The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, said on Tuesday the agency would begin to prosecute pirates under the...
A COVID-19 patient has been delivered of twins by a team of doctors, anaesthetists and nurses at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos. The...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Tuesday swore in four newly appointed High Court judges in the state. In his address at the event, the governor said...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the Federal Government for its alleged denials and cover-up on the whereabouts and activities of the Chinese medical experts...
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Mohammed Umar has reacted to allegations of “serious misconduct” during his tenure as the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of...
Ibrahim Gobir, a Senator of the All Progressives Congress representing Sokoto East Senatorial District has cast aspersions on the Nigerian military by claiming that it was...
Six players and staff across three Premier League clubs have tested positive for coronavirus amid plans for the competition to resume. The English topflight had been...
The House of Representatives has frowned at the response President Muhammadu Buhari-led executive gave on the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors in Nigeria. At its plenary...
Justice Garba Musa Nabaruma, Yobe State Chief Judge has reportedly joined his ancestors, Daily Trust reports. Reports say Nabaruma who was sworn-in as Yobe’s Chief Judge...
A spokesman of an Ijaw group, identified as Famous Belief Wonikiri-Ebi, is said to have been murdered by unknown gunmen in Delta State. Wonikiri-Ebi, it was...
The island nation of Seychelles, has attained COVID-19 free status after all 11 patients in the country who had tested positive for COVID-19 have, after a...
Music Executive cum R&B singer, Banky W aka ‘Mr Capable’ has revealed how he sacked his steward who had been caught stealing food items from his...
Ten more illegal Chinese miners have been arrested in Osun State. They were arrested alongside a Ghanaian for the illicit act by men of Amotekun corps...
It was good news for twenty-three members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, as they all tested negative for COVID-19. There had been a scare...
The Kwara State Government on Tuesday confirmed the death of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) Commissioner-designate, James Kolo. The late Kolo, who hailed from Patigi, in...
The Federal Government has been asked to immediately reopen the Yaba Vaccine Production Centre to facilitate the production of vaccines locally. The House of Representatives made...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Jack Dorsey endorses permanent remote work policy Techpreneur and serial...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to screen and confirm a new Director General and full time commissioners for the Security and Exchange Commission...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has informed that the allowance for security personnel deployed in the enforcement of the COVID-19 lockdown was receiving attention...
Gernot Rohr’s stay as the Super Eagles head coach would be determined by next week as the Nigeria football Federation (NFF) moves to conclude all about...
The Governor Abdullahi Ganduje-led government of Kano State has said it would deploy the state’s Sharia Police to places of worship during Sallah. The lockdown in...
Forty-one confirmed cases of COVID-19, who have been treated and fully recovered, have been discharged fron the Buachi State isolation centre located within the Federal Medical...
The Akwa Ibom State government led by Governor Emmanuel Udom has threatened to withdraw the licence of any school in the state, either public or private,...
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has confirmed 19 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 disease in a yet-to-be-named firm, based in Ibadan, the capital...
A Lagos based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has said there was nothing wrong with virtual proceedings for court matters. Following the outbreak of COVID-19...
The Kano State Government on Tuesday said residents of the state would have a four hour free window three days per week as the Federal Government...
The Taraba State Government on Tuesday said all active COVID-19 cases in the state have fully recovered and they have been discharged. The state government stated...
South Sudan’s Vice President, Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, serving as the defence minister, have tested positive for the coronavirus, his office confirmed on...
Upstream exploration and production company, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, said on Tuesday the $0.05 final dividend for Full Year 2019 it was proposing for shareholders...
Scenes around the National Assembly are never short of being boisterous. Last week, evidence of a people in a hurry to get something done showed in...
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has issued WHO director-general, Tedros Gebreyesus 30 days to make ‘substantive improvements’ or US will stop...
The current economic downturn in Nigeria may fester if it resolves to enforce a 417,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil output cut, in fidelity to the...
Embattled Prime Minister of Lesotho, Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, has announced he will step down as prime minister of Lesotho...
The federal government of Nigeria has accused universities, of deliberately accommodating dead members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the payroll forwarded to...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday commended Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, describing him...
A total number of 8,000 Nigerians have lost their lives and another 260,000 other victims displaced within 10 years due to the rising spate of insecurity...
The Kano State government has agreed to allow Friday and eid-el-fitr prayers to hold across the state despite the extension of the COVID-19 lockdown in the...
The Federal Government on Monday explained that three returnees from Dubai have tested positive for COVID-19, and that this is one of the reasons it cannot...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning, May 19, 2020 1. COVID-19: Nigerian govt dispatches team of experts to Cross River...
Oil prices met sour-sweet fate Tuesday morning as profit-taking caused Brent to retreat after early gain, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) sustained its rebound with...
The government of Kaduna State said it arrested an army general for alleged failure to obey the lockdown order in the state over COVID-19. The state...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the announcement made by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, of an extension of...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Monday advised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa to remain strong and...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night confirmed 216 COVID-19 cases in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that the...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) said on Monday it rescued 18 crew members on board a Chinese vessel, MV HAILUFANG II, from pirates’ attack. The Commander Nigeria...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said Monday he was considering the reopening of religious centres in the state. In a chat with journalists at the Government...
The United Kingdom broadcast regulator, Ofcom, has sanctioned Loveworld Limited following the broadcast of Christ Embassy founder, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s claim on 5G and the COVID-19...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday met behind closed doors with a former Minister of Defence, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma (retd), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Monday the pilots of the impounded aircraft owned by a British company, Flairjet, have been quarantined for 14...
The Oyo State police command Monday paraded seven suspected kidnappers of the two-year-old twins of a popular Ibadan cleric, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold. The state’s Commissioner of...
