Nigeria

Alarming rise in coronavirus cases as states roll back lockdowns

    Coronavirus cases are rising in most states, according to numbers released by the NCDC, a worrying trend that could intensify as...

N500bn COVID-19 Intervention Fund: Publish names of beneficiaries, SERAP tells FG, CBN

  The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk and Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, have been dragged to...

Tinubu to detractors: My 2023 presidential ambition not yet born, 2023 ‘ll answer its own questions in due time

    . The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday reacted first the time to his much-canvassed presidential ambition...

COVID-19: FG reopens Lagos, Abuja airports, says 90 per cent ready for domestic flights

    With the successful test-run of the facilities at Lagos and Abuja airports, the Federal Government on Saturday indicated readiness for the...

Attack on Nigerian Embassy in Indonesia: Handiwork of Nigerian touts, extortionists – PSN check

  Embassy’s bust of illegalities triggers attack The attack on the Nigerian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, by some disgruntled and unscrupulous Nigerians is...

Yoruba Actor Ogun Majek Dead After Brief Illness

    Veteran Yoruba actor Gbolagade Akinpelu also known as Ogun Majek has died following a brief illness.   Ogun Majek, best known...

COVID-19: FG begins dry run ahead of domestic flights resumption

  Ahead of resumption of flight operation, the Federal Government says it will carry out ‘Dry Run’ tests of Lagos and Abuja Airports...

Police unseals APC National Secretariat as Gov. Buni committee assumes duty 

  Following the inauguration of a Caretaker Committee for the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Police have unsealed the National Secretariat of the...

Coronavirus kills former Oyo gov Abiola Ajimobi 

    COVID-19 has killed a former governor of Oyo state Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the latest leader in the country to die of...

Oshiomhole’s National Working Committee (NWC) dissolved

  The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress has dissolved the National Working Committee of the erstwhile National Chairman, Adams...

Ghana offers to rebuild demolished house at Nigerian embassy

As a follow-up to the apology offered Nigeria, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry says the country will reconstruct the building demolished at the Nigerian...

Aso Rock APC NEC meeting: Tinubu, associates can’t attend – Buhari-backed Giadom’s group

    With the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee’s meeting convened for Aso Rock Villa on Thursday by Acting National Chairman...

FEC approves N122.28bn for roads, N15bn for ecological projects

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved seven road contracts estimated at N122.28 billion out of the N137 billion projects it...

Governance Beyond COVID-19: Back to Kwara By  Reuben Abati 

      This year, there was some feeling of nostalgia about May 29 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. When a few persons called...

FEC Approves Economic Stimulus Package Worth Over N2 Trillion

    In Abuja, the Buhari administration said Wednesday it will support a plan to inject more than N2 trillion into the Nigerian...