The Emir of Rano, Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila ll, is said to be in critical condition and has been rushed to a hospital over yet to...
The Federal Government on Friday said the situation in Kano which has left many people dead is also an opportunity to take action for better results....
The Nigerian Government has been criticized by a popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, over its decision to ease the lockdown imposed on parts of the...
Report by an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), The Press Emblem Campaign, has revealed that COVID-19 has killed 55 journalists in 23 countries across Africa, Europe, the...
The Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Saturday announced new measures to be taken, in line with government’s directives in the transport sector. It said beginning...
Sometimes most people of Goodwill, regardless of color, wonder how rugged and durable Africans survived all the impediments and odds they face daily. Even in their...
In recent times, Professor Wole Soyinka (WS) has been at the receiving end of arrows from those who hate his guts and his intellect. Those who...
Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo has decried the decision by the Federal Government of Nigeria to ease the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja despite a growing...
The government of Ekiti State has announced that before people would be allowed to transport dead bodies into the state, that the corpses must undergo examinations...
Super Eagles and Nantes of France on-loan winger, Moses Simon on Friday took to Twitter to announce the birth of his second baby. The 24-year-old Levante...
Rescue operatives in Kenya late on Friday found the lifeless bodies of five of 12 police officers attached to the Anti-Stock Theft Unit who were swept...
An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mbam James, has been arrested for flouting the border lockdown ordered by the Ebonyi State...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has countered claims made by the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump that the novel coronavirus which has...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has attacked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for advising the Nigerian Government against obtaining more foreign loans and how to revamp...
Nigerian athletes will each get the sum of N50,000 as a relief fund to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world at this...
The Ogun State government led by Governor Dapo Abiodun has declared that the COVID-19 lockdown in the state has been extended by one week and will...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has kicked against the decision of the Federal Government to ease the total lockdown imposed on Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal...
Health workers in the frontline of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Edo State are to start enjoying jumbo hazard allowances ranging from N90,000 to N300,000,...
The Northern Governors Forum on Friday, had another teleconference meeting on how to tackle COVID-19 in the region. During the meeting chaired by the forum’s Chairman,...
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha have been dragged to court, for allegedly violating the regulations and...
The Kwara State government led by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has granted executive pardon to no fewer than 101 prisoners in the state in...
The Nigerian equities market posted gains Monday through Thursday as bargain-hunting efforts sustained a positive trend all week long. Investors showed particular preference for blue-chip equities,...
To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the federal government announced Friday that about 12,000 contacts were being traced for sample and testing. The Director General...
The recent declaration of loss by Netherlands-based global oil and gas giant, Royal Dutch Shell, for first quarter 2020 might stand in the way of the timely...
About 250 breathing kits purchased from China have been rejected by NHS doctors in the UK for being badly built and “potentially dangerous for patients” The...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Saturday morning, May 2, 2020 1. Dokpesi Snr, wife, 3 children, 3 relatives test positive for...
One person was killed and 15 others injured in a fuel tanker fire in Obalende area of Lagos Friday. The incident occurred when a tanker carrying...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has made his first public appearance amid global speculations about his health. The state’s media, KCNA, had reported that the...
A former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, Friday charged the Federal Government to commence a far-reaching restructuring and repositioning of Nigeria’s economy....
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, confirmed the discharge of 26 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities. Sanwo-Olu, who made the disclosure on his...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday the Federal Government would ensure that no employer, especially in the private sector, retrenched workers without following the due process....
The Adamawa State government Friday confirmed two fresh COVID-19 cases in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Basheer Ahmed, disclosed this at a media...
The Minister of Health, State, Olorunnimbe Mamora, Friday warned hospitals forcing pregnant women to pay for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to desist from it. The minister...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, Friday approved the release of 36 prisoners as part of efforts to decongest correctional centres in the country. He also directed...
The spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Kano State reached a new high Friday night after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed...
The River State police command said Friday its operatives had recovered the remains of three abducted students of University of Port Harcourt killed by a kidnap...
The Chief Executive Officer of Tesla, Elon Musk, Friday shocked his followers on Twitter with the public declaration of his intention to dispose of his assets....
To mitigate the economic effect of COVID-19, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, announced Friday a 50 per cent cut in salaries of senior political appointees. He...
So, I watched the video of the high profile Chief Executive as he tried ever so passionately to justify his latest gambit. As he spoke, I...
The founding Chairman of DAAR Communication, High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi, and seven other members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19. This came exactly four...
English Premier League clubs have reiterated their commitment to resume playing football only when it is safe to do so, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to...
The Director-General of Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mrs. Folasade Onanuga, said on Friday the state government had approved the release of N1.030 billion for the...
Rescue workers have recovered three more bodies from an uncompleted eight-storey building that collapsed in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday. An unspecified number of people were...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Friday warned state governors against slashing workers’ salaries over the outbreak of COVID-19 in the...
The Bauchi State government Friday confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, told journalists the results...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Friday blamed the delay in the implementation of the new minimum wage for senior civil servants in the state on...
The Bayelsa State government said Friday four relatives of the state’s index COVID-19 case had tested positive for the disease. The Permanent Secretary in the State...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday advised Nigerians to adopt all the COVID-19 containment measures including the use of face masks. These measures, the...
The Ekiti State Police Command Friday confirmed the release of a woman abducted along with the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Olabode Folorunsho. The command spokesman,...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, has dismissed reports that he died of COVID-19 pandemic. Na’Abba, who spoke in a video...
