The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has confirmed that it has recorded 26 fresh cases of COVID-19 virus in Abuja. This was revealed on Thursday by the...
Aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, has said that Nigeria had become the headquarters of dissemination of fake news. Onochie was reacting to the news...
Let them shout! On June 30, there was a heated argument between the Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo and the National...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday appointed a committee that would respond proactively to the year 2020 impending floods. The Director-General, NEMA, Air Vice...
A Pastor of a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Gideon Bakare in Akure, Ondo state capital, has been excommunicated after being caught while trying to...
Electronic settlements conducted via the Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement Scheme Instant Payment (NIP) platform and Point of Sales (POS) terminals January through May 2020 climbed N3.63...
Abdurrazak Salihi, has been appointed Chairman, Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS). The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abba Anwar, stated this in a statement...
A truck loaded with 140 bags of 50 kilogrammes of foreign rice concealed in sharp sand has been intercepted. The anti-smuggling task force of the Federal...
The newly elected President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera has received hard knocks from critics after naming his relatives as ministers in his new cabinet. Reports say...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has been asked to dissolve the newly constituted Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A chieftain of the...
The Australian city of Melbourne has been placed on total lockdown just weeks after restrictions were lifted as the city battles a resurgence of the COVID-19...
One Mrs Rose Uwaga has been arrested by the Abia State police command for allegedly strangling her 83-year-old husband, Alhaji Isa Uwaga, to death in Umuahia,...
Access Bank Plc will buy a hundred per cent stake in Lusaka-based Cavmont Bank in an effort to broaden its market in Southern Africa and consolidate the business...
The Enugu State government has confirmed that it has recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 in the State. This was confirmed on Wednesday by Dr. Ikechukwu...
An attempt by the Department of State Services (DSS) to secure a stay of execution of the award of N10 million damages against it has been...
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has declared that fraud does not represent who we are as Nigerians. Dabiri-Erewa who made...
An alleged ritualist linked to the incessant killings in the Akinyele Local Government Area in Ibadan, Oyo State has been apprehended, the state Police confirmed. The...
The Nigerian Government Wednesday said it had signed a deal with Sealink Promotional Company Limited for transportation of solid minerals on waterways through the jetty landing...
The Ondo State Government has denied forcefully discharging COVID-19 patients who are on admission at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Akure. There had been apprehension in...
Reno Omokri, former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted to the appointment of Mohammed Umar as the new boss of the Economic and Financial...
More Nigerians, 408 of them, who were stranded in India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been evacuated by the Federal Government. The evacuees, according...
Nigeria’s total circulated currency contracted by 2.6 per cent or N60billion to N2.29 trillion in June from N2.35 trillion the month before, the latest data from...
Two additional witnesses on Wednesday testified against Senator Shehu Sani before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. One of them, Mohammed Sani, son...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. Osinbajo reacts to report Magu confessed giving him N4bn Vice President Yemi Osinbajo...
Nigeria on Wednesday night recorded 460 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
Super Eagles forward, Paul Onuachu has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after his club Genk carried out a test on all their players. The 26-year-old, who...
Luis Suarez scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona defeated city rivals Espanyol 1-0 in the La Liga on Wednesday night. The goal was...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday its experts would travel to China to work together with their Chinese counterparts to prepare scientific plans for...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday described as fake news, reports that the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu,...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Wednesday the agency would establish a molecular laboratory in Nasarawa State...
Egypt forward, Mohammed Salah was exceptional for Liverpool on Wednesday night as he bagged a brace in their 3-1 win over Brighton in the Premier League....
The Osun State government said on Wednesday night the state had recorded 11 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 21 cases...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N108 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of road projects in four states of the federation. The Minister...
The Nigerian equity market posted moderate gain Wednesday, buoyed by buy pressure on the stocks of Julius Berger, GTB and WAPCO. Yet, the cumulative gain the...
Ivory Coast Prime Minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died on Wednesday at the age of 61. Coulibaly was chosen as the ruling party’s candidate for October’s presidential...
The Ogun State government said on Wednesday night a 28-year-old COVID-19 patient was delivered of a baby girl in one of the state’s care centres. The...
Gunmen on Wednesday abducted a former customary court judge in Abia State, Chief Godwin Mejuru, at Okeikpe, headquarters of Ukwa West local government area of the...
The penalty and interest waiver window on tax debts, owed by businesses and persons, earlier due on 30th June would now run out by 31st August,...
The Ogun State police command said on Wednesday a 57-year-old man, Joseph Akporugo and his wife, Janet, had been arrested over the alleged maltreatment of a...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has approved the sack of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Establishment, Sunny Okere, for allegedly flouting guidelines put in...
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha’s request for an order restraining the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday demanded the prosecution of the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, over...
The Delta State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the state’s 2020 revised Appropriation Bill of N282 billion. The passage of the bill followed the adoption...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee in Ondo State on Wednesday began the screening of the party’s governorship aspirants ahead of the primaries slated for...
Federal Government on Wednesday suspended the planned resumption of federal schools across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State House...
A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday that $9.7million and £74,...
The Lagos State government said on Wednesday that at least 2,422 active COVID-19 cases were yet to turn up for admission at isolation centres over fear...
The United States Consulate in Nigeria Tuesday decried the worsening traffic congestion in Lagos State, Nigeria’s seat of commerce. The consulate lent its voice during a...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday began investigations into activities of the power sector with a view to repositioning the industry for better service delivery. The...
The Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar, has taken over as the acting chairman of the commission following the...
