Low morale: Return to duty posts or face dismissal, PSC warns policemen
The Police Service Commission has frowned on the refusal of some policemen to return to their duty posts following the killing of about 22 cops during the violence that broke out in the aftermath of the #EndSARS…
WTO: European Council Insists on Okonjo-Iweala as DG
•Nigeria reaches out to US, others to clear bottlenecks The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, yesterday reiterated Europe’s support for the bid of Nigeria’s former…
American activists ready for street protests if Trump meddles with vote counting
Dozens of activist groups who claim to represent millions of Americans from both political parties plan to hit the streets from next Wednesday, a day after the election. This will happen if…
Neymar out of action till mid-November
Paris Saint Germain’s Brazil forward Neymar will be sidelined until after the international break in mid-November, the coach Thomas Tuchel said on Friday. This development follows his injury…
Looters of NYSC camp will be apprehended, prosecuted – IG
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has assured that hoodlums who carted away items meant for corps members would be tracked and made to face the law. Adamu said this on Friday…
COVID-19: Lagos posts more than half of new cases in Nigeria
Lagos State on Friday posted more than half of the new COVID-19 cases in the country. Figures from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday showed that Nigeria posted 170 new…
Biden or Trump?: Prof. Lichtman predicts White House winner
Allan Lichtman, a history professor at American University, known as the “Nostradamus” of presidential elections, has pronounced his verdict for 2020. In a video made for New York…
Video: Taaooma, Abula share their engagement story
Popular Nigerian Instagram comedienne and skit maker Mariam Apaokagi, popularly known as Taaooma or Tao has officially announced that she’s engaged to longtime boyfriend Abula. The couple had…
DJ Switch pens message to her followers
Nigerian disc jockey, songwriter and musician Obianuju Catherine Udeh, professionally known as DJ Switch, took to Twitter to share a note with her followers. Switch emerged winner of the first…
#EndSARS: I want to be IGP in future, says boy arrested in police uniform
Gift Osayuhi, a boy who was arrested during the #EndSARS protest in Benin, Edo state, says he hopes to become a police officer and eventually rise to the highest office of the Inspector-General of…
Trump accuses U.S. doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths
U.S. President Donald Trump has falsely accused doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths, with the virus exploding in many states. However, his challenger Joe Biden said…
2023: Ihedioha revs campaign machinery
According to reliable sources, sacked governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, is back in town after months of staying away from the state following his removal by the Supreme Court, and he is…
Kano wins IGR leadership award
Kano State has won the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Leadership Award 2019/2020. The award was presented to the Executive Chairman of Kano State Internal Revenue Service, Abdurrazak Datti…
Will Oba Akiolu ever forgive youths?
One of the negative outcomes of the violence caused by the EndSARS protest in Nigeria was the attack and looting of Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos’ palace. Being a highly respected traditional…
BREAKING: CAF President Ahmad Ahmad contracts COVID-19
President of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, Ahmad Ahmad has contracted COVID-19. A statement on CAF’s website said after he arrived Egypt on Wednesday, October 18, he presented…
Italian police bust Nigerian mafia gang, leader Okenwa, 72 others arrested
No fewer than 73 members of a Nigerian mafia organisation in Italy, including their leader, 50-year-old Emmanuel Okenwa aka ‘Boogye’, have been arrested. The operation was carried out by more than 200 Italian…
PSG under fire for releasing Thiago Silva to Chelsea
French pundit, Pierre Mendes has attacked Ligue 1 outfit Paris Saint Germain for letting Thiago Silva join Chelsea without any replacement on ground. Silva joined the West London club in the…
600 companies applied to bid for 57 marginal oil fields – DPR
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says 600 companies have applied to be prequalified for the marginal oil fields bid rounds. Paul Osu, DPR head of public affairs, told NAN on Friday that the bid round process for its 57…
JUST IN: Soldiers stop Lagos judicial panel from accessing military mortuary
Soldiers manning the gate at the Military Hospital in Ikoyi have stopped the Lagos judicial panel on #EndSARS from assessing the hospital’s mortuary. The panel, unannounced, on Friday went to the hospital on investigation into…
Lagosians panic over police absence on roads
LAGOSIANS have expressed worry over the continued absence of policemen on major roads and streets in the state. For instance, many vehicles stationed at flashpoints in different parts of the state to ensure police…
REVEALED: UK govt trained SARS operatives for four years
The United Kingdom government trained the operatives of the disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS) for four years, according to a top government official in Britain. In a letter dated…
US firm rakes in $1.1bn ahead of COVID-19 vaccine launch
Moderna Therapeutics, a US biotech firm, says it has received $1.1 customer deposits ahead of its global COVID-19 vaccine launch. The biotechnology company revealed this in its third quarter…
Nigeria records all-time high electricity transmission of 5,459MW
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the power sector has recorded an all-time national peak of 5,459.50 megawatts (MW). In a statement on Thursday, Ndidi Mbah, TCN general…
Apple iPhone sales tumble, trimming profit
Apple shares were sent reeling Thursday on word of a steep drop in sales of iPhones, which are at the heart of the tech titan’s money-making engine. Apple profit fell 7 per cent to $12.7 billion in the recently ended quarter,…