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Oil price rises above $31 

  Following ease of coronavirus lockdowns by some countries, oil price on Wednesday rose above $31 per barrel.  Brent crude has almost...

FG to auction some marginal oil fields, says NNPC’s Kyari 

    In spite of the crash in crude oil prices, the Federal Government says it will auction marginal oil fields later this...

Insecurity: Decentralize Nigeria Police Now, Senate tells FG

        …insists on community policing to be funded from LG grants   In a bid to address insecurity in the...

COVID-19: NTA Kastina GM, Ayinde Soaga, tests positive 

  The General Manager, NTA Kastina, Alhaj Ayinde Soaga, says he has tested positive for Coronavirus. He had personally posted his status on the...

COVID-19: N2trn stimulus to be injected into Nigeria’s economy — FG

  The Federal Government says a N2 trillion stimulus will soon be injected into the nation’s economy to cushion the effects of the...

Stop “Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020’’ now, civil society groups tell Gbajabiamila

  ….provisions draconian, inconsistent with civil rights, liberties Irked by the provisions of the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020 now before the...

COVID-19: Man, 22, loses life to lockdown ease rules enforcer

      A young man, who allegedly tangled with a security guard for refusing his sister entry into a market for not...

Just in: Lagos COVID-19 situation: 16 medical doctors test positive

      A scary and cheerless news came from the Lagos Medical Guild on Monday as it announced that 16 medical doctors...

Lockdown ease: Chaotic, crowded public places, banks, others frightens PTF 

  …fears more cases may be recorded …wants Northern governors to halt  almajiri deportation The Presidential Taskforce on coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic says the...

Disruption of #RevolutionNow protest: Court orders FG to pay lawyer N1m

  …to also apologise in 3 newspapers for tear gassing him …judge condemns mass arrest, harassment, tear-gassing, clamping into detention of protesters For...

U.S returns $312m of Abacha loot to Nigeria

    The US Justice Department on Friday sent US$311,797,866m to the Nigerian government that had been laundered by late leader Sani Abacha...

Nigeria’s economy in dire straits, incapacitated, says Tinubu

    … lower interest rates ’ll spur domestic investment, production, create jobs and wealth …foreign borrowing has created highly imbalanced, imperfect economy...

Nigerian Emir dies in COVID-19 isolation centre

      Barely three days in isolation centre, the Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmad Asha, has passed on....

Sylva lays Infectious Disease Hospital foundation for South-South in Yenagoa

    …commends nation’s oil and gas industry for initiative …facility ready in 18 months The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief...

COVID-19 claims retired civil servant as first casualty in Kaduna

… government approves daily incentives, life insurance for health workers   By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri   A retired civil servant in Kaduna State...

Kano Gov Ganduje Ease Coronavirus Restrictions As Cases Rise

    Some supermarkets, business and other close-contact services in Kano prepares to open Monday as governor Abdullahi Ganduje eased coronavirus shutdown amid...