BREAKING: Tribunal annuls Bayelsa governorship election
The Bayelsa state governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja has annulled the election of Duoye Diri, governor of Bayelsa state. The Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) had…
Boy, 13, bags 10 years imprisonment for blasphemy in Kano
A 13-year-old boy Umar Farouq in Kano who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for blasphemy has gotten the attention of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. The agency condemned the blasphemy laws in Nigeria and…
Oil prices rise on back of China’s huge booking for US crude
Oil prices rose on Monday as China’s plans to ship in large volumes of U.S. crude in August and September outweighed concerns over a slowdown in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic and an…
Ghana opens all tertiary schools next week for final year students
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana said late Sunday that tertiary schools will reopen on Aug. 24 for students who have yet to complete the academic year. The government will put…
Lyon shares surge on stock market after thrashing Man City
Shares in the French soccer club, Olympique Lyonnais (OL), surged on Monday, following Lyon’s surprise victory over Manchester City in Europe’s top-flight Champions League…
Japanese economy shrinks by 27.8 percent
The Japanese economy contracted at an annualised rate of 27.8 per cent in the second quarter, as the world’s third-largest economy was devastated by the novel coronavirus…
Mississippi cops charged with murder over 2019 death of Black man
Three Jackson, Mississippi, police officers have been indicted on second-degree murder charges for the fatal beating of a Black man in January 2019. Officers Desmond Barney, Lincoln…
Daukoru resumes as NLNG chairman
Former Nigerian Minister of State for Energy, Edmund Daukoru has formally assumed duty as chairman of the board of directors of Nigeria LNG Limited following a ceremony at the corporate head office…
Aubameyang agrees £250,000 a week contract with Arsenal – Reports
Gabon international, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has reportedly agreed a new £250,000-a-week contract with Arsenal. The new deal is for three years, according to UK…
Governors, lawmakers, others share 774,000 jobs
Ministers, religious institutions, transport workers, women societies, CSOs get slots ’Oct. take off on course’ The wrangling over the 774,000 public works jobs initiated by the…
Customs intercepts N10b contraband
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ said over the weekend that it intercepted contraband with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10 billion. The acting Customs…
Legislative polls: APC releases timetable for senatorial, other positions
Senatorial aspirants jostling for the All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets in the forthcoming legislative by-elections are to pay N7 million for the party’s expression of…
JUST IN: DSS issues fresh invitation to Mailafiya
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr Obadiah Mailafiya has been re-invited by the Department of State Security (DSS) for further discussions. The Nation learnt…
Bush-Alebiosu mourns Lanre Razak
The former lawmaker representing Kosofe federal constituency of Lagos State, Dayo Bush-Alebiosu has condoled with the family of late Chief Lanre Razak. Lanre Razak, popularly known as KLM in…
Many Nollywood stars have Coronavirus, go for test – Omotola
Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has said many of her colleagues have Coronavirus and called on the Actors Guild of Nigeria to asked all members to undergo test for…
Mail-in-Voting: US Congress summons U.S. Postal Service chiefs
As mail-in voting becomes a point of contention in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, Democrats in Congress have requested Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Chairman of the United…
No going back on support for Southern Presidency in 2023 – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday said there is no going back on his support that the 2023 presidency should shifts to Southern part of Nigeria. El-Rufai, who spoke on…
‘I was shaking in tears’ — Kate Henshaw narrates COVID-19 test experience
Kate Henshaw, a Nollywood actress, says her test for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus, was not a funny experience. The movie star took to her social media page on…
Nigeria posts 298 new COVID-19 cases
Nigeria posted another low figure for confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the national tally topped 49,000. According to the NCDC, 298 new cases were recorded countrywide with Plateau…
Sanwo-Olu leads Lagos Govt to late Razak’s family
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy Obafemi Hamzat on Sunday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late All Progressives Congress’ chieftain Lanre Razak in Epe. They were…
Biden leads Trump in latest poll
The latest poll by NBC news and Wall Street Journal released on Sunday shows US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by 9 points. Th poll result…
Nigeria overwhelmed by corruption, says Sagay
Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said Nigeria is “overwhelmed” by corruption. But he assured that the…
CBN’s stress test clears banks
Banks are strong enough to withstand the COVID-19 pandemic impact, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stress test has revealed. The Deposit Money Bank’s (DMB’s) balance…
NNPC rules out equity sale, reduces debts in JV with Shell, Chevron, others to $2bn
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has backpedalled from selling its equity in oil assets because of low oil prices and general poor state of the industry. Group…