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COVID-19: FG targets mortality reduction to zero per cent – Health Minister

        With the fatalities from COVID-19 rising by the day, the Federal Government says it is aiming to reduce the...

Alleged N41bn NITEL fraud: Elumelu slams Sen. Akinyelure, says allegation false, baseless, mischievous

        The UBA Chairman, Mr Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has denied any  involvement of the bank or himself in an...

2 Nigerians in U.S Army in $3 million business scams, elderly women romance scandal

  Two U.S Army reservists have been accused of coordinating a fraud scheme involving business email compromises and  romance scams against elderly women,...

Former GMD NNPC Joseph Dawha dead

Joseph Thlama Dawha, former Group Managing Director, GMD of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,  is dead. Dawha replaced  Andrew Yakubu as GMD...

Alleged Corruption, Incompetence: Unbundle Humanitarian Ministry Now, Group urges Buhari

        Amid corruption allegations and incompetence, a non-governmental group, Forum for Good Governance has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to set...

Nigerian Governors Forum says outraged by attack on Borno Governor by Boko Haram

      Following renewed terror in the Northern parts of the country and the attack on Borno Gov.  Babagana Zulum last week,...

The Obamas’ $11.75 million Martha’s Vineyard Estate

    U.S Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have purchased a seven bedroom, nine-bathroom home in Edgartown, Massachusetts. The price for...

Shoprite Said to Weigh Selling a Majority Stake in Nigeria

  Shoprite Holdings Limited is weighing its ownership options for its outlets in Nigeria.   In an “Operational and Voluntary Trading Update (52...

Massacres of Christians in Northern Nigeria: UK may be forced to intervene

      The British Government may be intervening with military force to halt massacres of Christians in parts of Nigeria if it...

Publish Nigeria’s loan portfolio since May 2015, SERAP tells Buhari 

  President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to publish details of loans so far obtained by his administration since May 29, 2015. He...

PDP demands speedy prosecution of corrupt appointees

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has demanded the speedy prosecution of officials of the All Progressives Congress indicted for alleged corruption. “The...

US dollar suffers its worst month in a decade

  The euro gained the most in a decade last month, the British pound had its best July since 1990 and for the...

Ailing septuagenarian dies aboard Abuja-bound Air Peace plane 

  The death of a septuagenarian onboard an Air Peace flight on Calabar to Abuja route has been announced. Just as the plane...

Breaking: 10 lives lost in Badagry-bound boat accident

  No fewer than 10 passengers lost their lives when the boat ferrying them from Lagos to Badagry capsized while three others are...

Sallah: Buhari says he wants security, prosperity for Nigerians – worries about banditry, terror in Northwest, Central

      President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday felicitated with Nigerians especially Muslims as they celebrate Eid-Kabir, describing the developments in the North-West...