Buhari launches 12.5kg bar of gold worth N268m, says Nigeria losses $3bn in six years to illegal miners
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday did a virtual launch of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (PAGMI) at the...
UN warns of ‘alarming decline’ in childhood vaccinations due to Coronavirus
The United Nations on Wednesday warned of an alarming drop in childhood vaccinations because of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying a child born...
Hours after his release, Magu blasts masterminds of his trial, says allegations against him nonsense
Few hours after he was released from the 10-day police custody, the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Magu’s probe: Youths rally support for Buhari, Malami, say anti-graft fight to save their future
detest deliberate falsehoods, dirty imaginations, misdirected vengeful attacks on Malami alert of plans to destabilize government and takeover...
FEC approves 2021-2023 MTEF, plans N12.66trn annual budget for three years
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) with an annual...
It’s not yet safe to reopen schools, FG, teachers say
Despite the call by the House of Representatives on President, Muhammadu Buhari to order a partial reopening of schools to allow pupils...
Embattled Magu released from 9 -day detention
The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been released on bail Wednesday. Details...
In Iraq bodies lay in the sun as morgues overflow with Covid-19 casualties
Hospitals and morgues in Iraq are “overwhelmed” according to reports from Baghdad with the chance of contracting the virus remaining...
Former NIMASA director Captain Ezekiel Agaba sentenced to prison for N1.5b theft
A former director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Captain Ezekiel Agaba, was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday for...
Veteran sports journalist Henrietta Ukaigwe dies
The founder of the Female Football Interest Group, FFIG, Henrietta Ukaigwe has died. The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) announced...
First Covid-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final trials
The first coronavirus vaccine tested in the US caused people to produce antibodies in the way scientists have hoped, as the shots...
Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot dies in auto accident
Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot is dead. She succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic crash Tuesday in...
Horny village pastor lures neighbour’s 10-year-old girl to his room, rapes her
A demonic and frisky Christian cleric, who allegedly tricked a co-tenant’s 10-year-old girl to his room and raped her, is now cooling his heels...
Manchester City win appeal to overturn Champions League ban
Manchester City football club will compete in next season’s Uefa Champions League after the English club had their two-year ban from European...
FG restates commitment to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty in the next decade
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is...
