10 passengers cheat death as boat capsizes in Lagos
Ten people have escaped death as a boat capsized on Ilashe-Ikoyi waterfront, on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management…
62 more Coronavirus patients recover in Lagos, discharged
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday discharged 62 more Coronavirus patients who recovered from the virus after testing negative. The Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in…
Nigeria signs $1.5b pre-payment deal with oil traders Vitol, Matrix Energy
The NNPC has signed a $1.5 billion prepayment deal led by Standard Chartered and backed by oil traders Vitol Group and Matrix Energy. It was the first such agreement since the COVID-19…
Between NASS and ‘Storm Akpabio’
Politics has its limitations, and there is a limit to which class interest gets the better of public interest. That seems what we are getting to see in the ruckus…
Many feared dead in cooking gas explosion in Ajao Estate, Lagos (Video)
Many people were feared dead on Tuesday night after a cooking gas explosion hit Ajao Estate. Eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident reported that dismembered bodies of those that died could be seen in the rubbles left behind by the…
Maina released after nine months in detention
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, nine months after his arrest. The Economic and…
FG rakes in N651.77bn from VAT in six months
Revenue generated from value-added tax increased by 8.45 percent from the N600.9 billion realised in half-year 2019 to N651.7 billion in 2020. According to the sectoral distribution on…
‘I only advise Buhari’ — Mamman Daura breaks silence on relationship with president
Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s older nephew, says he only advises, not dictate to him. The Vanguard quoted Daura to have made the statement in an interview with BBC…
Hydroxychloroquine: US’ disease expert, Fauci deflates Trump, Immanuel’s argument
Dr. Anthony Fauci, US’ top infectious disease expert, has deflated argument by President Donald Trump and Dr. Stella Immanuel that hydroxychloroquine is a tested cure for coronavirus. Trump had tweeted over…
Ex-commissioners lash Obaseki
The commissioners representing the three senatorial districts of Edo State in the Edo State Oil Gas Producing Area Commission (EDOSOPADEC), who announced their resignation on…
SHAREHOLDERS COMMEND NASCON’S PROMPT DIVIDEND PAYMENT
…URGE COMPANY TO TARGET MORE MARKETS Shareholders of NASCON Allied Industries Plc, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited have expressed satisfaction at the performance of the company but…
Aso Rock clarifies electricity export to Niger, Togo, Benin
Aso Rock has debunked a report that Nigeria exported $81.48billion of electricity to Niger, Benin and Togo, on credit. It said the report was hyperbolic and terribly misleading, Presidential…
Malaysia jails ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak
Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday. High court judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali sentenced…
ROT IN JAIL: Chrisland school paedophile Adenekan loses appeal
A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the 60-year sentence for paedophile Adegboyega Adenekan, a former Supervisor of the Chrisland School. He was convicted last year October of…
UN suspends another employee over viral sex video
The United Nations said it has identified and placed on administrative leave without pay another staff member involved in a recent viral sex video in Israel. Deputy Spokesman for the…
American uses Trump’s COVID-19 loans buy Lamborghini
An American businessman, David T. Hines has been arrested for diverting the $4 million COVID-19 relief loans he got to order a super-luxury Lamborghini Huracan Evo. The loans…
N299bn loan: Kwankwaso loyalists move to stop Ganduje’s request
A political organization loyal to ex-Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has moved to halt €684m(N299bn) loan request by the Kano State Government from the Chinese Government and…
Sophie Turner & Joe Jonas welcome first child
Celebrity couple Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are now a family of 3 after they welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. The lovebirds who married exactly a year ago in July 2019,…
Trump launches fresh bid to secure tax returns
U.S. President Donald Trump launched a fresh legal bid to stop a New York district attorney from obtaining his tax returns. The move came barely three weeks after the…
More NDDC contracts beneficiaries on Akpabio’s list
Top government officials are Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contract beneficiaries, a document by Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio has shown. This is…
MFM to begin 70 days fasting
Members of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Worldwide have been directed to continue with the special power must change hands prayers. The General Overseer, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, who…
China suspends Hong Kong extradition treaties with UK, Canada, Australia
China has suspended Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with the U.K., Canada and Australia as a response to the three countries’ decisions to do the same. Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese…
BREAKING: Buhari won’t resign over NDDC,NSITF, EFCC probes – FG
The Federal Government has said President Muhammadu Buhari will not resign over alleged cases of corruption in Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nigeria Social Insurance…
Kim Kardashian in tears after reunion with Kanye
Kim Kardashian was seen crying during her much anticipated reunion with husband Kanye West in Cody, Wyoming after she flew out to speak face-to-face with him The much anticipated reunion between Kim…