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‘My Queen!’ Tony Elumelu pays tribute to wife Dr. Awele on her 50th birthday
Visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist, Mr. Tony Elumelu is raising a glass for his wife’s milestone birthday with loving social media messages....
Breaking: Hours after APC governors visited Buhari, IG-P seals off APC National Secretariat, Abuja
The National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory has been sealed on the orders of...
Edo Gov Godwin Obaseki joins PDP
Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has taken a big gamble in fight towards securing a second term in office. He has officially joined...
COVID-19 : Organized Private Sector lauds CBN’s intervention in manufacturing and agribusiness sectors
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s planned disbursement of N93.2 billion out of N1 trillion intervention fund for manufacturing and agribusiness sectors has...
Senate Probe Panel Indicts Akpabio Over NDDC N500m Project Scam
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, may have soiled his hands in a N500 million Niger Delta Development Commission’s project...
Jailed ex-Abia Governor, Orji Kalu, released from prison
Following a Lagos court judgment, jailed former Abia State Gov. Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Wednesday night released from Kuje Correctional Centre,...
Breaking: Lagos High Court frees Orji Uzor Kalu from prison
Reprieve came the way of jailed ex-governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered...
For Second Straight Day, Nigeria Surpasses 300 New Cases of Coronavirus
The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria surpassed 300 for the second consecutive day on Sunday and the number of...
Coronavirus: Nigeria’s cases rise by 553 in one-day record
Nigeria has recorded 553 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the highest daily rise since the outbreak began in the...
President Donald Trump announces US will pull out of World Health Organization
Speaking at a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump announced the United States will pull out of the World Health Organization. Trump...
COVID-19 :FG plans to use schools,hostels as patients isolation centres
Faced with dearth of facilities for COVID-19 patients, the Federal Government says it will resort to the use of hotels and schools...
INEC mulls electronic voting as from 2021
With effect from 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will introduce electronic voting in major elections. “We will pilot the...
Ill-fated Pakistani airlines claims at least 45 lives
No fewer than 45 passengers on board of a Pakistani airlines were feared dead as it crashed into a densely populated residential area near...
CBN May 2020 Monetary Policy Meeting Reschedules For May 28
By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri The meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for May 2020 earlier...
10 more COVID-19 deaths reported, another 245 confirmed cases
Another 10 people with COVID-19 have died, the NCDC Health officials reported Friday, bringing the nationwide total to 221. ...
Many states begin reopening as coronavirus cases continue to climb in Nigeria
The coronavirus death toll in Nigeria rose by 11 on Thursday, as some states commence Phase One of reopening. NCDC health officials...
