COVID-19: FCT, nine States report 113 new cases, three deaths
The Federal Capital Territory and nine State reported 113 new Coronavirus Disease cases and three deaths in Nigeria on Friday. The Nigeria Centre for…
Nobody can bring down Buhari’s Government — Presidency
The Presidency has declared that nobody can bring down the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari. The declaration was made by the Senior Special Assistant…
ALERT: Fake COVID-19 vaccines are being sold online, Interpol warns
The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has warned against the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines online. INTERPOL noted that criminals have started producing…
PDP’s electoral fraud: Court has vindicated APC, Akpabio – Nabena
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday said the conviction of Professor Peter Ogban by the Akwa Ibom High Court was a vindication and confirmation of the…
Father of kidnapped Kaduna College student dies
The father of one of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna, Ibrahim Shamaki, died yesterday of what…
Work on Lagos-Calabar railway to start this year —Amaechi
Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi, says work on the proposed Lagos-Calabar railway will commence before the end of this year. Delivering the 34th Convocation Lecture of the…
Edo APC, PDP in war of words over demolition of GRA houses of APC chieftains
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapters, are engaging in war of words over Tuesday’s demolition of the Government…
Conference of Speakers holds today in Bauchi
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, will hold today in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi, with Governor Bala Muhammed being the chief host. Abubakar Sulaiman, the…
Rainy Season: Lagos Public Works warns residents against road damage
The Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) has called the attention of Lagosians to the need to take ownership of the roads to reduce man-made causes of road damage as…
Four suspected robbers arrested for attempting to rob RRS detectives
Four suspected traffic robbers have been arrested in Ojota area of Lagos for attempting to rob detectives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, on surveillance. Commissioner of…
Trump claims U.S. Capitol rioters peaceful, ‘hugging, kissing police”
Former U.S. President Trump has offered some revisionist perspective about the rioters he incited to storm the U.S. Capitol on 6 Jan. He said they posed “zero…
2023 Presidency and Yahaya Bello’s inordinate ambition
Less than one year into his second term as Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has been nursing presidential ambition for 2023. The governor assumed his second term…
2023: Shelve your presidential ambitions – Arewa Group tells Northern Politicians
A group, the Arewa Mandate Initiative, has said that majority of All Progressives Congress youth groups in the North has endorsed power shift to the South in 2023. The group explained…
Boko Haram: Army speaks on protesting soldiers
The Nigeria Army on Friday opens up on a purported protest embarked upon by soldiers in Borno to demand better weapons to fight Boko Haram. There were reports of sporadic shootings on…
Service Chiefs to report directly to Irabor- Official
The Chief of Air Staff says he will revert to the military tradition of adherence to seniority and hierarchy in making appointments. The Chief of Air Staff, Oladayo Amao, has said he…
Mixed feelings over proposed replacement of Ebuka as BBNaija host
Since inception of BBNaija in 2016, lawyer and media personality Chukwuebuka Obi-Uchendu, popularly known as Ebuka, has been host of the show. However, after announcement by…
I ‘never paid a bill’ while married to Robert Kardashian – Kris Jenner
Kris Jenner “never paid a bill” when she was still a Kardashian, she revealed to The Wall Street Journal — and that it was only during her split from Robert Kardashian that Kris began to take control of her own finances.…
2023: Fayemi disowns aide’s stance on excluding presidential aspirants above 60
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says he does not hold the view that presidential aspirants above 60 should be exempted from the 2023 elections. Makinde Araoye, an aide of Fayemi, had made the comment while speaking at…
China retaliates, sanctions 9 UK lawmakers, entities
According to a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the United Kingdom (UK) imposed unilateral sanctions on relevant Chinese individuals…
Buhari sends message to Ojudu at 60
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent greetings to his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, on his 60th birthday, March 27, 2021. He congratulated the…
EFCC Arrests Son, Mother Engaged In Multi-million Naira Internet Fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested Ibeh Theophilus Uche, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 10 Kobo Wine Place, Ikotun, Lagos, alongside his mother for their…
Court Rejects Absent Father’s Appeal To Share In Late Son’s Inheritance
A court in South Africa has turned down a father’s renewed bid to share in the R15 million left behind by his late son whom he had not seen since the child was six months old. According to South…
Vaccine apathy drops as turnout rises in Lagos
Despite working at the largest tertiary healthcare facility in Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos, John still held a tight grip on his reservations about taking the COVID-19 vaccine. His primary concern like most…
South Africa set to tighten curbs to preempt third wave of virus
South Africa is to extend a curfew and tighten restrictions on public gatherings over the upcoming Easter holiday period in a bid to curb an approaching third wave of coronavirus infections, according to…