Nigeria infrastructure splurge to boost economy
Nigeria’s government is stepping up a drive to improve its decrepit infrastructure with a series of billion dollar projects as president Muhammadu Buhari seeks to pull Africa’s largest economy out of its worst recession in 40…
Kim Kardashian files for divorce from Kanye West
Kim Kardashian has filed to divorce Kanye West after 7 years of marriage, but our sources say it's as amicable as a divorce can be. Kim is asking for…
Three North Korean Military Hackers Indicted in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks and…
A federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than…
Russia Makes Available 300m Sputnik V Vaccine Doses To Africa
Russia has made available 300 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to African countries, the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said on Friday. Russia has proposed a…
My Wife Slaps Me – Man Seeking Divorce Tells Court
A civil servant, Oyeniyi Oyedepo, on Friday, told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 14-year-old marriage to wife, Iyabo, on grounds that his wife slaps…
Hotelier planted cameras in hotel rooms to track criminals – Police
The owner of Pavilion Hotel and Suites in Aiyepe, Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State has claimed that he didn’t know that it was an offence to plant cameras in hotel rooms, the police said. The Ogun state police…
Nigerian consulate in New York closed over exposure of staff to COVID
The Nigerian consulate in New York has suspended operations temporarily, following the exposure of some of its staff members to the coronavirus. The closure took effect on February 18, 2021. In a public notice, the…
Protesting will take you nowhere unless you have a seat at the political table – El-Rufai
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has urged Nigerians to take more active interest in politics — rather than focus on protests — if they really want to contribute to the country’s development. Speaking when he appeared…
Africa CDC warns against use of Ivermectin as COVID-19 drug
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has cautioned against the use of Ivermectin as a treatment or preventions for the coronavirus disease. Ivermectin is a drug used to treat river blindness, scabies…
Paternity scandal: Shina Peters reacts to claims he abandoned ‘son’ with late Funmi Martins
Shina Peters, Afrojuju musician, has reacted to claims that he refused to raise Damilare, a son he allegedly had with Funmi Martins, late Nollywood actress who died as a nursing mother in 2002. An Instagram blogger had…
From Feb 27, trucks parked around Lagos ports will be impounded – Hadiza Bala Usman
Hadiza Bala Usman, managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says trucks found around the ports corridor in Lagos from February 27 will be impounded. At an interactive session with editors on Thursday, Usman…
2023: Saraki in closed-door meeting with Babangida (photos)
The immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has led a high-powered Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to…
Bitcoin market cap nears $1 trillion
Bitcoin hit yet another record high on Friday, and moved within sight of a market capitalisation of $1 trillion, blithely shrugging off analyst warnings that it is an…
Ethnic war will be disastrous for Nigeria, says Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has warned Nigeria cannot afford another ethnic war. The consequences, he said, would be so grave that the…
Yorubas will lose more in war against Fulanis – Oluwo
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has cautioned the Yorubas to stop the drum of war against the Fulanis in the southwest. Oluwo argued “the lifestyle of many Fulanis is not…
Why I invited soldiers to Orlu – Governor Uzodinma
Following the ongoing military action in some parts of Orlu Senatorial District of Imo State, the state governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has insisted that his administration…
Kagara abduction: Negotiation at final stage, says Niger governor
Abubakar Bello, governor of Niger, says the state government is at the final stage of negotiation for the release of persons abducted from Kagara. On Wednesday, gunmen suspected to be bandits stormed Government Science…
We’ve disbursed N68bn to entrepreneurs in three years – NEXIM
Abba Bello, managing director of Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), says the bank has disbursed N68.01 billion to 68 Nigerian entrepreneurs, in the last three years under its export development fund. Speaking with…
COVID-19 death toll in Lagos hits 381, Edo 154 – NCDC data
In updated data published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday, deaths from COVID-19 related causes have now reached…
Court rejects suit seeking to declare Ohanaeze Ndigbo illegal
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking the declaration of the Igbo social-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as an illegal organisation. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, also…
Why I jumped bail, fled to Niger Republic – Abdulrasheed Maina
Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Friday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he jumped the initial bail he was granted to go to Niger Republic to take…
Niger Police arrest student for raising false alarm over new kidnap plan
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 15 year-old student who raised a false alarm that kidnappers are targeting his Government Science School Izom, in Gurara Local Government…
Four Ejigbo boys who allegedly gang-raped girl, arrested by police
Four boys who allegedly gang-raped a girl in Ejigbo area of Lagos, have been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command. A statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson,…
Buhari condoles with family of ex-Customs CG
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with family and friends, the government and the people of Katsina State on the demise of Abdullahi Dikko Inde, the immediate past…