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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…

The Boko Haram crisis in North-East Nigeria means different things to different people. While to some, it is a war against Nigeria, few others perceive it as propagation of their ideals. For another category, however, it is just a business…

Lockdown relaxation kicked off Monday in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) amidst stern warning for residents to obey new measures to keep them…

The Senate on Tuesday asked the Nigerian government to immediately suspend planned deployment of 5G network to the nation. Senator Uche Ekwunife had drawn the attention of the upper…

Ibe Kachikwu, former minister of state for petroleum, has broken his long silence after exiting office as a minister in May 2019. Kachikwu, who also served as OPEC president in December 2015, said he just underwent prostate…

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says the number of reported Coronavirus cases in Africa has risen to over 46,500 as at May 4. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update…

As if the coronavirus pandemic that has virtually turned the world upside down with the grisly daily bulletin of deaths and more deaths and misery and…

Controversial politician and former Senator, Dino Melaye has concluded that Nigerian politicians including himself have failed Nigerians as the country continued to battle the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday expressed readiness to hold a public hearing on the contentious quarantine Act 2004 to replace the infectious diseases bill following criticism from the…

The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Tuesday announced another one COVID-19 related death, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 31. The ministry disclosed this…

Former Nigerian president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has remembered his boss and ex-president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who died 10 years ago. Umar Yar’Adua served as the 13th President of Nigeria from 2007…

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc, an American electric vehicle and clean energy  company,and Grimes, his girlfriend, have welcomed their first child together. Musk broke the news in a series of messages on his Twitter page while…

Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says the state has recorded another confirmed case of coronavirus. Sule made this known while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in the state on Tuesday.…

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), on Monday, alleged that it has intercepted a human intelligence report that the Nigeria House of Representatives leadership was poised to forcefully pass the compulsory vaccine bill…

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says Nigeria has started using remdesivir, an anti-retroviral drug, in managing COVID-19  patients. Addressing members of the house of representatives on Tuesday,…

Traditional rulers in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State have warned the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, to stop ‘further provocative, reckless and…

The Federal Government has disclosed that its focus right now is on Kano State because of the emerging issues of increased infections of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in…

Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to lay off 3,150 staff and move its operations from Gatwick Airport to Heathrow Airport. The layoff represents almost one-third of the airline’s total…