•Senegal and Morocco players clash during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match Morocco’s football federation said it will appeal disciplinary sanctions and fines imposed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the chaotic scenes at the Africa Cup of Nations final against Senegal last month. The Royal Moroccan Footb...
•UK flag The UK government today threatened visa bans on three African countries unless they accept the returns of irregular migrants, as the interior minister was set to announce sweeping changes to the asylum system. Britain said it would stop granting visas to nationals from Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo unless the [&...
•Tinubu The federal government has imposed a seven-year moratorium on the establishment of new federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, citing the proliferation of under-utilised institutions, overstretched resources, and a drop in academic quality. The decision, approved at today’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned an unregistered batch of Tarivid (Ofloxacin 200mg), a widely used antibacterial medication, after it was discovered circulating within Nigeria’s healthcare supply chain. The agency stated that the alert will be uploaded to the World Health Organisation (WHO) G...
A Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has prohibited the public viewing and streaming of the controversial film “Gangs of Lagos.” Justice Idowu Alakija issued the order in a consent judgement, following an agreement reached between parties in the suit LD/6903GCM/2023, filed by the Isale Eko Descendants Union and two others a...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, today ordered ban on parading of suspected criminals before the media by police operatives across the country. Egbetokun explained that the decision was taken in order to uphold the fundamental human rights of every citizen and adhere to global best practices in policing,...
•Hawkers Niger State government has taken far reaching steps to ensure survival of small businesses with the ban on taxation of hawkers and petty traders across the state. This is coming against the backdrop of lamentations by petty traders who have meager sum as capital, and are being harassed on a daily basis by state […]
•A large capacity truck Nigeria may face a tanker shortage as the federal government yesterday disclosed plans to ban 60,000 and 45,000-litre capacity trucks. While most tankers hauling petroleum products across the country are around 45,000 litres, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said such capacit...
•The Asagba of Asaba, HRM Obi Prof. Epiphany Azinge, SAN The Asagba of Asaba, HRM Obi Prof. Epiphany Azinge SAN, has banned the activities of Eze-Nwanyi (female native doctors) and other unregulated traditional practitioners, citing their alleged involvement in kidnappings, ritual killings, and cyber-related fraud. Announcing the decision at a...
•HRM Eze E.C. Okeke The South East Council of Traditional Rulers has outlawed the use of the title “Eze Ndigbo” by leaders of Ndigbo outside the region. This was contained in a letter to the chairman of Igbo Leaders in the Diaspora (Onye-isi Ndindu Ndigbo) and signed by the chairman of the council, HRM Eze […]
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