The Bayelsa State government has stated its readiness to pay special allowances to front-line health workers combating the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the state....
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, Kano State and presided over by Justice J. K. Dagat has convicted and sentenced one Saad Ahmed Madaki to...
To stop the spread of coronavirus in Kano, the State Government on Wednesday suspended all traditional festivities in the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The gathering for Hawan...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been called upon by the House of Representatives to immediately locate John Ugbe, the Chief Executive Officer of...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has revealed how suspended management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) allegedly misappropriated N48 billion...
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has confirmed no fewer than 26 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state and the discharge of four patients...
A three-storey building, undergoing construction at the Nkaliki area of Abakaliki, in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has collapsed. The Secretary to the...
Oil prices weakened on Wednesday, with industry figures of growth in United States’ crude stockpiles confounding analysts’ expectation and a dramatic increase in the country’s coronavirus...
The Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore has slammed the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, asking if he...
The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a nationwide curfew to stem the spread of the COVID-19 disease which has killed 26 people and infected...
Embattled former President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir, who has already been convicted for corruption, appeared in court on Tuesday in connection with the military coup that...
The proposed restructuring of the National Stadium in Lagos is set to begin according to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare. This he said...
Following his historic feat in the Albanian league, former Nigeria international, Emmanuel Ndubuisi Egbo, has been getting congratulatory messages from across the world. Egbo, who was...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the eight virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The meeting started about 10am at the council chambers of the...
Naira hovered at the rate of 472 to the United States dollar on the parallel market on Tuesday, the same rate it sold for the session...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday revealed that he had tested positive for the dreaded covid-19. He made this known on his twitter handle....
Order, please! President Muhammadu Buhari cut a pitiable sight on July 16, as he issued a stern warning to his appointees over their alleged disrespect for...
Italy prosecutors are demanding penalties varying from fines to jail terms for former and current officials of oil supermajors, Eni and Shell including Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi,...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared that the Big Brother Naija (BBN) reality TV show, currently ongoing, should be scrapped because it is evil...
The Edo State government led by Governor Godwin Obaseki has revealed that it has discharged no fewer than 60 patients who have tested negative for the...
The Kano State House of Assembly has passed an amendment bill for the revision of the 2020 budget from over N206 billion to N138.2 billion due...
Total revenues from income sources into the Nigerian government’s treasury tumbled by N1.46 trillion in the first quarter of this year, 36% below projection, the Central...
A 35-year-old man, Adekunle Olalere has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta for defiling a two-year-old girl. He...
The Kaduna State government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has confirmed that the state has recorded 20 fresh cases of COVID-19 in Chikun, Jema’a, Kaduna South...
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, on Tuesday, disclosed that the federal government intends to carry out COVID-19 tests for five million Nigerian farmers...
As insecurity and killings in southern Kaduna continue to worsen, the Presidency has given reasons why it had been difficult to end the menace. According to...
The two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday, separately resolved to stop the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, from handling the...
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay has called for the sack of the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. Nigeria records 576 new cases of COVID-19 to take its total to 37,801;...
Nigeria on Tuesday night recorded 576 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Tuesday the Federal Government had intervened in the maintenance and rehabilitation of 37 bridges across the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State on Tuesday congratulated Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on his victory at the party’s primaries. Akeredolu had on Monday defeated...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday approved the posting of four new commissioners of police to Ekiti, Ogun, Cross River, and Bayelsa States. The...
The Oyo State government on Tuesday released the calendar for the resumption of schools across the state. However, the government cancelled the third term in the...
Relegation-threatened Aston Villa defeated Arsenal 1-0 in a Premier League encounter on Tuesday night to boost their hopes of remaining in the topflight. With the win,...
Governors of the 36 states in the country will meet on Wednesday to deliberate on the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) loans...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, explained on Tuesday why he did not call for the sack of the service chiefs at...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday evening confirmed the discharge of 29 more COVID-19 patients from the state’s treatment facilities. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in...
The equity segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) diminished by N49.630 billion, continuing days of intense profit-taking as traders scrambled to sell off their holdings...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Tuesday Nigeria has received $890 million grant from Global Fund to reduce the burden of HIV, Tuberculosis...
The presidency on Tuesday warned the Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, to refrain from making spurious claims on his arrest and subsequent detention for...
Ahead of the partial closure of Third Mainland Bridge, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said on Tuesday it would deploy over 600 officers on...
A 46-year-old trader, Sani Hashimu, was on Tuesday arraigned at the Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. The police prosecutor, ASP Hyacinth...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the re-appointment of Prof. Umar Danbatta as Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). President Muhammadu Buhari re-appointed Danbatta...
Justice Bode Adegbehingbe of the Ondo State High Court, Akure, on Tuesday dismissed an application seeking the disqualification of the state’s Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, from...
The Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday acknowledged the receipt of a letter from Governor Dapo Abiodun, requesting the lawmakers’ approval for the downward review...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Tuesday evening the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was scared of the ongoing forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday filed charges against the duo of John Demide and Sarah Ajibola at the Federal High Court, Lagos,...
The Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said on Tuesday the Federal Government had evacuated 6,317 Nigerians back home from 21 countries...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today: 1. Nigeria’s fintech Rise makes Techstars & Western Union Accelerator shortlist...
