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Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, on Tuesday, lost his mother, Kakah Hajja, in Borno State. The late Hajja allegedly died after a brief illness at her home in Maiduguri, Borno State and will be buried this morning.…

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has approved payment of N25,000 daily allowance to medical doctors involved in handling coronavirus pandemic in the state. The…

Katherine Esther Jackson, the mother of the famous Jackson Five and Janet (all artistes) – turned 90 on Monday, 4 May, 2020. MJ’s daughter, Paris Jackson, took to Instagram…

The United States President Donald Trump said he’s sending 250 ventilators to Nigeria to help fight the coronavirus. He revealed on Tuesday the size of the aid he…

BARELY 24 hours after receiving $311 million Abacha loot from the United States and the Island of Jersey, the Federal Government has been handed the $3.4 billion emergency fund it requested…

A GERMAN-U.S. coronavirus vaccine has been administered to human test subjects in the U.S., the companies involved reported on Tuesday. After preliminary tests in Germany, Biontech of Mainz…

THE Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid 19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday unfolded plans by government to build, at…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has described the late President Umaru Musa-Yar’adua as a honest and sincere public servant. Buhari, in his message to commemorate the 10th year…

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says there is no evidence yet that the mass deaths occuring in Kano state are caused by COVID-19. Ehanire, who was addressing the house of…

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to lock down the country for a…

Kemi Olunloyo has courted controversy on social media after stating that Igbo girls are the least educated in Nigeria. Taking to her twitter page, kemi Olunloyo wrote that most girls from the Nigerian tribe have a ‘housegirl and…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is investigating traditional medical products for the treatment of COVID-19. In a statement issued on Monday, the organisation said it “recognises that traditional, complementary and…

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the country’s top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, would testify before the Senate. But he has blocked him from testifying…

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday appointed new Emir of Rano to replace the late Emir, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Illa. The new Emir of Rano is Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad…

The Lagos state government on Tuesday discharged 60 more COVID-19 patients. The patients were discharged from the Infectious Disease Center in Yaba, Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki Isolation facilities, the state reported. The Incident…

A female police officer identified as Owolafe Omoadoni has gone viral across social media, moments after posting her photos on Twitter. The female police officer who was recruited in 2018, goes by the nick Baby Cop on the platform and…

A woman who slept with her landlord to feed her husband and kids during this ongoing coronavirus lockdown has cried out for help as her conscience continues to torment her. The woman who expressed remorse for sleeping with her landlord,…

Sex workers in Ondo state have devised new tactics to keep business going during the coronavirus lockdown as clampdown from government officials continues in the state. Like every category of workers and business owners in the country, the…

Oil prices rose for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday, with the international crude benchmark Brent trading for $30.31 its best level since April 13. Equities also soared on hopes for…

                The Joint Admissions and Ma­triculation Board (JAMB) has been trending all day in Twitter Nigeria as the exam body gets the accolade of Nigerians for remitting yet some new billions to the Federal treasury. JAMB…

Newcastle United have been linked with a move for the former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine was relieved of his duties earlier this season and he is free to join the Magpies. However, ESPN claims that Newcastle…

The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 250,000 on Friday – increasing by over 100,000 deaths since April 17 – according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. continues to outpace the rest of the…

The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and partners on the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets, MANTRA, Tuesday, lauded another repatriation of $311,797,866 of…

The Lebanese Community in Lagos has donated eight truck load of various food items and an ambulance worth N82.5 million to the Lagos State Government to support the…