Revealed: There are lots of crappy actors, actresses in Nollywood – Yul Edochie
Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has come hard on Nollywood, revealing that there are lots of crappy actors, actresses and directors in the industry. Edochie, in…
13-year-old pupil commits suicide in Cross River
A 13-year-old Junior Secondary School 2 pupil, Josephine Wonah, has allegedly committed suicide. The incident happened in the Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State.…
We are probing Lacazette over balloon incident – Arsenal
Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette is being investigated by the club after a video emerged online where he is seen inhaling gas from a balloon, according to media reports on Sunday. The…
Nigeria can no longer afford presidential system of government – Aganga
A former Minister of Finance, and later Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, speaks with IFEANYI ONUBA on the management of the country’s Sovereign Wealth Fund and steps that can be taken by the Federal…
I’ve no pact with Akeredolu, says Oke
Following the controversy that surrounded his selection as a consensus candidate of the Unity Forum of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusola Oke, on Sunday maintained that his…
Malami’s ‘debt collectors’ demand $1.5bn over terminated contract
Nigeria may be heading for another billion-dollar arbitration as a debt-recovery firm is demanding $1,501,539,032 from the federal government over a botched…
COVID-19: Spain’s daily death toll drops to 87 — lowest in two months
Spain has recorded less than 100 deaths from COVID-19 complications, the least casualty figure from the disease in the country in two months. The country’s ministry of health said…
Relief in Italy as daily death toll, new case falls
Italy Sunday recorded a decrease in daily death toll and new coronavirus case count for the first time since March. The Civil Protection Agency said its daily death toll from the COVID-19…
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…