Nigeria

Nigeria sees highest one-day increase in coronavirus cases since pandemic began

  The number of positive coronavirus cases continued to climb in Nigeria on Tuesday. According to Tuesday’s 11 p.m. update from the Nigeria...

Lalong Urges Senate to Confirm Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, as President, Court of Appeal

  Governor of Plateau State Lalong has pleaded with the Senate to confirm Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, as President, Court of Appeal. This is...

Drunken sergeant knifes inspector to death in Lagos

    An overly drunken policeman, Okema Azuquo, who ran amok, has launched a machete attack on co-tenants in a tenement building in...

Reuben Abati

The Rape Pandemic: #No by Reuben Abati  

        Since February 27, 2020, when the first index case of COVID-19 was reported in Nigeria, and that satanic, virulent...

Transcorp appoints Foluke Abdulrazaq as Board Vice Chairman

    Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), on Monday announced the appointment of Mrs. Foluke K. Abdulrazaq as its new Board Vice Chairman....

COVID-19: Only SSS 3, JSS 3 ‘ll be recalled after interstate travel ban is lifted — FG

      Amid speculations that schools would reopen on June 21, the Federal Government says no date has been fixed yet for...

Judiciary, legislature autonomy: Governors stall gazetting of Executive Order 10 by FG 

    The Federal Government is to delay the gazetting of Presidential Executive Order 10 that gave autonomy to state legislature and the judiciary...

Coronavirus antibiotics abuse: More deaths likely, says WHO 

      With unrestrained abuse and unauthorised use of antibiotics to treat COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that...

COVID-19: FG increases capacity to test 200,000 Nigerians daily — NCDC

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said the nation now has enough reagents to test at least 200,000 samples in...

Post-COVID-19: Nigeria Advocates Tourism Marshall Plan For Africa To Aid Recovery 

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has canvassed a ‘Marshall Plan’ for the recovery of the Travel and Tourism...

COVIDー19: FG provides mental healthcare for victims, families 

  The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says it has integrated mental healthcare into its comprehensive psychological services in the wake of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).   The...

Nigeria’s Super Falcons’ handler, Oshoala, books a place in Spanish squad

      Barcelona Ladies’ striker, Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has been named in the Spanish Primera Iberdola Team of the Season. The 25-year-old...

Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu tests positive for coronavirus, quarantining for 14 days

  Abia State governor Ikpeazu has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Abia State Government has confirmed that the governor has tested...

Ex-Minister, other UBA customers laud its innovative Mobile Banking App

      Commendations and applause have trailed the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)’s recently upgraded Mobile Banking App.   Following the...