The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, presided over the second virtual Federal Executive Council FEC meeting in Abuja, the nation’s capital, days after engaging...
Scores have been forced out of their homes in Michigan’s Midland County on Tuesday after two dams collapsed from heavy rainfall, causing extreme floodings. Speaking in...
In a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, management of the Cambridge University has announced its decision to move all “face-to-face lectures” online for...
A Singaporean Judge has sentenced a man to death for drug trafficking via Zoom video call, making it the third known case of capital punishment remotely...
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has directed doctors in the state to embark on an indefinite sit-at-home order to protest persistent...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said “some few elements” on social media were employing desperate antics of blackmail, and smear campaigns against it and...
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Jere Federal Constituency of Borno State, Engr. Satomi Ahmad, has engaged the services of 300 medical personnel...
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has launched the largest zero-contact testing centre for COVID-19 in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on...
Eastern India and neighboring Bangladesh saw the worst cyclone to hit the country in over a decade on Wednesday as predicted earlier last week. Officials in...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Facebook launches e-commerce Shop across apps Social networking site, Facebook,...
The Bauchi State government has decried the refusal of two positive COVID-19 patients to move into the state’s isolation center. The government said what was more...
The headquarters of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) in Abuja has been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire, which broke in the Federal Government...
Different Igbo groups have cried out against the alleged influx of Almajiris into the South East amid the Federal Government ban on intra-state travel. Nigerian government,...
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has announced that no fewer than 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been evacuated...
The Australian government has announced details of a three-phased reopening plan to unwind the lockdown and revive the country’s ailing economy amidst a diplomatic rift with...
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has urged state governments to consider “giving special palliatives to imams and pastors” in order to cushion the adverse effect of...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been accused of frustrating efforts to carry out COVID-19 test on patients showing symptoms of the dreaded pandemic. The president...
BUA Cement Plc, which debuted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with common stocks numbering well over 33.864 billion in January, has reported a fall in after-tax profit...
Former Finance minister, Moeketsi Majoro has been sworn in as Lesotho’s Prime Minister on Wednesday after his predecessor, Thomas Thabane resigned to deal with a scandal...
The government of Rwanda has decided to deploy the use of technology in its fight against the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 disease following the delivery...
The number of deaths arising from COVID-19 infections in Brazil reached a record 1,179 on Tuesday making it the country with the world’s third-biggest outbreak of...
Oil prices waned early Wednesday as panic of prolonged repercussions of the coronavirus outbreak overshadowed signs of increasing demand and output cuts by chief oil producing...
Workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways on Tuesday pleaded with the Federal Government to pay their outstanding pension entitlements. The workers also lamented that the non-payment...
The Jigawa State government has agreed to allow people of the state observe Eid-El prayer but has equally placed a ban on festivities in the state....
The purported underground moves for the impeachment of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has been described as a joke taken too far...
Goods with local equivalents will no longer have the foreign exchange (forex) support of the central bank to import them as Nigeria grapples with a rapidly...
The Defence Headquarters has revealed that an unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists who arrived in no fewer than five vehicles were killed in Dapchi town...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that the September 19 and October 10 governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will go as...
Federal lawmakers from Rivers State condemned the formation of a parallel taskforce in Rivers state by the state police commissioner on the orders of the Inspector...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. Zamfara demands NCDC’s apology over false claim on COVID-19 cases The government of...
The Nasarawa State government has lifted a ban on worship centres for two weeks to allow Friday and eid-el-fitr prayers to hold across the state. This...
The Nyesom Wike-led government of Rivers has accused some Abuja-based politicians of ‘evil’ plots to have the state placed on emergency rule. The state government said...
The government of Zamfara State has asked the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to tender an apology to the state over an alleged false claim...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has rescinded the order restricting the movement of essential workers during the nationwide curfew from 8pm to 6am. Medical...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has warned political office holders in the state to desist from diverting palliatives meant for the needy and vulnerable in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday confirmed 226 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The new discoveries, according to the daily update on the...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, Tuesday slashed the salaries of all political officeholders in the state by 20 percent due to dwindling oil prices...
The Sokoto State government said Tuesday at least five COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. The state’s Ministry of Health, which confirmed...
The All Progressives Congres (APC) on Tuesday picked June 22 and July 20 for its governorship primaries in Edo and Ondo States. In a notice issued...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday the Federal Government would not reopen the nation’s economy fully until it was...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, Tuesday attributed the growing COVID-19 fatalities in the country to self-medication. Mustapha, who disclosed this...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Tuesday the 15-member Chinese medical team came into Nigeria on the bill of the Chinese Civil Engineering and...
Over 5,000 beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s N50 billion COVID-19 Targeted Credit Facility will receive their funds before the week runs out. Yusuf...
Reports emerged Tuesday night that some workers on essential duty, especially doctors, nurses and journalists in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCTA) were barred from...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of Mr. Usman Mohammed as the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The Minister of Power, Mamman...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Tuesday the state government had established an exclusive testing center for Christians in the Sabon Gari area of the...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Tuesday he would personally monitor activities at the Kaduna-Kano borders on Eid-il-Fitr day to ensure that no one sneaked...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said Tuesday the National Assembly would re-work its Legislative Agenda to reflect the current realities in the...
A Russian military helicopter crashed Tuesday evening during a training mission, killing its crew members, official statement disclosed. The MI-8 helicopter crashed near the town of...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, said Tuesday a medical doctor had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The development brings to two the number of...