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Like U.S. Pres.Trump, Buhari bows to pressure, wears face mask

President Muhammadu Buhari was on Thursday spotted wearing the N95 nose mask, the first time since the outbreak of the novel COVID-19 pandemic. Buhari was...

Shortage of medical personnel, power outage, poor funding hit Aso Rock Clinic 

  Shortage of medical personnel, frequent power outage and lean budgetary provisions have hit the State House Clinic. The challenges have seriously affected the waiting time...

NDDC Contracts: Akpabio eats his words, denies lawmakers got 60 per cent of contracts

  In a bid to beat the 48-hour ultimatum by House of Representatives, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has finally...

Nigerian House of Representatives presses perjury charge against Buhari’s minister 

  Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given a Minister to publish the names of NDDC contracts beneficiaries, the House of Representatives...

UN says execution of 5 aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists horrifying

  The United Nations has expressed utter shock and horror at the gruesome killing of five aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists in...

Biden hits Trump, says you are U.S. first racist president

  Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden labeled Donald Trump on Wednesday the first racist to become U.S. President. The Trump camp quickly rejected...

Late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile’s body buried with military honours 

  The body of the late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile was on Thursday interred at the Military Cemetery on Airport Road, Abuja amid...

DSS official, Safiyanu Abba, allegedly slaps aviation security official at airport, says FAAN

  A breach of security protocol at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, involving the Head of the Department of State Services (DSS)...

NDDC slough : Sack Akpabio now, Sagay tells Buhari 

  Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption (PACAC), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the Minister...

Again, another Nigerian governor contracts COVID-19

  Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor and the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, says he has tested positive for Coronavirus.   He said...

Two years after, EFCC prosecutes two lawyers for allegedly rigging 2018 NBA polls

  Two members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) — John Demide and Sarah Ajibola – are being prosecuted for allegedly rigging the...

Plantain thief bags 30 days in jail

  For stealing plantain valued at N55, 000 at a village, 35-year-old man, Maruf Ojo, is to spend one month behind the bars,...

Hope rises as Minister says international flights may resume before October

  Baring any hitch, the Federal Government says international flights may resume in Nigeria before October. The Minister of Aviation, Sen.Hadi Sirika, gave...

Probe: Publish names of NASS members who benefited from NDDC contracts, Speaker tells Akpabio 

Barely 20 hours after the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, alleged that 60 percent of NDDC contracts were given to federal...

BREAKING: Jonathan storms Presidential Villa, meets Buhari 

  President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan are currently meeting behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.     Jonathan,...

Just in: ECOWAS leaders head to Mali on peace mission

  Four ECOWAS leaders — Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger,  Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire and Nana Akufo Addo...