The presidency Friday explained why President Muhammadu Buhari entrusted women with key responsibilities in his government. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the...
The Nigerian stock market returned to winning ways on Friday as the Industrial Index emerged the best performer across the sectorial indices with two of the...
Ex-Minneapolis officer, Derek Chauvin, seen in a video with his knee on the neck of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, has been taken into custody...
The presidency said on Friday President Muhammadu Buhari had been making the changes Nigerians demanded. In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday accused the Bauchi State Executive of starving the State House Assembly of funds thereby hindering its operations. The party...
The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said on Friday an 82-year-old woman has recovered from COVID-19 in the state. Isamotu, who confirmed the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday met with Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, over the security challenges in the state. The meeting, which took place at the Presidential...
Two aeroplanes on Friday landed at the new International Cargo Airport in Damaturu, Yobe State, for a test run ahead of the official opening of the...
The Edo State government said on Friday 11 more COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the various isolation centres in the state. The state governor, Godwin...
The Bauchi State government on Friday confirmed that two more COVID-19 patients had died in the state. The state’s Health Ministry, which disclosed this in a...
A deaf mother in Manchester, Justine Bate has designed a face mask with plastic opening at the mouth region to aid lip reading for the hearing...
The Borno State government on Friday confirmed the discharge of 35 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities. The state’s Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur, who disclosed...
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Benue State, James Orngunga, said on Friday the party would not participate in Saturday’s local government...
The Zamfara State Police Command said on Friday at least 251 illegal miners including a Burkinabe were arrested during a raid on the state’s mining sites...
Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has expressed her fears after her pilot husband, Captain Matthew went on his first flight since the pandemic began by flying the...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Friday President Muhammadu Buhari had put Nigeria on an irreversible road to sustainable development in the...
A first-year wrestling coach identified as Dave Hollenbeck has been fired by the Bethel School District for mocking the tragic death of George Floyd on social...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has nabbed one George Mbessey over allegation of conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of public funds to the...
The left wing US House Judiciary Committee has called on the Justice Department to probe police misconduct on African Americans on Thursday, after a recent Minneapolis...
The Nigeria Police Force have granted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, an administrative bail, on Friday. Bobbrisky was on Thursday arrested at Lekki, Lagos,...
A couple in their 50’s have been executed by firing squad at the North Korea border after they both tried to flee from the Ryanggang province...
Tragedy struck at Alaba area of Lagos, with the gruesome murder of one Henry Eze by his brother Chisom Eze over a bottle of soft drink....
The kidnappers of the chairman of the Nasarawa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Joseph Masin have demanded for a N20 million...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration as “a total scam and 419 government”. Buhari marked five years...
Social media giants, Twitter has tagged a post on its platform by President Donald Trump on the unrest in Minneapolis over the death of a black...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated state governors elected on the platform of the party on the occasion of May 29...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Trump attacks Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, others In a new public...
The Nigerian Army on Friday said a dreaded member of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, Yahaya Adamu, also known as Saad Karami, has surrendered to the...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s emegence as president in 2015 destroyed Nigeria. He stated, that Nigeria deserved a...
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc Friday reported it posted a slump in profit in the sum of N631.816 million between January and March this year relative to the...
The Federal Government has said that with the shortage of bed spaces at isolation centres in the country, it would require hotels and school dormitories as...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called for the scrapping of security votes by the executive arm of government from the budgeting system. This, the labour union...
The Governor Aminu Masari led government of Katsina State has relaxed the Covid-19 lockdown in the state. The governor said Friday prayers by Muslim faithful and...
La Liga is set to resume on June 11 with the 2020/2021 season beginning on September 12, the Spanish league President Javier Tebas has said. Football...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been discharged of alleged examination malpractice charges brought against him...
Oil prices dipped for the third straight day Friday, setting in motion its first weekly loss in two fortnights and a week, as U.S. stock statistics...
Wife of Kaduna State Governor, Hadiza El-Rufai, took to her Twitter handle Thursday to reply Nigerians who attacked her about her lack of sympathy for those...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is clamouring for a stimulus from the Nigerian government that will help the aviation sector refind financial balance and...
India has registered another record daily increase with 7,466 new COVID-19 cases with its total infections now 165,799 and 4,706 deaths also confirmed, with both figures...
A court in Rwanda has sentenced a former politician and ex-mayor of Nyakizu, Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life in prison for plotting to exterminate Tutsis and ordering...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has projected that Nigeria will turn in a negative Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of this year considering...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has raised an alarm over the sale of COVID-19 diagnostic test kits in...
The leader of Unity Forum, a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, on Thursday called for a direct primary...
Chairmen of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 18 local government areas of Edo State have kicked against the waver granted Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu by the...
The Kebbi State government has confirmed that it has discharged the last two remaining active cases of COVID-19 recorded in the state. This was revealed on...
State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) aims to scale down oil production spending by as much as between 33 and 41 per cent to attain a...
The Nigerian military has faulted a report by rights group Amnesty International (AI) that it is subjecting children in the northeast ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency...
The Imo State Police Command on Thursday said that Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the command have apprehended a murder and robbery suspect,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. BREAKING: 182 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 8915; death...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that there was nothing controversial in the confirmation of two Covid-19 cases...