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Fri, 19 Feb 2021 05:10:15 +0000S'Africa President, Ramaphosa Eases Visa Restrictions For Nigerians, Others To Boost Tourism, Economy
Nigeria is among the countries South Africa is looking to as it seeks to import skills and boost tourism in the wake of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his State of the Nation address on...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:38:49 +00002021: Soludo Declares Interest In Anambra Governorship Election
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has declared his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra in the November 6 poll.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Soludo would be running on the A...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:33:20 +0000Democrats Introduce Sweeping Immigration Bill With Eight-year Pathway to US Citizenship
File Photo: President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20, 2021.
Democrats on Thursday introduced a sweeping immigration bill backed by President Joe Biden, but the legislation faces an u...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:30:12 +0000Fani-Kayode Visits Igboho, Canvasses Nigerians Be Allowed To Carry Guns
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said Nigerians should be licensed to carry sophisticated arms like AK-47 if Fulani herdsmen are permitted to secure themselves with the same type of weapon.
He said this on Thursday ...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:28:56 +0000Police Operate In Fear As Herdsmen Kill Seven In Edo
File photo used to illustrate story.
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have reportedly killed seven persons, including farmers at Ugboke, Oshodi, Okokodo, Ariyan and Yoruba Camp in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:25:47 +0000Buhari's Staunch Critic, Junaid Mohammed Is Dead
Second Republic lawmaker from Kano State, Dr Junaid Mohammed, is dead.
Mohammed, who trained as a medical doctor, died on Thursday in Kano, SaharaReporters has gathered.
His brother, Dr Ahmed Salik, a former lecturer with th...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:23:34 +0000I Only Asked Nigerians To Be More Courageous — Defence Minister Defends Comment Amid Backlash
Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd)
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has defended his earlier comment that Nigerians should stop being cowards and fight against bandits’ attack.
Magashi had while addressing newsmen on Wednesday said Nig...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:12:56 +0000Council Polls: Delta PDP Chairman Sacks Campaign Chairman, DG Over Inauguration Venue
Barely three days after the inauguration of the Isoko South campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta State for the March 6, 2021 council polls, the campaign council chairman Ferguson Onwo, and Director General, Orezi Esi...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:13:16 +0000EFCC Busts Another Internet Fraud Training Centre In Abuja, Arrests 27, Including Apprentices
Operatives of the Abuja zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have uncovered another training centre allegedly set up for the grooming of internet fraudsters.
The ‘academy’ located in the Arab Contractors Area of M...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:03:23 +0000Ex-Customs CG, Dikko, To Be Buried Tomorrow, Friday
Abdullahi Dikko Inde
The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, will be buried tomorrow (Friday).
A family member of the deceased confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Thursday night.
Abdull...