Nigeria

COVID-19: FG arrests, quarantines pilots of seized Flairjet British aircraft

  Lockdown hits Nigerian aviation sector hard, govt agencies can’t pay salaries   For violating the no-flight order amid COVID-19, the Federal Government...

President Buhari meets with Gen TY Danjuma at the Villa

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Danjuma...

COVID-19: Nigeria not ready for full opening of economy, says SGF Mustapha

  Flags off two-week second phase of eased restriction   urges governors to enforce COVID-19 guidelines allow farmers, market women to do their...

CBN, NNPC to foot over N1bn cost of feeding, accommodation of evacuees – Minister

    Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), have both agreed to fund, as part of their Corporate...

Prof. Oyebode felicitates with Chief of Staff, Prof. Gambari

  Says he has good international clout. A professor of law and former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Akin Oyebode, has applauded last week’s appointment of...

COVID-19: Buhari holds first virtual interactive session with governors

        Sequel to the cancellation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled broadcast today, the President on Monday held the first-ever virtual...

Bulama takes office as APC National Secretary

  Arch. Waziri Bulama on Monday took his seat at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the new National...

NCDC has tested 33,970 specimens for coronavirus in Nigeria

    How many coronavirus tests have been conducted in Nigeria? For the first time since February, the federal government has an answer....

Most states loosen restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Lagos

  The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos state continued to rise on Sunday as some states in Nigeria lifts restrictions allowing...

As coronavirus fears mount in Lagos, President Buhari to address nation .

    With the ongoing coronavirus outbreak sparking concerns, President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation from the Villa on Monday.   The...

British airline violates COVID-19 lockdown, FG impounds aircraft 

  says company ‘ll face maximum penalty for the breach For violating the Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdown order, an aircraft belonging to a United Kingdom company...

UBA unveils upgraded ‘exciting features’ mobile banking app

    Facilitates customers’ unlimited transactions right on phone The United Bank for Africa (UBA) says it has upgraded its mobile banking application with exciting...

SERAP tells Buhari: Follow “Namibia example”, ban purchase of new cars now

  Channel funds into workers’ salaries,  pensioners’ entitlements, students’ welfare   Driven by public interest and common good, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has...

You are NNPC’s future, think out-of-the box, Kyari tells new employees 

  Employees laud corporation’s transparent recruitment process The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has described the...

COVID-19: Lagos vulnerable residents get palliatives from Nigerians in Diaspora Organization May 21

    to launch “Feed Nigeria Fund” to tackle hunger among the poor Nigerians in Diaspora Organization, Americas (NIDOA), U.S. says it will...

Why psychiatrist say Nnamdi Kanu is insane

  Compared to Jim Jones of Guyana Tragedy A behavioural psychologist has reckoned that Nnmadi Kanu, the proscribed leader of the Indigenous People...