Ex-I-G advises against banning of SARS
A former Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Mike Okiro has advised against the ban of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
BREAKING: Trump says he won’t participate in a virtual debate; Biden accepts the commission’s offer
Trump said in a television interview Thursday that he would not participate in a virtual town hall with Biden, dismissing a format announced less than an hour earlier by the Commission on…
YouTube announces $100m ‘Black Voices Fund’ for Nigerian artists, creators
YouTube on Thursday announced that artists and creators from Nigeria could apply for grants from its global 100 million dollar Black Voices Fund. Alex Okosi, Managing Director,…
Second Trump-Biden debate will be virtual, commission announces
The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, scheduled for next week, will be conducted virtually. The shift…
Lawyer files further statement against Oxford University over wrong dictionary definitions
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ogedi Ogu, has filed a further statement on oath before a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, in a suit against Oxford University Press, over alleged wrong words definition in its…
BREAKING: No enrolment on IPPIS, no salary – Buhari tells ASUU, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that no civil servant on the payroll of the Federal Government will receive salary henceforth without enrolment on the Integrated Payroll and…
PHOTOS: Protesters besiege police headquarters in Abuja, demand scrapping of SARS
Nigerians demanding for the end of Nigeria Police Force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad have besieged the force headquarters, Abuja. The campaigners have paralyzed vehicular…
BREAKING: Buhari presents 2021 budget, N’Assembly gets N128bn
The National Assembly will be funded with N128 billion in 2021. This is as the President Muhammadu Buhari, admitted that the Federal Government is spending more on recurrent…
Remittances to Africa shrinks by $18billion due to COVID – ECA report
The COVID-19 pandemic is projected to cost the African continent $18 billion in remittances, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has said. A new report launched…
Ozil misses out on Arsenal’s Europa League squad
Ozil, who is the Gunners’ highest-earning player with up to £350,000 ($454,000) a week, is one of two senior players left out by coach Mikel Arteta’’s squad for UEFA’s second prized…
Eight confirmed dead, 25 buildings affected in Lagos gas explosion
Eight persons have been killed in the gas explosion that occurred in Baruwa community, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The explosion, which reportedly emanated from the…
Oil dispute: Nigeria escapes $1.5bn liability as US tribunal rules against Interocean
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute in the United States has relieved Nigeria of a $1.5bn liability in an application for arbitration filed by two oil companies. Abubakar Malami, minister of…
Buhari is 76, oil price should be N76/litre – Guru Maharaj Ji
The founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to review the price of petrol in Nigeria because of the hardship it is causing Nigerians.…
When ISIS attacks Vatican, ‘you would wish I was elected President’ – Trump blasts Pope Francis
US President, Donald Trump has replied Pope Francis, who earlier criticized him and described him as non-Christian. Trump responded to the criticism at a campaign rally in Kiawah Island, S.C., warning the pontiff about the…
3 Libyans pour petrol on Nigerian migrant worker, watch him burn to death
A yet-to-be identified Nigerian migrant worker in Libya has been burned to death in Tripoli, the capital, U.N. and government officials said today. It was the latest in abuses that…
FG announces 3-day closure of Third mainland bridge
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a three-day total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The bridge will be totally shut from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday to enable contractors carry out…
George Floyd’s Killer-police officer, Derek Chauvin released from jail
Derek Chauvin, the main police officer charged in the killing of African-American, George Floyd, has been released from jail, according to Fox News. Chauvin, a former Metropolitan officer, was…
Bamalli: Northern govs send message to new Emir of Zazzau
The Northern Governors Forum, on Wednesday, felicitated with the new Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. The northern governors said God ordained the emergence of Bamalli so he can…
US: Trump is not a Christian – Pope Francis
Pope Francis, on Wednesday, said that President Donald Trump of the United States of America “is not Christian.” The Pope was reacting to Trump’s campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a…
COVID-19: NCDC confirms 155 new cases as total hits over 59,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria. NCDC announced this in a tweet on its official twitter handle on Wednesday night. It said the COVID-19 national death toll in…
Those agitating for Biafra are mad – Rev Uma Ukpai
Uma Ukpai, popular evangelist, has slammed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, over their agitation for a new country. Ukpai, who is…
Customs nabs Dubai-bound passenger with 5,342 ATM cards in Kano
The Nigeria Custom Service, Kano/Jigawa Command has arrested a Dubai-bound passenger in possession of 5,342 ATM cards at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.…
Pressure on Ndume over Maina whereabouts
The whereabouts of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina and his son, Faisal were unknown. It was learnt that complaints have been made…
BREAKING: Gas Explosion In Ipaja
Reports reaching us say there has been a gas explosion at Bestroof Gas Station at Baruwa Inside in the Ipaja, Alimosho Local government Area of Lagos State. Eyewitness reports say the…