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Socio-Economic Rights Agenda, SERAP has taken on the challenge thrown at it by Justice Minister and attorney-general of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, by listing…

The authorities in Italy have closed down museums, theatres, cinemas and other entertainment venues nationwide to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The new regulation was…

The wife of South Africa’s first novel coronavirus patient tested positive on Sunday becoming the third confirmed case in the country, the health authority said. All three of South Africa’s confirmed cases were in a group…

Chief Subomi Balogun, entrepreneur and Chairman, First City Monument Bank, tells SIMON UTEBOR that though he trained as a lawyer in London School of Economics, UK, his foray into investment and banking was divinely…

The Kano State government has started ridding its streets of Almajiri as it begins to put into effect its recent ban on begging in the state. About 1500 of such young beggars…

Controversial male barbie doll and popular Nigerian cross dresser, Idris Okuneye Olorunwaje popularly known as Bobrisky was arrested few hours ago for allegedly defrauding a…

Were you as disgusted as I was on Monday when the Cross River house of assembly voted against confirming Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive chief judge of the state for purely ethnic reasons? In the wisdom of the state lawmakers,…

THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Friday warned the feuding groups in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to keep off the party’s national secretariat in Abuja for now. Operatives…

As it would be expected, Nigerians have been panic-stricken since the deadly Coronavirus, which broke out in China, found its way into the country last week. Although the index case of an Italian visitor to…

Ahead of his first Manchester derby, Odion Ighalo reveals how he spent his lunch money on watching Manchester United as a child – and explains how his Deadline Day move came about. Ighalo has always loved Manchester United. Growing…

Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has commended the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the federal government on how they are managing the coronavirus in the country. Writing…

Former Denmark international midfielder Thomas Kahlenberg has tested positive for coronavirus and his former club Brondby said 13 members of its staff had been put into quarantine as a result. It has been reported that several…

Some education stakeholders have expressed worries and called for cordial working relationship between management and governing council of the University of Lagos. The stakeholders spoke against…

Wives of police officers fighting Boko Haram in the North-East have told the Federal Government to immediately redeploy their husbands from the battling round. The women, who marched through some streets in Jos dressed in black…

The Italian government is poised to introduce tough new measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus, including telling people not to enter or leave the hardest-hit region of Lombardy, according to a draft decree. So far,…

Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit people’s concerns about the new coronavirus. The ban covers advertisements on the social media…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, as he marks his 63rd birthday on Sunday March 8, 2020. Lawan noted the many outstanding achievements of Osinbajo as an erudite…

Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has been described by Steve McClaren as the perfect striker for Manchester United, as the former Old Trafford legend tipped the Nigeria international to be handed a starting role in the…

Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on his 63 birthday described him as a very courageous and dependable person. In a congratulatory message, the speaker who has known the vice president for…

Mayor of Washington D.C. Muriel Bowser said a Nigerian who passed through the US capital city has tested positive for coronavirus in neighbouring state of Maryland. She announced this at a…

Nigerian-New Zealander Israel Adesanya has retained the UFC middleweight title, beating Cuban Yoel Romero at UFC 248 in the fifth round. The judges scored the five-round…

The Lagos State government said yesterday it was monitoring 349 people in the State over coronavirus. Those being monitored are from arrivals from endemic countries,…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be taking the first step towards the resolution of the crisis rocking it. The crisis is threatening the…

In few months time, it would be 12 years since the late Generalissimo of Ibadan politics, Pa Lamidi Adedibu passed on, OZIEGBE OKOEKI recently visited the home of the former strongman of Ibadan…