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Lawan spits fire, says no more rascality, unruly behaviours from President’s appointees 

    Appointees should reflect President’s disposition to NASS The leadership of the National Assembly has warned that henceforth it would not tolerate...

COVID-19: Danger! Fake hand sanitizers in circulation – PTF

      The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 has alerted the public of fake alcohol-based sanitizers in circulation, saying this will further endanger...

Nunieh’s house arrest: Gov. Wike “abducts”, frees her from police siege

  In a response to a distress call, Rivers State Gov. Nyesom Wike on Thursday launched a rescue operation for a former Acting...

Buhari launches 12.5kg bar of gold worth N268m, says Nigeria losses $3bn in six years to illegal miners 

        President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday did a virtual launch of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (PAGMI) at the...

Flying officer Tolulope Arotile’s death:  Afenifere demands coroner’s inquest

  Grief-stricken Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, has called for a coroner’s inquest into the death of the Nigerian female Airforce pilot, Tolulope ...

Hours after his release, Magu blasts masterminds of his trial, says allegations against him nonsense

  Few hours after he was released from the 10-day police custody, the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Magu’s probe: Youths rally support for Buhari, Malami, say anti-graft fight to save their future

    detest deliberate falsehoods, dirty imaginations, misdirected vengeful attacks on Malami       alert of plans to destabilize government and takeover...

Senate passes bill upgrading Auchi Poly to City University of Technology

    The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill seeking to upgrade the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State to the City University...

Southwest states to reopen schools for WASSCE August 3

      Uncomfortable with the Federal Government’s declaration that Nigerian candidates will not participate in WASSCE over COVID-19 safety concerns, the six...

It’s not yet safe to reopen schools, FG, teachers say

  Despite the call by the House of Representatives on President, Muhammadu Buhari to order a partial reopening of schools to allow pupils...

Embattled Magu released from 9 -day detention

  The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been released on bail Wednesday.    Details...

COVID-19: Chile training dogs to sniff out virus from infected people 

    In Chile, police authorities said they are training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by...

Veteran sports journalist Henrietta Ukaigwe dies

    The founder of the Female Football Interest Group, FFIG, Henrietta Ukaigwe has died.   The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) announced...

First Covid-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final trials

  The first coronavirus vaccine tested in the US caused people to produce antibodies in the way scientists have hoped, as the shots...

COVID-19 has eaten up Nigeria’s revenue by 40 per cent, says Osinbajo

  Nigeria has lost about 40 per cent of its revenue to the COVID-19 lockdown and its attendant economic crisis, so says Vice-President...