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Senate President Lawan leads Senate delegation on solidarity visit to Kalu
Senate President Lawan leads Senate delegation on solidarity visit to Kalu after his release from Kuje Correctional Facility...
Police nab three dare-devil siblings for kidnap, murder of widow
Three bloodthirsty siblings, who allegedly kidnapped and gruesomely murdered a 55-year old mother of five in Abuja and bolted to Imo State,...
Octogenarian ex-Ondo State Gov. Olomilua dies
Elderstateman and one-time Governor of the old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olomilua, has passed on. The 80 years old breathed his last at...
Hidden pandemic of domestic violence alongside COVID-19 by Patricia Scotland
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Waking up to screams, thuds, angry shouting and the sickening sound of someone crashing into a...
The NCDC reports there are now 11,166 coronavirus cases in Nigeria
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday reported at least 348 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria. Breakdown of...
Majek Fashek: An archetypal musician, song writer, ace guitarist, says Information Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed deep condolences over the passing on of Makej Fashek, saying he will...
Budgetary cuts in health, education: SERAP reports Buhari, NASS to UN
The anti-corruption and good governance crusaders, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked three United Nations special rapporteurs to prevail on the...
Reprieve as ICPC withdraws N1.1b fraud charge against ex-Customs boss, Dikko
After about two years of evading trial, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Inde Dikko and two others were let...
Hunger Games – The Socioeconomic Divide and the Response to Disease Outbreaks
By Dr Adaeze Oreh The global count of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has since passed the six million mark, close to...
Looking beyond COVID-19: Developing Nigeria’s healthcare system
By Daniel Obaseki The current COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm and shaken the health systems worldwide. Nations that apparently...
Information Minister inaugurates committee on audience measurement in advertising, wants robust system
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday charged the newly inaugurated committee on advertising to develop a framework...
Alleged impropriety: Buhari meets Adesina, AfDB President
President Muhammadu Buhari today met with the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, at the Presidential...
FG incensed by gang-rape, death of varsity student, serial sexual abuse of minor by 14 men
Outraged by the gang-rape and murder of a female student of the University of Benin, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, the Federal Government has ordered...
Nigerian music legend, Majek Fashek, a.k.a Rainmaker, dies at 57
Famed 57-year-old Reggae star, Majekodunmi Fasheke, a.k.a Majek Fashek is dead. He passed on about 11.45 pm on June 1 in New...
Coronavirus cases rise in Nigeria as lockdown eases
Part of Nigeria’s success in blunting the spread of a coronavirus outbreak had been a fierce lockdown — the largest in Africa,...
FG reduces petrol pump price to N121.50
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency has announced a new pump price band of N121.50 per litre for Premium Motor Spirit, also...
