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Jürgen Klopp has won the League Managers Association’s Manager of the Year award.

  Liverpool’s Premier League-winning boss Jurgen Klopp was announced as the 2019-20 recipient of the prestigious accolade on Monday, having guided his team...

International flights will be open when it is safe to do so, says minister

    The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Monday that International flights will be open when it is safe to do...

COVID-19: FG reverses self on imposing lockdown on 11 high-burden LGAs  

  The Federal Government has reversed itself on planned imposition of precisely targeted lockdown measures in areas that report rapid increases in cases...

Sallah celebration forces FG to extend phase two of eased lockdown by one week

  The upcoming Sallah (Eid El-Kabir) festivities which coincides with the expiration of the current phase of eased lockdown has forced the Federal...

AFDB approves $27 million to boost African Union’s COVID-19 Response Initiative

The African Development Bank has approved $27.4 million in grants to boost the African Union’s (AU) efforts to mobilize continental response to curb...

COVID-19: We are in worst economic slump in history, says Osinbajo

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) says COVID-19 has plunged Nigeria and the world into the greatest economic slump in history. “Everything around us has...

Former Barcelona star Xavi tests positive for coronavirus

  Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for coronavirus and will take a break from managing Qatari club Al-Sadd. The 40-year-old...

NASS gets SERAP’s FoI request to publish reports on corruption probes, public hearings since 1999

  The National Assembly has been urged to publish all the reports of public hearings and corruption probes since the country returned to...

Magu: Presidency, not me investigating him – Justice Minister Malami

      The Justice Minister and Attorney-General of the Federation, Malam Abubakar Malami (SAN), has cleared the air on the probe of...

Jordan Henderson Named Football Writers Association Player of the Year

The Football Writers’ Association on Friday announced Jordan Henderson as the Footballer of the Year for 2019-20.   The Liverpool captain saw off...

At least, a Covid-19 patient costs Lagos State Govt N1m daily — Commissioner 

The Lagos State Government says it is spending N1 million daily on a coronavirus patient in all its isolation centres. It includes cost of...

Mike Tyson returns to boxing against Roy Jones Jnr

  Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr. on September 12 in...

COVID-19: Schneider Electric Foundation provides 11,760 Euro palliatives fund for Nigerian children

          Schneider Electric Foundation has created a fund to combat the economic hardship facing rural and disadvantaged communities with...

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...

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...