Nigeria on Thursday night recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 figure after the country’s centre for disease control confirmed 745 fresh cases in 20 states of the...
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) said on Thursday the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, did not demand $20 million from...
The Court of Appeal, Benin, on Thursday set aside the June 8 judgment of the Federal High Court, Benin, restraining the All Progressives Congress (APC) from...
Karim Benzema scored a brace to help Real Madrid cruise past Valencia on Thursday night as the hosts won 3-0 behind closed doors. The 32-year-old has...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday decried the continuous flouting of guidelines by Nigerians, despite the rising cases of COVID-19 infection in the country....
The anxiety over the health of the former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, increased on Thursday evening after his condition reportedly deteriorated, fuelling rumours of his...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Thursday it was working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to trace those allegedly defrauded by...
The Nigerian equity market closed on a negative note on Thursday as negative sentiment caused investors to lose N20.561 billion. The market posted a negative breadth...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Thursday the June 21 date for the resumption of domestic flight operations in the country was not feasible....
The Chairman of the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), Henry John- Omaku, said on Thursday the commission would conduct the local government election in the...
Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Thursday sentenced a former court official to eight years imprisonment for defrauding 194 widows in...
The Ondo State government on Thursday described as mischievous, reports that there were jubilations in the state after the Appeal Court upheld the lower court’s suspension...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, Thursday announced an investment in the sum of $100 million in Zenith Bank Plc...
The ECOWAS Ministerial Coordination Committee on Transport, Logistics, and Trade, on Thursday, recommended a harmonized and gradual reopening of land, air, and sea borders for restoring...
About seven days after the All Progressives Congress (APC) screening panel disqualified the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, from next week’s governorship primaries in the state,...
Former Atlanta police officer, Garrett Rolfe, involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks last week is now charged with a felony murder, Fulton County’s district...
The Senate said on Thursday the proposed June 21 re-opening of the nation’s airports for flight operations was unrealistic, following concerns raised by workers in the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday inaugurated the election and appeal committees for the June 22 governorship primaries in Edo State. The party’s screening committee...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, Thursday extended the relaxation of the curfew imposed on the state by another two weeks. In a statement issued by his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its governorship primaries in Edo State. The election was earlier slated for June 19 and 20. The party’s National...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Thursday confirmed that seven persons had so far died from COVID-19 in the state. The governor, who disclosed this at the...
As coronavirus resurges in China’s capital, Beijing, new reports from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) have revealed heavy traces of the Sars-CoV-2...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Deputy Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Christopher Adaji, and the Clerk of the house,...
At least 3,964 teenagers were reported pregnant within the period of the five months Covid-19 lockdown in Kenya, the country’s Health Information System survey disclosed. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed unhappiness over the efforts of the service chief in addressing the worsening security problem in the country. Buhari made it...
The director- general of the Progressives Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has decried the worsening state of affairs in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He said...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Twitter introduces voice-tweeting feature In an obvious, novel development, micro-blogging...
The Federal Government has promised to do everything possible to stem the growing rate of the rape in the country. This came against the background of...
The Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led government of Kwara State has extended by six months, the suspension of the executive and legislative council committees in the 16 local...
The pastor of Chapel of Answers Ministry, Jubilee Road, Aba has been arrested and the church sealed off by the Abia State Inter-Ministerial Committee on Covid-19....
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Thursday said the leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) was as a result of...
Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has been detained by the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Lagos. The Chief Executive of...
A 32-year-old man, Chigbo Akpoluobi has allegedly lured and raped a 7-year-old girl in Okpoko Onitsha, Anambra State. It was learnt that the incident which happened...
All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the cusp of an implosion. The crisis in the party has reached a frightening crescendo. It has been a gradual...
The Police Command in Kano State on Thursday said the state recorded 42 r*pe cases between January and May, 2020. This was disclosed by the Command’s...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest terrorists and bandits killing Nigerians and not those criticising his government’s failure to...
RB Leipzig player, Timo Werner has expressed his delight after agreeing a five-year deal with English Premier League side Chelsea. The 24-year-old, who joined German Bundesliga...
An ex- Borno State judiciary officer, Ramat Mohammed alias Gaddafi has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for defrauding 194 widows to the tune of N781,...
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with security chiefs behind closed doors at the council chambers of the presidential villa in Abuja. It was gathered that...
Oil prices edged up on Thursday after a drop in U.S. oil product stocks, paving the way for further rises ahead of a meeting between the...
An 80-year-old man, Mohammed Bara’u of Lawan Fannami Ward in Gashu’a, Yobe State has been arrested by the police in the state, for allegedly raping a...
The Oyo State Government on Thursday said it had recorded one more COVID-19 death and 56 confirmed new cases. The state Governor, Seyi Makinde, made the...
The Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, has declared that the state is developing measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Micro, Small and...
The Delta State government has confirmed that the state recorded 50 new cases of COVID-19 patients. It also announced that 17 more patients, who tested positive...
Lawan’s rigmarole It was a classic Ahmed Lawan beating about the bush last week. While making a remark on the incessant Boko Haram killings in Borno...
Naira fell 6.2% lower against the United States dollar on Wednesday at the official market as traders quoted the local currency close to the over-the-counter spot...
One Joseph Udoh has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital for killing a...
Resident doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, Anambra State, have embarked on an indefinite strike. The doctors, who said their action was...
The power vacuum arising from the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza will come to an end today barring any last minute changes as Burundi’s newly-elected president,...
