Year: 2020
FIFA to introduce maternity leave for women players
FIFA is to introduce new regulations to protect the rights of women players, including mandatory maternity leave, the world football…
Witness to court: I gave N11.18m to Saraki
A star witness for the prosecution in the trial of Alhaji Ope Saraki, has told a Federal High Court in…
Two-time female convict nabbed with 576kg cannabis sativa
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kano State Command says it has arrested a two-time female convict with 576…
Attack on Dickson: Perpetrators must be brought to book – Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has strongly condemned Thursday's attack on the Toru-Orua country home of his predecessor, Chief…
#EndSARS, CNN, DJ Switch, Lekki Massacre without bodies
Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed speaks on the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest, fake news in social media, CNN…
Buhari urges for int’l response on tuberculosis
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called on the international community to address tuberculosis (TB) epidemic.
DJ Switch’s Lekki shooting narrative fake news – Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed says the story being circulated by popular disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, professionally called DJ Switch is fake…
WorldRemit launches entrepreneurship programme in Africa
International Money transfer company, WorldRemit, has launched its World Remit Entrepreneurs Programme in Africa. WorldRemit said in Nairobi that it…
Driver in court for armed robbery
The Police, on Thursday, arraigned a 38-year-old driver, Yinka Makinde, before an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, over…
Nwodo, Adebanjo, Odumakin react to Umahi’s defection
Some eminent Nigerians from on Thursday expressed divergent views over the recent defection of Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi from…
Buhari assures of improved healthcare delivery
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Head of Service of the Federation and the Budget Office to consider an…
#EndSARS: There was never a massacre at Lekki Tollgate – Nigerian govt
The Federal Government has rubbished claims of a massacre in last month's shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the…
Nigerian govt will not shut down social media
The minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Federal Government has no plan to shut down…
2 in court for stealing at police station
Rilwan Sumonu and Damilare Akinwale on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly breaking into…
Biography of Biodun Shobanjo for launch 26 November
Dr Biodun Olusina Shobanjo’s biography, The Will to Win..,will be launched in Lagos on Thursday, 26 November, 2020.
COVID-19: Nigeria not experiencing a spike — NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Nigeria is not experiencing a spike in COVID-19 infections.
Police debunk rumours of personnel withdrawal
Mr Tunde Mobayo, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti state, has debunked rumours that the Nigeria Police Force have withdrawn…
Policeman killed in gunmen attack on ex-Gov. Dickson’s country home
One police officer was killed in a midnight attack by some unknown gunmen at the Toru Orua, Bayelsa country home…
CNN should be sanctioned over Lekki Shooting report – Lai Mohammed
Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the sanctioning of Cable News Network, CNN over…
Buhari congratulates Jonathan as he turns 63
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his well wishes to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, as he clocks 63.
NDLEA intercepts man with 12.05kg of cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 12.05kg of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Photos: Cubana chief priest dapper with Glenmorangie single malt whisky
By Funmilola Olukomaiya William Matheson in 1843, founded the Glenmorangie Distillery in the Scottish Highlands. Inspired by the Distillery’s peaceful…
Ogun police in gun-battle with robbers: Three suspects arrested
The police in Ogun State have arrested three suspected armed robbers while they were in operation at Iju Ota and…
Lagos to lawless Okada riders: The game is over, orders full enforcement
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said the game is over for lawless okada riders and ordered full enforcement and…
Coconut Production: Lagos to partner FAO
Lagos State coconut value chain which conservatively put in excess of N350 billion yearly is set to be activated as…
#EndSARS: PFN tells FG to stop harassing promoters
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to stop the further victimisation of…
FAAC: FG dips hands into reserves as revenue falls
The Federal Government resorted into some financial engineering to boost total revenue distributable in October, Aliyu Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary,…
Why Rivers was excluded from FG’s COVID-19 grant – Minister
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers was excluded from the Federal Government’s disbursement of N66.5b to states because of its failure to…
Wike, soldiers will pay for killing IPOB members – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has vowed that Governor Nyesom Wike will pay a heavy…
U.S. movie director Spike Lee to produce musical on Viagra
U.S. movie director Spike Lee, best known for making movies about the experience of being Black in America, is switching…