National News

An accident has claimed the lives of 12 persons, with 25 fatally injured along Abuja-Kaduna Highway on December 23, 2020.

Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday, December 25 and 28 respectively for this year’s Christmas public holiday while Friday, January 1, 2021 was declared public holiday for the New Year.

On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 999 new confirmed cases and four deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

During an attack on Kaura and Lere local government areas in Kaduna State by some unidentified gunmen, six children aged one to five years and one woman were killed while several others were said to have sustained injuries and declared missing on Saturday.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has asked telecommunications operators-MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile and others to block all SIM cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers (NIN) in two weeks.

One Oliver Promise has allegedly beaten his single-mother lover, Esther Pascal to death.

HRH Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano, has amplified the importance of unity for progress as he recently toured strategic quarters across south west Nigeria.

Federal Government has reduced the pump price of petrol from the present N168 to N162.40 per litre effective from December 14, 2020.

Former Chief of Defence Staff under ex-President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's administration, General Domkat Bali has passed on at the age of 80.

THE Federal Government has inaugurated an intervention grant for micro transport operators under its Survival Fund for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to overcome the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.