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Political, royal and academic personages fatally ravaged by COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a rarity in a century, the world is being ravaged by a global pandemic that has left...

Buhari, in New Year message, bows to pressure, to rejig security apparatus

  “The country would continue to weather all stormy waters and emerge stronger and better where others have fallen and disintegrated …this nation, this Nigeria,...

UNICEF projects 21,000 babies will be given birth to in Nigeria on New Year Day 

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As 2021 rolls in, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has projected that an estimated 21,439 babies...

Male nurse doffs his COVID-19 protective equipment, has anal sex with virus-racked patient in hospital

A horny male nurse in Indonesia has been apprehended after admitting that he removed his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to “pound” a male...

Emirates Airline Unveils New Premium Economy Class

  Emirates airlines Tuesday revealed its new premium economy cabin to the world. The cabin sees the airline breaking from its signature three...

As second wave of pandemic rages, Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, racked by COVID-19

  By Boye Ajayi Following the second wave of Coronavirious in the country, Women Affairs Minister Pauline Tallen  has tested positive for COVID-19,...

Again, Buhari’s nepotism draws flack from reverred Christian cleric, Kukah

  Months after ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the former Kaduna State Governor, Lt.-Col Abubakar Umar, blasted President Muhammadu Buhari over nepotism, the Catholic...

FG to religious leaders: Stop stoking embers of hatred, disunity

  Religious leaders in the country should refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity, the Federal Government warned on Saturday. It...

In one week, Nigeria loses 20 doctors to COVID-19 contracted from patients Inbox

By Boye Ajayi At least,  20 Nigerian medical doctors have died within one week from COVID-19 having been infected by their patients who ...

COVID-19 new strains: PTF to governors: Don’t close down treatment centres

    The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged state governors not to close down their treatment centres even as the government...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Nigerians jab Garba Shehu over comment on three-year-old abductee of Boko Haram, Leah Sharibu

  Nigerians have thrown jabs and invectives at Malam Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, for describing Leah Shuaibu, abducted by Boko Haram in 2018...

Nigeria requires N400bn for COVID-19 vaccines for 70 per cent of Nigerians, says Health Minister

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says about N400 billion will be required to procure COVID-19 vaccines...

Breaking: At last, ASUU ends nine-month long shutting down of nation’s varsities

  After nine months of grounding academic and commercial activities at the nation’s universities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it...

Nigeria attains feat in waste-to wealth as Buhari inaugurates NPDC Integrated Gas Handling Facility in Edo

The inauguration of the 200 million standard cubic feet per day capacity integrated Gas Handling Facility (IGHF) and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)...

Just in: Nigerian Senate okays 2021 N13.5trn Appropriation Bill 

  After an expeditious legislative work, the Nigerian Senate on Monday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.5 trlllion. The fiscal estimates are...

Stop NIN registration, threat to block SIM cards, SERAP tells Buhari

  Incensed by the threat to block SIM cards without the National Identity Number (NIN), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu...