BREAKING: Court sentences Funke Akindele, husband to 14-day community service
A Magistrate court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband Abdulrasheed Bello a.k.a JJC skills to 14 days community service each. The court also directed them…
BREAKING: Funke Akindele pleads guilty for breaching lockdown rules
Actress Funke Akindele and her husband, Rasheed Bello pleaded guilty Monday for violating the social distancing rules of Lagos State. The couple was docked this morning at Ogba Magistrate…
Dangote Cement woos investors with N100 billion issue
Dangote Cement Plc, Africa’s leading cement manufacturer, is seeking to raise up to N100 billion in fresh funds from the bond market, under its NGN300 billion Debt Issuance Programme. …
BREAKING: Buhari orders $150m withdrawal from NSIA to augment FAAC disbursement
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that $150 million be withdrawn from the National Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national…
Pains, gains of total lockdown
It’s day seven of a 14-day restriction on movement in Lagos and Abuja. ROBERT EGBE looks at how residents have been coping in both states and elsewhere. How many grains of rice fill a Derica…
No link between 5G, COVID-19 – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says there’s no is no correlation between the Fifth Generation Technology (5G), Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Security. Dr Henry Nkemadu, Director,…
Funke Akindele arrives court, awaits trial over lockdown violation
Nollywood Actress, Funke Akindele Bello, has arrived the Ogba Magistrate Court for trial for allegedly violating the law restricting movement in the state, THE WITNESS reports. Akindele on Saturday…
COVID-19 is a crisis like no other, these are 10 effects the pandemic will have on Nigeria
After it was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation in January, Coronavirus (widely known as COVID-19) has so far spread to over 160 countries and territories, infecting over 1,000,000, and killing over 50,000…
Nnamdi Kanu explains why Nigeria, Southeast don’t need 5G network
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned against the installation of the Fifth Generation Mobile Networks, popularly known as 5G network in the Southeast. Kanu explained that Southeast should look…
HND graduates have no requisite qualification to be licensed Architects – ARCON president
The president, Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Oladipupo Gabriel Ajayi, has said holders of Higher National Diploma ( HND) in Architecture were excluded from registration by ARCON because people believe they do…
COVID-19: Death toll in Africa hits 383 as cases rise to 8,596
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has confirmed that there are now 8, 596 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa, with 383 deaths. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its…
COVID-19: Cross River commences enforcement of no-mask-no-movement
The Cross River State Government has commenced the enforcement of no-mask-movement policy. A statement signed by the Personal Assistant to the Commissioner for Health, Item Kris, said the state Garment Factory has heightened effort to…
COVID-19: NCDC, Dettol disown Funke Akindele after arrest over party
The National Centre for Disease and Control, NCDC has debunked reports that Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele is one of its ambassadors. Funke Akindele appeared in an advert on NCDC website where she was educating Nigerians on…
Gbadamosi apologizes for attending Akindele-Bello’s house party
Former Lagos Governorship aspirant, Babatunde Gbadamosi has apologized after partying with the Bello’s at their residence in Amen Estate amidst the coronavirus outbreak. DAILY POST had reported that Nigerians on the social media had…
COVID-19 lockdown: Gov Abiodun under attack for exempting Dangote trucks
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has criticised the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for exempting Dangote trucks from COVID-19 restriction order in the state. DAILY POST recalls that Ogun, alongside Lagos and…
COVID-19 lockdown: Bishop Chukwuma dares government, holds church service
Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, the Archbishop of the Enugu Province and Bishop of Enugu Anglican Diocese, on Sunday dared the government by holding a normal church service and announced that the Province will not shut any of its…
Anxiety in Kaduna as three COVID-19 cases are linked to governor’s retinue
There is tension in Kaduna State Government House, as three of the four cases of coronavirus in the state have been linked to the retinue of Governor Nasir el-Rufai. Staff of Sir Kashim Ibrahim…
Man United think Ighalo worth £70m in today’s transfer market
Manchester United have been so impressed with Odion Ighalo they think he’d be worth a huge £70million if he was five years younger, reports express.co.uk. The 30-year-old has been a big hit at Old Trafford ever since…
Why Tinubu has more followership in north than south – Reps member
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has more followership in the northern part of Nigeria than in the south, a member of the House of…
In coronavirus-wracked New York even a zoo tiger tests positive
A tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for Coronavirus, the institution said Sunday. The animal is believed to have contracted the virus from a caretaker who…
FCT, Lagos, Ogun communities ignore Buhari’s lockdown order
Hunger won’t allow us to stay at home – Lagos residents 36-year-old dies as coronavirus figure jumps to 232 Don’t bring Chinese doctors, NMA, nurses warn FG Residents of some communities…
Party video that puts Funke Akindele, hubby in trouble
Here is the 35 second video of the birthday party that put actress Funke Akindele and husband Abdul Rasheed Bello in trouble. The actress hosted the in-house party in her home at Amen…
Coronavirus: Femi Otedola fulfills pledge of N1bn donation
Days after pledging to support the fight against Coronavirus in Nigeria, Nigerian billionaire, philanthropist, and former chairman of Forte Oil PLC, Femi Otedola has redeemed his pledge. Otedola…
Nigeria and the life after
In Nigeria, my country of close to 200 million people, the COVID-19 lockdown began on March 30 in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As with nations the world over…