An Ethiopian man aged 114 years has reportedly recovered from the coronavirus disease. Aba Tilahun Woldemichael had tested positive for the novel coronavirus during a random...
The Nigerian government has been ordered to pay the salaries and allowances of 244 soldiers dismissed in 2016. The order was given by the ECOWAS Court...
Canadian singer, Justin Bieber has filed a $20million defamation lawsuit against his sexual assaults accusers. Two women, Danielle and Kadi, had on social media accused him...
No less than 145 Nigerians arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday from Sudan. The Nigerians, who were evacuated via an Air Sudan flight,...
Oil prices edged up on Friday as the uptrend from signs of fuel demand recovery was kept in check by a spike in the number of...
A 20-year-old housewife, Murja Ibrahim has allegedly poisoned her eight-year-old step-son, Habibu Ibrahim in Katsina State. The father of the victim, Sani Ibrahim of Jidadi village,...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, detests Christianity. Kanu, who professes Judaism, while speaking on Radio Biafra recently, had...
The Nigerian Government has said it might again relax some of the measures put in place to check the spread of COVID-19 in the country. This...
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, Seun Fakorede has tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. According to the 28-years-old, who spoke on...
The Federal Government on Friday said the Kara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be closed to traffic after the fire incident that involved three tankers...
The Federal Government has vowed to ensure some Nigerians who attacked the Nigerian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia were fished out and punished for their actions. The...
The Lagos State Government on Friday said the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, died due to multiple organ failure. The state Commissioner for...
The Nigerian government has said its post-COVID-19 recovery plan will both save and generate about five million jobs. Richard Adebayo, the Minister of Industry, Trade and...
Electricity distribution companies (Discos) have said they lose more than N30 billion of their monthly income to energy theft, vandalism, meter bypass and unsettled electricity bills...
The Nigerian government Thursday engaged stakeholders from different economic sectors for the implementation of its Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI). It declared that the HDMI...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, Edith have gone into a 14-day self isolation as the COVID-19 test conducted on their daughter has returned...
Malawi’s state broadcaster MBC says opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera is leading with 59% of the rerun vote while President Peter Mutharika, who wants a second term,...
Ndume’s tales Eyebrows were raised, last Tuesday, when media reports went viral claiming that the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, had...
The Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo state, Seun Fakorede, has announced that he tested positive for the deadly virus, COVID-19. The 28-year-old, who is...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked seven, out of the 11 charges levelled against Senator Abba Moro and others in the Nigerian Immigration...
A date for the re-opening of the nation’s airways and commencement of commercial domestic flight will be announced next week by the federal government. This was...
The coronavirus outbreak hindered the running of around 74.2% of Nigerian businesses, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has said. Taiwo Adeniyi, NECA’s acting President, made...
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has stated that the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Raymond Abass aka Hushpuppi has dented the image of...
Business operators in various sectors expressed pessimism in Nigeria’s economy in the month of June, a new report by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed...
The governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed that the state recorded 33 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday. The governor in a post on his official...
The total value of Nigeria’s commodity exports to China, India, Spain, Netherlands and South Africa, which were the country’s major trading markets in the first quarter...
A former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has confronted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his recent claim that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Senator Dino Melaye has taunted the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole over his eventual removal as the party’s chair. The...
A pastor in Asaba, the Delta State capital, Fidelix Nwansa has been arrested by operatives of the state police command after six rifles were recovered form...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday said there was no plan yet in the pipeline to open orientation camps. According to the NYSC, the...
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum have rejected an apology tendered by Alhaji Tanko Yakasai after the group instituted a law suit challenging lopsided appointments...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. 594 fresh cases of COVID-19 push Nigeria’s total to 22,614; death toll...
Nigeria on Thursday night recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday confirmed the discharge of 36 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities. The governor said in a statement that...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday confirmed the arrest of one Anthony Ojemolon over an alleged attempt to obtain money under false pretences....
The Katsina State Police Command said on Thursday one Abdulrahman Abdulkarim had been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and dumping the corpse in an abandoned...
The hosting rights of the next edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup have been handed to Australia and New Zealand. Both countries will co-host the...
The Osun State government on Thursday confirmed 17 new COVID-19 cases in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Thursday its operatives had traced some properties to a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. The...
The Nigerian Customs Service said on Thursday it generated N573 billion between January and May this year. The customs has a 2020 revenue target of N957...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday expressed concerns over the increasing litigations ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State and urged...
Liverpool have emerged 2019-20 English Premier League champions, winning the topflight title for the first time in 30 years. The Reds were two points away from...
The 18 members of the dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the outcome of Thursday’s National Executive Committee (NEC)...
Negative sentiment dominated the market on Thursday as market capitalisation shed N65 billion on account of relentless profit-taking. Sell pressure on MTNN, Zenith Bank and FBN...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday forwarded two letters to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on current developments in the party. In the first...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in the state. He was returned unopposed in the election held...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested six suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The commission’s spokesman, Mr. Dele Oyewale said in a statement the...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Thursday the Federal Government had evacuated 167 Nigerians from South Africa. Onyeama, who disclosed this in a...
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said Thursday the Federal Government was under pressure to authorise the reopening of schools across the country. He,...
The former Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom, on Thursday, expressed his support for the dissolution of the party’s National Working...
