Nigeria

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...

IMF approves Nigeria’s $3.4bn emergency loan

     The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday approved $3.4 billion emergency support for Nigeria to address the severe impact of the...

Buhari’s leaked speech : Handiwork of “someone”, Presidency

The Presidency on Tuesday disclosed that the person who leaked President Muhammadu Buhari’s draft speech hours before he delivered his address to the...

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: We won’t put children at risk by opening schools – FG

  The Federal Government has said it is not ready to put children at risk by opening schools. The Minister of State for...

Fire at Lagos NNPC retail affiliate station from underground tank, not tanker, says NNPC

  … affirms all its station observes required safety standards The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation’s subsidy, NNPC Retail Limited, says the fire at one...

Trump calls Buhari, vows to donate ventilators amid coronavirus and Chinese inroads

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, discussed with his US counterpart President, Donald Trump, on the telephone. “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone...

Heritage Bank, WHO canvass COVID-19 high-tech fight, attention for  malaria scourge

  …want elimination of the life-threatening disease by 2030 Amid growing concerns that the current high-tech fight against COVID-19 pandemic might douse malaria...

After 40 days, ex-VP Atiku’s son, Mohammed, bounces back from COVID-19, discharged

    After spending about 40 days in isolation, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, COVID-19 patient and son of Nigeria’s former Vice-President, has recovered from...

Buhari gets Senate’s nod for another N850bn loan to fund 2020 budget

    President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to obtain a fresh loan of N850 billion as additional funding for some projects in the 2020...

Two Of A Kind: How Timipre Silva And Mele Kyari Are Changing The Oil & Gas Industry

  The two are from diverse backgrounds but seem driven by the same passion- the desire to make things better. Timipre Silva, Minister...

FG says States without coronavirus case aren’t running enough tests

  The Federal Government said states yet to record coronavirus case have not done enough testing. National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF),...

Banks Fraud, Financial Rape and its System Cruelty on Nigerians 

Akowe John-Duke ‘Selime It is exceptionally bothersome and wearisome to be acquainted with the fact that the Nigerian banks have mastered an assortment...

Coronavirus: Nigeria in dire straits, needs test kits desperately – NCDC DG

  …to date Nigeria has conducted 10, 061, Ghana 100, 622, S’Africa 161, 000, Egypt 90, 000 With the rising cases of COVID-19...

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,...

Journalists rights’ violation: MRA, IPC drag Ebonyi Governor before Code of Conduct Bureau 

  …want him removed, barred from holding public office for 10 years. For his recent attacks on journalists and alleged breach of oath...