How my husband died in SARS cell – Widow tells judicial panel
Christina Nnatuanya has told the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on SARS in Awka, how her husband, Linus Nnatuanya died in SARS custody. Christina said she found her husband in SARS cell six days after looking…
Abuja leads as NCDC announces 168 new COVID-19 cases
The Federal Capital Territory of Abuja reported the highest daily count for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In all 168…
Burna Boy’s “Twice As Tall” nominated for Grammy award
Burna Boy’s Twice as Tall album has been nominated for the 2021 Grammy award, the Nigerian Afro-fusion singer’s second successive nomination. Burna Boy’s last album African Giant also…
Family of slain vendor demands N500m from Gbaja
The family of Ifeanyi Okereke, the vendor killed by a security aide of Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, is demanding N500 million from the number four citizen. Last week, Okereke was shot by…
Ghana is running out of fiscal space after its debt-to-GDP ratio reached 71%, says Central bank
Ghana is running out of fiscal space as its debt-to-GDP ratio reached 71% by Sept. 30, the highest in nearly four years, following early attempts to cushion the population from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, its…
Elon Musk Overtakes Bill Gates To Become World’s Second Richest Man, Now Worth $128 Billion
Elon Musk, founder of the most sought automaker company, Tesla, has just hit a new apex by surpassing Microsoft founder, Bill Gates to become world’s second-richest person. According to a…
Zoning: Let us respect agreement – Fashola
Ahead the 2023 general elections, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has strongly advised the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect and…
Presidential team meets Wike, other South South governors (Photos)
The rescheduled meeting between a Presidential team led by Chief of Staff, Professor Agboola Gambari and South South governors and ministers took place in…
Senate approves FG’s N148bn refund to five states
The senate has approved N148 billion as the debt payable to five states for road projects executed on behalf of the federal government. The upper legislative chamber approved the money after Clifford Ordia, chairman of the…
BREAKING: CBN retains interest rate at 11.5%
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the monetary policy rate (MPR), which determines interest rate, at 11.5 percent. Godwin…
Yemi Edun named among Britain’s most influential black people in the new powerlist
London property expert and acquisition agent, Yemi Edun, on Tuesday was named as one of the UK’s most influential black people in The Powerlist 2021.…
Capital market operators oppose Nigerian government’s proposed unclaimed dividend fund
The proposed plan by the Federal Government to manage unclaimed dividends, projected to hit N200bn by the end of this year, has drawn the ire of capital market operators on the adverse effects on investor confidence and…
Fourth Mainland Bridge: Lagos government, stakeholders reach environmental impact agreements
The Lagos State Government says it is running an all-inclusive government toward achieving quality road infrastructure delivery and seamless inter-connectivity, to eliminate gridlock in the state. The Special Adviser to the…
Court dissolves 10-year marriage over marathon sex
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, dissolved a 10-year- old marriage between one Basirat Adeyoyin and estranged husband, Adeyoyin Niyi over an attempted money ritual and marathon sex. Delivering judgment,…
Fact Check: Did Gowon steal half of CBN?
British MP, Tom Tugendhat in a speech in Parliament on Monday attacked Nigerian leaders of corruption. He specifically singled out General Yakubu Gowon of stealing half of Nigeria’s Central Bank of Nigeria,…
Buhari felicitates with Arthur Eze at 72
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday rejoiced with Arthur Eze on the occasion of his 72nd birthday, which comes up on Nov. 25. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr.…
Ohanaeze, MASSOB warn AYCF over utterances against Abaribe
The Movement for the actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the apex Igbo socio-cultural Organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned the leadership…
Drama as SARS victim spots police lawyer who ‘slapped him four times’
There was a mild drama at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters when a petitioner spotted one of his alleged assaulters, on…
“My wife sleeps with our pastor, church elder,” – Man tells court
Olumuyiwa Johnson, a father of two on Tuesday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 24-year-old marriage with his wife, Omotayo,…
Explosion rocks Shell, Agip oil fields in Bayelsa
An explosion rocked Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) oil facilities at Ikarama community, Yenagoa local government area (LGA) of Bayelsa state, on Monday. Ben Warder, a youth…
#EndSARS: Senate asks FG to use 1% of VAT to repair property destroyed by mobs
The senate has asked the federal government to use one percent of the revenue accrued to it from value added tax (VAT) to repair public and private property destroyed across the country during the #EndSARS protests. The…
BREAKING: Court revokes Maina’s son, Faisal’s bail, orders his arrest
A Federal High Court in Abuja has revoked the bail granted the son of ex-Chairman of the Pension Reform Tasks Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal and issued bench warrant for his arrest. Faisal is being tried for money…
Fans to return to English stadiums from next month
Fans will be able to return to football grounds from December 2 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to confirm new coronavirus measures on Monday. Premier League and Football League matches have been behind closed doors…
Biden’s cabinet takes shape
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced a slate of Cabinet nominees Monday, including Antony Blinken as secretary of state and Janet Yellen, who would be the first woman to serve as…