors in Imo

The Nigerian Army said troops of Exercise Golden Dawn have foiled an attempt to abduct a group of doctors in Amauju Isu Local Government Area of Imo State. The Army in a statement on Tuesday by its Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of […]

NCDC confirms first case of Omicron variant in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday confirmed the first case of Omicron variant in Nigeria. The Centre said in line with the routine travel test required of all international travellers and Genomic sequencing at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) through Its National Reference Laboratory (NRL), Abuja–confirmed Nigeria’s first case of […]