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Bolt, a ride-hailing company, says it has introduced a trip insurance cover for the safety of passengers and drivers. The insurance, called Bolt Trip Protection, is underwritten by AIICO Insurance PLC in partnership with…

Nigerian physician Dr. Tunji Funsho and African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, have made it to TIME Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People 2020’ list. The list, now in its…

The Nigerian Air Force immortalized the late First female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile who died on July 14 in Kaduna State. Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s First female combat helicopter pilot, was hit with a car driven by…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to forward the names of 11 lawyers nominated for appointment as judges of the High Court of The Federal Capital…

Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared October 1, 2020 as sit-at-home across Biafraland. The group said the decision followed credible intelligence alleging…

Several people, including school children, were on Wednesday morning killed as a petrol tanker exploded in Felele, along the Lokoja-Abuja highway. The victims of the tanker explosion, which…

National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered schools to conclude arrangements for reopening. This followed federal government’s approval for resumption. NUC directed Vice Chancellors to ensure that resumption plans are…

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari of the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to death in Kano for allegedly singing a song deemed blasphemous against Prophet Mohammed.…

The Sokoto State Hisbah (local police) on Tuesday said it has arrested three persons for sharing a video in which one of them was having sex with his former girlfriend. The suspects allegedly shared the video on social media…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday began probe on the 2019  Auditor-General’s Statutory Report on the accounts of the state’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Chairman of…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has asked cabinet members and heads of agencies to deploy their physical and mental resources into bringing his development vision to reality. According to him, Lagos has all the…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says there is no going back on the water resources bill. The bill seeking to regulate water resources has generated criticism, with many, …

Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday announced a donation of a befitting house and 20 million Naira to the widow and children left behind by late Col. Dahiru Chiroma Bako. Bako died on…

Here is the full statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari, from Aso Rock to the 75th virtual UN General Assembly on Tuesday, 22 September, 2020: Let me on behalf of the Government…

The Nigerian High Commission in Canada said it will resume in-person immigration and consular services on Thursday, 24 September. It shut its doors in mid August because of shortage of…

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday said all is now ready for a nationwide protest over the refusal of the Federal Government to reverse recent increase in prices fuel and electricity…

Suspected internet fraudster on watchlist of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Felix Osilama Okpoh has surrendered himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He…

Two former Nigerian presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, were probed for years by the United States authorities, through the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…

Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the trending FINCEN files that detailed how he came under the radar of international financial surveillance. FINCEN is the acronym for US…

The U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate’s Foreign Military Sales Construction Division awarded a $36.1 million contract to the United States Army Corps of…

Schools have be warned by the Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, to be careful . The Minister said 10% of the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria are people under 19. Ehanire said this on Monday, 21 of…

The attention of the management of Signatious Hotel has been drawn to false accusations of staff molestation against our Chairman, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi,   circulating on several social platforms. We wish to…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has described as worrisome low COVID-19 tests in nine states. It said it would be erroneous to take the decline in infections rate as a flattening…

Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says there will be no mercy for Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), if he creates problems in the state. Obaseki was re-elected on Saturday, having…