AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective – Report
AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76 percent effective at preventing symptomatic illness in a new analysis of its key trial in the United States slightly lower than the level 79% announced…
Find you a wife and delete Instagram- The Game
American rapper and actor Jayceon Terrell Taylor, popularly known as the Game, has advised men on how to live responsibly. The Game, who is best known as a rapper in the West Coast Hip Hop…
Southern Senators Back United Nigeria, Elect Bamidele as Chairman
The Southern Senators Forum (SSF) of the ninth Senate yesterday elected new leaders to run its affairs, with a resolution to always…
BREAKING: Court jails professor for manipulating election results
A high court in Akwa Ibom state has sentenced Peter Ogban, a professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, to three years in prison for…
Super Eagles visit Lagos governor
Ahead of what would be the first Super Eagles game in Lagos in 10 years, players and officials of the team on Wednesday night, visited the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Led by the President of the Nigeria…
NCDC announces 96 new COVID-19 infections nationwide
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 96 new cases of COVID-19 late on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to…
POS operator arrested in Edo for collecting ransom for kidnappers
Operatives of Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Unit of Edo Police Command, have arrested an operator of Point of Sale (POS), accused of assisting armed robbers/kidnappers to collect money…
LAUTECH undergraduate jailed over $104,500 scam
A 500-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Adebowale Abiola, has been jailed for one year by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court over $104,500…
Matawalle pleads with FG to hold talks with bandits
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has called President Muhammadu Buhari come out with a comprehensive plan of action to sustain peace and dialogue initiated in Zamfara towards addressing armed banditry and other…
No sale, concession decision on TCN, says BPE
The Federal Government has not decided on whether it would sell or concession the Transmission Company of Nigeria, the Bureau of Public Enterprises said on Wednesday. Director, Energy Department, BPE, Yunana Malo, said this…
Reps propose six-month tenure for EFCC acting chairmanship
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act to allow the anti-graft agency to retain a part of funds and property it…
Kano Police Arrest Supplier of 100 Motorcycles to Zamfara Bandits
Kano State Police Command yesterday disclosed the arrest of a man who allegedly supplies various motorcycles to bandits in Zamfara State. The police spokesman in Kano, Mr. Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, told journalists…
Buhari’s son Yusuf set to marry Kano princess
Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, and Zahra Bayero, the daughter of Emir of Bichi in Kano State Nasir Bayero, are set to tie the knot. AdvertisementScroll…
‘We’ve invested so much in Nigeria’ — Yoruba elders disown Igboho over secession bid
Kunle Olajide, secretary-general of Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), says Sunday Adeyemo, a Yoruba youth leader popularly known as Sunday Igboho, does not represent the Yoruba people in his call for secession. Igboho…
Oil rises to $64 as ship blocks Suez Canal
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, reversed its recent losses on Wednesday after a ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, and worries that the…
I handed $15.8m to Suswam in his Abuja house, says witness
The criminal trial of former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam resumed on Wednesday at a Federal High Court in Abuja with a prosecution witness saying he handed…
Report indicts NNPC, CBN, others of under-remittance to Fed Govt
A report from forensic auditors, KPMG has indicted about seven government revenue-generating agencies for under-remitting over N526.35 billion and $21.199 billion to the…
Power restored in Maiduguri — after two-month blackout
The Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) says power has been restored in Maiduguri, the Borno capital, and other areas in the state. The affected…
Online scams: Bakare, Alimi steal $750K, N120m from BA, KLM, Turkish Airlines
Two online scammers, Tobiloba Ibrahim Bakare and Seun Sikiru Alimi were today sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $750,000 (N285m) and N120 million…
Sanwo-Olu launches LagosHoms in Ikorodu (Photos)
L-R: Commissioner for Housing, Mr Moruf Akinderu-Fatai; Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Ex-Deputy Governor of Lagos, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye; member, Federal House of Representatives,…
Bid for Nigeria’s 12 highways opens opportunity for investors
Investment window has just opened for investors interested in participating in the development and management of the federal government’s concessioned highways under the Highway Development and Management…
Oshoala scores Barca’s historic 100th goal
Asisat Oshoala reached another milestone for her club yesterday when she scored Barcelona’s 100th Champions League goal, in the quarter-final victory over…
‘We agreed ACN bloc will produce Buhari’s successor’ – Group
The South West Agenda (SWAGA) group has revealed there was a gentleman agreement between the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action…
Delta lists projects for completion with £4.2m Ibori-linked loot
The dualisation of Ughelli-Asaba and the Warri/Uwvie Storm Drain are some of the infrastructure projects listed for completion by Delta State governor with…