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Akpabio to NASS: 60 per cent of NDDC contracts given to lawmakers

        A scandalous allegation of 60 per cent contract awards of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) given to National...

FG Warns Bad Second Wave of Coronavirus Could Hit Nigeria

  The Federal Government has warned of outbreak of another pandemic if the country fails to take advantage of opportunities presented by the...

Security: Army Chief briefs Buhari, says Nigerians will decide when insecurity will end

            The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday held a closed session with President Muhammadu...

Air Conditioning May Be Spreading COVID-19

  By Brenda Goodman   As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly across the globe, some scientists believe there could be an important, but overlooked...

23 soldiers killed in Katsina bandits ambush – Report

      In one of the deadliest attacks against Nigeria’s military in recent times, twenty three soldiers were killed on Saturday, according...

Oye Owolewa is Washington, DC’s Democratic Nominee for U.S. House of Representative.

    Oye Owolewa is the the Democratic Party nominee for House of Representative in the U.S Capital. The US House on June...

Imam tests positive for COVID-19, UK mosque shuts

  A mosque in northern England has been closed after around 250 people attended a funeral there and its imam tested positive for...

Nigeria Air Force rules out foul play in Tolulope Arotile’s death 

    cautions against misguided ethnic, religious agenda on her death Contrary to insinuations of foul play in some quarters, the Nigerian Air Force...

Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama, contracts Covid-19

  Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama,  said Sunday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first minister in the...

Thousands of Israelis Stage Socially Distanced Protest Against Netanyahu’s Policies

  Thousands took part in protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government’s response to the coronavirus around Israel Saturday evening, including...

Double tragedy ! Hours after ex-Edo Speaker died, wife kidnapped on her way to burial 

Less than eight hours after a former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly died, his wife who was returning from Abuja to Auchi for his burial,...

Emirates passengers from Nigeria, 11 other countries will undergo Covid-19 tests before flying

Travellers flying to Dubai with Emirates from Nigeria  and 11 other countries need to show negative Covid-19 test results before being allowed to...

Unruly behaviour to NASS: Buhari calls ministers, officials to order

  .   President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned ministers and other officials of the Executive arm against disrespecting the National Assembly. Buhari, who restated his utmost respect...

COVID-19: Danger! Fake hand sanitizers in circulation – PTF

      The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 has alerted the public of fake alcohol-based sanitizers in circulation, saying this will further endanger...

Flying officer Tolulope Arotile’s death:  Afenifere demands coroner’s inquest

  Grief-stricken Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, has called for a coroner’s inquest into the death of the Nigerian female Airforce pilot, Tolulope ...

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...