The Kwara State government said Friday the state had not recorded a single case of COVID-19. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, who...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, suspended the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga, for allegedly assaulting a lady over a Facebook post. The...
The Federal Government on Friday directed all the country’s missions abroad to compile a list of willing Nigerian nationals who had expressed the desire to return...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night confirmed 20 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre also confirmed two deaths in...
The boxing challenge between British heavyweight Anthony Joshua and Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev is the latest victim of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world. Joshua was billed...
Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Friday evening, confirmed that the state has recorded its first case of coronavirus. Akeredolu, who disclosed this on his Twitter...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed about 100 of its vehicles in six states to support the Presidential Task Force (PTF) in the efforts...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors excluded Nigeria from the list of 25 countries that will benefit from its $1.9 billion first set of emergency...
Two shops with household utensils at Maola Shopping Mall in Idumota area of Lagos Island were destroyed by fire on Friday. The Director-General of the Lagos...
Heavy sell-offs in the shares of the two most capitalised companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange –Dangote Cement and MTNN –accounted primarily for the N13.851 billion...
In response to growing cases of coronavirus in the country, the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) said on Thursday it had commissioned a team of engineers to...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Friday greeted the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on his 68 birthday, saying he had...
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has commenced mass production of liquid soap and hand sanitizers in a bid to check further spread of coronavirus in the...
Bauchi State government has set aside N10 million for fumigation of every part of the state in its quest to check the spread of coronavirus among...
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has commended Nigeria’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Guterres, who spoke at a virtual news briefing in New York, the...
One person died in multiple accidents in the early hours of Friday in Lagos. The accident which involved two 20-feet containers, a private towing truck, a...
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw soldiers from enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown. President Buhari had last...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Enahire, disclosed Friday that Nigeria was expecting a medical team from China to aid in the fight against COVID-19. He made...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that the corpses of patients who died after contracting COVID-19 will not be released to their families for final...
These are very abnormal times. The earth we labored to build is shutting down before our eyes and we have no magic wand. Although we’ve faced...
Although French writers had earlier used the term Industrial Revolution, the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852-83) would be credited with popularizing the term. For Toynbee,...
Subterfuge. Propaganda. Lies. All have a date with truth. The truth is inexorable; it will always extinguish lies and propaganda. Nigeria’s ‘’successes’’ in the war against...
The Delta State Government has waved aside a video of angry youths who attacked two soldiers in the state after soldiers allegedly killed a father of...
The Lagos State Government on Friday said another set of four confirmed cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease have been discharged in the state. This latest...
As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, the focus of business leaders and others has been on immediate responses and short-term time horizons. This is for good reason....
The death toll has risen again in Spain as the country records 932 more Covid-19 related deaths on Friday making Spain the second-highest country worst hit...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Friday that the rising spate of fake news and misinformation despite repeated caution by government, is...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. East African ecommerce website Kasha secures $1m from Finnfund East...
Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel has ended her two weeks in self isolation and is back to her chancellery duties, Steffen Seibert, her spokesman said. The Chancellor...
Residents of communities in Bassa Local Government have sent an appeal to the Plateau State government led by Governor Solomon Lalong over the rising spate of...
The Gombe State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has expelled Rep Usman Bello Kumo of the Akko Federal Constituency, with immediate effect over alleged...
Abia Warriors have confirmed that their Goalkeeper Charles Tambe was shot in Apata area of Ibadan, Nigeria by hoodlums on Friday morning. “Our Goal Keeper Charles...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode said he had never been so ashamed of Nigeria the way he was with the news that the country begged...
The Lagos State government has discharged 11 people who were earlier admitted with the coronavirus disease. This brings to a total of 19 people so far...
Australia’s top Health Chief, Brendan Murphy, has disputed the figures of recorded Covid-19 cases globally, saying the true numbers could be “five to ten times” higher...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) states on Friday, that six new cases of the coronavirus disease have been recorded in Osun State. This brings...
NEM Insurance Plc has proposed a total dividend payout of N792.075 million translating to N0.15 per share for Full Year 2019. This follows the release of the...
Nigerian Breweries PLC Thursday announced it was floating a commercial paper aimed at generating capital in the neighbourhood of N48 billion from the investing public. Commercial...
Singer, Waje left many stunned during a Q&A session she initiated on her social media page when she revealed that she can marry a man 10-years...
The number of coronavirus infections continues to rise worldwide, as more than 1,013,000 people have been diagnosed, with the deadly disease which has claimed more than...
Coach of Rivers United, Stanley Eguma, has cautioned football authorities not to give in to rush as regards the Nigeria Professional Football League season. With the...
A new strain of coronavirus discovered in China has raised fear of the virus lasting for 49 days according to a team of researchers led by...
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested negative to the novel coronavirus disease. The governor announced this in a tweet on his verified Twitter...
International credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has noted in its latest outlook for the Nigerian banking sector that banks across the country face acute threats from...
Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential contender has called on the administration of President Donald Trump to ease economic sanctions on Iran in the wake of the...
The first patient to test positive to COVID-19 in Benue State has been moved to the Isolation Centre at the National Hospital, Abuja. The patient, Susan...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Thursday said the transportation of fertiliser had been exempted from the two-week lockdown declared in Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory...
The Rivers State government led by Governor Nyesom Wike has moved to lift the COVID-19 curfew imposed in parts of the state to stem the spread...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the April 1 tweaking of fuel price from N125 to N123.5 by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The party, in...
The Director General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chike Ihekweazu has lamented the rejection of the test results of the five confirmed...
