How I faced investigative panel during 8th Assembly – Desmond Elliott, lawmaker
The Member representing Surulere 1 Constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Desmond Elliott, speaks with MUDIAGA AFFE on the crisis rocking the House and the…
Nothing wrong with taking more loans, says Presidency
There is nothing wrong in taking more loans to finance specific projects, the Presidency said on Sunday. It urged those criticising efforts in borrowing to…
Policeman on the run after testing positive for Coronavirus in Abuja
A Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, is on the run in Abuja after testing positive for Coronavirus. Report had it that Police authorities and officials of the National…
CBN naira defence depletes foreign reserves by $3.17bn
Forex scarcity due to falling crude oil price forced the Central Bank of Nigeria to access the country’s foreign reserves to make forex available in the economy; NIKE POPOOLA reports that…
Trump’s Ratings on the Virus Are Sagging. Why Isn’t Biden Surging?
It’s been a little over a month since Joe Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and what a month it’s been. Or rather, what a month it hasn’t been.…
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state has announced the first COVID-19 death in the state. During a media briefing on the update of COVID-19 in Plateau, the governor explained that the patient…
Wike’s Chief Press Secretary, Simeon Nwakaudu is dead
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has lost his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, who also doubled as his Chief Press Secretary, CPS. In a statement signed…
15 more Coronavirus patients sent home from Lagos Isolation Centre
The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced the discharge of 15 more Coronavirus patients after they tested negative twice for the virus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed…
Nigeria hit with 338 new Coronavirus cases, Lagos, Kano record spikes
Nigeria has been hit with 338 new cases of Coronavirus, with Lagos and Kano recording serious spikes in infections. In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,…
Hope as race for Coronavirus vaccine hots up
DETERMINED to save lives in a country with rising Coronavirus infections (5,621 confirmed cases and 176 deaths as at yesterday), President Muhammadu Buhari has directed…
BREAKING: Buhari to address the nation on Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation in a broadcast on Monday following the end of the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown. Aliyu Sani, the national…
Buhari extends tenure of Ben Akabueze as DG of Budget Office
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Benjamin Akabueze as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance said Akabueze’s…
BREAKING: Lagos govt reveals plans to reopen economy, worship centres, others
Lagos State is considering the full re-opening of the critical sectors of its economy, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Sunday. But the move will not be pushed in a hurry. In the coming days, Sanwo-Olu…
COVID -19: Buhari meets PTF on next phase
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, had an audience with the Presidential Task Force PTF on the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic at the State House. The PTF, headed by the Secretary to the…
Drama as pastors deny ministry, members to evade arrest in Abuja
Following the COVID-19 restriction, three pastors of some new generation churches on Sunday in Abuja denied their ministries and members after operatives of the Federal…
JUST IN: Foreign aviation company caught conducting commercial flights into Nigeria
Flair Aviation, an aviation company with ties to Germany and the United Kingdom, has been caught operating commercial flights into Nigeria. Hadi Sirika (pictured), the minister of aviation, said the…
Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi advised Abacha to save money abroad – Galadima
Buba Galadima was a member of Board of Trustees, National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in 1978. He was at some point, the National Secretary, defunct Congress for Progressive Change…
Welcome to Fire, Prof Gambari
In the 1960s, when Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari was an A Level student at the King’s College, Lagos, the Yoruba students always had a good laugh anytime his…
Uncommitted Cargoes Down Drastically, Reason for Oil Price Rise – Kyari
After weeks of unprecedented global lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged businesses, forcing closures and massive supply glut in the oil market, respite…
‘COVID-19 is no joke… return to God’ — emir of Daura speaks after recovery
Umar Faruq, emir of Daura in Katsina state, says COVID-19 is not a joke. Umar, who was speaking on his recovery from the disease, on Saturday, described the pandemic as a…
Foreign airlines may resume flights to Lagos, Abuja airports June
Some foreign airlines are allegedly planning to resume flights to Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt airports despite the ban on international commercial flights…
COVID-19: Madagascar drug to get quick lab analysis, says NAFDAC
Following the arrival of the Madagascar herbal cure for COVID-19 in Nigeria on Saturday, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has promised to fast-track…
30 workers in same company test positive for COVID-19 in Oyo
Thirty-one new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Oyo state, and 30 of them are staff members of the same company. Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, made the announcement in a statement…
R.I.P., the American Economy
*Trump’s America is Facing Unparalleled Economic Disaster By Umair Haque See that chart above? That’s the American economy, dying. It shows retail sales across the…