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Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit 1,000 mark with whooping 114 fresh cases

  COVID-19 confirmed cases in Nigeria have galloped to 1,095 on Friday with fresh 114 cases nationwide. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

Ajax denied title as Dutch Eredivisie season declared void

  No top-flight league title will be awarded in the Netherlands after the COVID-19 pandemic brought the campaign to a premature close but...

Nigeria hits 981 COVID-19 cases with 31 fatalities

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 108 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, spiking it to...

We must leverage the ‘Commonwealth Advantage’ to counter the economic fallout of COVID-19 By Patricia Scotland,Secretary-General

  The world is bracing for a massive hit to the global economy in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Experts have...

Sultan announces Ramadan starts Friday amid coronavirus fears

  The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Saad III, has announced that the holy fasting month of...

COVID-19: FG worries about precipitous rise of cases in Kano, nationwide

…fears about community transmission …PTF commences door-to-door testing in Lagos, FCT …no total lockdown yet The Federal Government has described as worrisome the...

Pres. Buhari’s bodyguard dies 

  Barely four days after the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President died, one of his  bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato, on Tuesday succumbed...

Post-COVID-19 : Nigeria’s Justice Minister rolls out plans for justice system 

  ….advocates virtual courts, appointment of more judges at federal, state levels  In a major post-COVID-19 initiatives, the Attorney-General of the Federation...

COVID-19: Lagos records two more deaths, figure rises to 16

  …no new case yet, says commissioner As at Monday, April 20, death toll in COVID-19-related illnesses has climbed to 16 with two...

Soldier’s fatal shooting: Abia Govt  condemns killing, vows to prosecute trigger-happy officers 

  The Abia State Government has condemned in strong terms what it called the recklessness of some security men in the state in recent...

LUTH records another feat as 68-year-old woman’s first pregnancy gives her twins through IVF

    …the first in LUTH, in Nigeria and in Africa, says Advisory Committee The COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, for the first time in...

Now That Abba Kyari is Dead

  By Simon Kolawole On January 18, 2020, when I first read of the new coronavirus on the BBC website, my heart missed...

In Photos: Abba Kyari Laid to Rest at Gudu Cemetery

          The Burial of Late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Gudu Cemetery. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE....

Abba Kyari: His Life In Photos

  In memory of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, we take a look back at some of...

COVID-19: Returning to normal lives is in our hands- FG

    …scales up daily testing of suspected cases The Federal Government says for the country to return to normal life will depend...

Oluwo could spend 10 years in Canadian prison as ex-wife reveals she was raped by the Osun monarch in tell-all interview

  Chanel Chin,  the ex-wife of Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has revealed in an Instagram post that she was raped...