Nigeria’s 4th evacuation flight departs U.S.; two families dropped
The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure. An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees…
Roche drug trial for COVID-19 fails
Swiss drug maker Roche today announced the failure of its Actemra/RoActemra drug to treat patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19-related pneumonia. The “COVACTA trial did not meet its…
Big blow to Obaseki: Campaign director Iyoha, 2 others quit
Mr Patrick Iyoha, Director, Obaseki/Shaibu Movement and a member of the state Waste Management Board, has resigned his appointment. Iyoha in a letter dated July 28, addressed to Gov. Godwin Obaseki,…
As NDDC bleeds…
The skanky notes slushing out of the common patrimony of the oil-producing areas have done incalculable damage to the memories of the heroes/martyrs of the famed Niger Delta struggle.…
AfDB President Adesina & wife mark 36th wedding anniversary
President of African Development Bank (AfD), Akinwumi Adesina, celebrated his 36th wedding anniversary with his wife, Grace. Adesina, a former Minister of Agriculture and Rural…
Nigeria records 624 new COVID-19 cases in 18 States, Lagos leads
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday announced 624 new COVID-19 cases in 18 States in the nation, with Lagos topping the chat. The total number of…
Record COVID-19 deaths in 4 U.S. states
U.S. states of Arkansas, Florida, Montana and Oregon posted record spikes in COVID-19 death toll on Tuesday. California recorded 133 deaths by mid-afternoon, shy of its…
Don’t focus on things I said in the past – Oshiomhole tells PDP
THOUSANDS of youths under the aegis of the ‘Edo Youth Solidarity Movement’ have backed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. They hoped his…
House of Reps tackles Akpabio again, accuses him of playing games
The House of Representatives urged Nigerians not to relent in asking from Niger Delta Minister, Godswill Akpabio and the Interim Management Committee, how N81.5billion was squandered…
Joe Biden set to announce running mate: the possibles
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden’s search for a running mate for the Nov. 3 election is drawing to a close. Indeed he said he would make his choice known by next…
Lagos flags off distribution of food packs to 2,200 indigent pregnant women
The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday flagged off the distribution of food packs to 2,200 indigent pregnant women under the pilot scheme of its Mother, Infant and Child (M.I.C.H) Programme.…
Father jailed for 20 years after testing daughter’s virginity
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Emmanuel Idoko, to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his…
Who is Stella Immanuel? Five facts about her
A U.S-based Cameroonian medical officer, Dr Stella Immanuel stirred the media on Tuesday after a video went viral of her and her colleagues protesting at the premises of U.S Supreme…
10 passengers cheat death as boat capsizes in Lagos
Ten people have escaped death as a boat capsized on Ilashe-Ikoyi waterfront, on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management…
62 more Coronavirus patients recover in Lagos, discharged
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday discharged 62 more Coronavirus patients who recovered from the virus after testing negative. The Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in…
Nigeria signs $1.5b pre-payment deal with oil traders Vitol, Matrix Energy
The NNPC has signed a $1.5 billion prepayment deal led by Standard Chartered and backed by oil traders Vitol Group and Matrix Energy. It was the first such agreement since the COVID-19…
Between NASS and ‘Storm Akpabio’
Politics has its limitations, and there is a limit to which class interest gets the better of public interest. That seems what we are getting to see in the ruckus…
Many feared dead in cooking gas explosion in Ajao Estate, Lagos (Video)
Many people were feared dead on Tuesday night after a cooking gas explosion hit Ajao Estate. Eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident reported that dismembered bodies of those that died could be seen in the rubbles left behind by the…
Maina released after nine months in detention
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, nine months after his arrest. The Economic and…
FG rakes in N651.77bn from VAT in six months
Revenue generated from value-added tax increased by 8.45 percent from the N600.9 billion realised in half-year 2019 to N651.7 billion in 2020. According to the sectoral distribution on…
‘I only advise Buhari’ — Mamman Daura breaks silence on relationship with president
Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s older nephew, says he only advises, not dictate to him. The Vanguard quoted Daura to have made the statement in an interview with BBC…
Hydroxychloroquine: US’ disease expert, Fauci deflates Trump, Immanuel’s argument
Dr. Anthony Fauci, US’ top infectious disease expert, has deflated argument by President Donald Trump and Dr. Stella Immanuel that hydroxychloroquine is a tested cure for coronavirus. Trump had tweeted over…
Ex-commissioners lash Obaseki
The commissioners representing the three senatorial districts of Edo State in the Edo State Oil Gas Producing Area Commission (EDOSOPADEC), who announced their resignation on…
SHAREHOLDERS COMMEND NASCON’S PROMPT DIVIDEND PAYMENT
…URGE COMPANY TO TARGET MORE MARKETS Shareholders of NASCON Allied Industries Plc, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited have expressed satisfaction at the performance of the company but…