Covid-19: EPL rapid testing sparks outcry
THE Premier League has agreed a £4m deal with the Hong Kong biotechnology company Prenetics to provide coronavirus testing for players and staff, which is due to start next week. Premier…
Fresh lockdown looms in Lagos
THE Lagos State may impose a fresh lockdown on business activities and movement if the regulations for checking the spread of COVID-19 continue to be disregarded by the residents,…
Between freedom, coronavirus and money problems
We need to impose on ourselves the freedom of conscience in the pursuit of our daily bread. Remember, for our sword, we should wield our sanitizer …! On this one, we are on our own HONESTLY, judging by everything going on…
Nigerians spent N4.6 trillion eating out in 2019, says NBS
Nigerians spent N4.598 trillion on food consumed outside the home, the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed. This is the highest share of expenditure on food and on general food and non-food expenditure in the country for…
FG begins home feeding for schoolchildren this week
The Federal Government says the feeding of schoolchildren at home begins this week. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…
JUST IN: Another monarch dies in Kano
The Dan’iya of Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero, is dead. He was the district head of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area. Bayero was said to be the first district head Ajingi Local Government…
Nurse steals credit card of dying Coronavirus patient
A New York City hospital nurse will face charges for stealing a credit card of a dying Coronavirus patient while he was being hospitalized, the police said in a statement. Danielle Conti, 43, has been charged with grand larceny, petty…
Return 1-year tithes to members – Daddy Freeze tells Pastors
Controversial OAP, Daddy Freeze, has beseeched pastors to return tithes to their members before they begin to die of hunger. The media personality recently shared screenshot of a news report about how a US church refunded her members…
BREAKING: We may impose another lockdown if violation of rules continues – Sanwo-Olu
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, says his administration may be forced to review the ease of lockdown if residents continue to ignore public health guidelines.…
Obama says White House response to coronavirus has been ‘absolute chaotic disaster’
Former President Barack Obama delivered a blistering critique of the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis, describing it as "an absolute chaotic disaster" during a…
Ghana records highest COVID-19 cases in West Africa after easing lockdown
Ghana has the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in West Africa, The PUNCH reports. According to data obtained from the World Health Organisation, no fewer than 4,012 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ghana.…
‘N21.4bn’ fraud: AVM Adigun forfeits multibillion naira assets to FG
The Federal High Court in Lagos has approved the Federal Government’s request to temporarily sieze 12 landed properties linked to a former Director of Finance at the Nigerian…
Dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi welcomes baby girl with 4th wife
Dethroned former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday welcomed a baby girl with his 4th wife Saadatu Barkindo Mustapha. Saadatu Barkindo Mustapha an indigene of Adamawa state, got married to the…
“This one is not for the upcoming” -Fans left in awe as Toke Makinwa flaunts her expensive shoe…
Media personality, Toke Makinwa has once again proved that she is the ‘baby girl of life’. The OAP has taken to social media to join the shoe game challenge. Flaunting her own collection, the Yoruba born beauty showed off a huge…
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, Little Richard dies
Pioneering Rock and Roll singer Little Richard has died at the age of 87, his son Danny Penniman has told Rolling Stone. The magazine quoted him as saying his father's cause…
Woman poisons her husband to death, chops off his manhood
•Accuses victim of dating her best friend Says I poisoned his meal and watched him die painfully He lived dangerously –Victim’s uncle An eight-year-old marriage has…
FRSC turns back 791 vehicles from Lagos, Ogun boundaries
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it has turned back 791 vehicles from Ogun and Lagos States’ boundaries within five days, while enforcing the Federal Government’s restrictions on…
BREAKING: Lagos oldest judge dies at 102
A retired judge of the High Court of Lagos State, Justice Isiaka Isola Oluwa is dead. He was 102 years old. Justice Oluwa died in his home at Ilupeju, Lagos in the early…
NSE Commences Recruitment Process for Onyema’s Successor
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has started the recruitment process for the role of its Chief Executive Officer currently held by Mr. Oscar Onyema. This followed the appointment…
UK to introduce two-week quarantine for arrivals
Britain plans to introduce a 14-day mandatory quarantine for most international arrivals, reports said Saturday, despite growing pressure on the government to relax virus lockdown measures.…
FG seeks COVID-19 patients for herbal drug trials
The Federal Government says there are pharmaceutical processes and standards that must be observed before endorsing any proposed herbal or homegrown drug for use by coronavirus patients in the…
It’s unfortunate Kogi rejected our offer to help – NCDC
Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says Kogi rejected the help offered by the agency to ascertain the COVID-19 situation in the state. Kogi and Cross River are the two states yet to…
Impeachment: Oyo deputy governor outsmarts GSM
Despite the intensity of the plot to remove the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, it appears a Herculean task because most members of the state House of Assembly are with the Deputy…
COVID-19: FG to withhold passports of returning Nigerians
As Nigerians stranded in different foreign countries arrive in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government will keep their passports and places them under…