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Nigerian Emir dies in COVID-19 isolation centre

      Barely three days in isolation centre, the Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmad Asha, has passed on....

Buhari appoints AVM Muhammadu Alhaji Muhammed new NEMA DG

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Muhammadu Alhaji Muhammed the new Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). According to the Office...

COVID-19: 8 of 102 vaccines are for human trial, says WHO

    At least 102 potential Covid-19 vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials across the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has disclosed....

Septuagenarian, two others apprehended for ‘insulting’ Buhari on social media

      Three men including a septuagenarian have been traced and nabbed in Katsina State, President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state, for allegedly...

FG promises nation’s media industry stimulus package

…we ‘ll revive the fourth estate of the realm …also creative, hospitality industry As part of plans to mitigate the effects of COVID-19, the...

Lockdown ease: FG directs officers on GL 14 and above in MDAs to resume May 4

  The Federal Government has directed officers in the ministries,  departments and agencies on Grade Level 14 and above including those on essential...

COVID-19: Traditional medicine to the rescue, says Monarch Ogunwusi

  …cure at an advanced stage Avid for COVID-19 cure, the Ooni of Ife in Osun, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, says the local cure...

Nigeria’s distinguished Economist, Prof. Teriba, dies at 82 in U.S.

      Nigeria and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has lost one of their most distinguished Chief Economists, Prof. Owodunni Teriba;...

Nigeria registers its deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic

  Nigeria has registered its deadliest day in terms of deaths from the coronavirus, with at least 4 people dying, taking the country’s...

Coronavirus will change our way of life – FG

     targets 2m tests in three months The coronavirus pandemic is already changing Nigerians life in ways that will far outlast the...

COVID-19 palliatives: Lagos Commissioner lied about giving us rice – Arewa chiefs

  The Arewa Council of Chiefs (ACC) in Lagos State says it has not received bags of rice from the Lagos State Government, warning...

Vehicles set ablaze as Ibeju-Lekki youths protest against FG’s lockdown, restrictions

  …Set trucks, vehicles ablaze There were serious protests in Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday as irate youths and other residents...

Journalists in Abia praise ‘timely’ Unubiko Foundation’s donation of food, supplies

  In providing succour for journalists as a result of Coronavirus pandemic in Abia State, the Unubiko Foundation on Monday distributed food items...

COVID-19 : Tinubu, wife test negative, late CSO tested positive

  …an aide also tests positive…says Covid-19 is a real and present threat Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader,...

COVID-19: NNPC-led Oil & Gas intervention donates ambulance, equipment to Kano Govt.

    … to build world-class medical facilities in nation’s  eight zones. In continuation of its intervention across the states of the federation,...