Year: 2020
Seplat, Waltersmith Petroma sign crude purchase agreement
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company has announced a Crude Purchase Agreement (CPA) with Waltersmith…
Actress Egbuson eulogizes late father-in-law Akande
Multiple award winning Nigerian actress Dakore Akande, recently lost her father in law Chief Harry Ayoade Akande, and she shared…
Yuletide: Lagos council to curb crimes
Mr Wasiu Adesina, Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government in Lagos State, said there will be joint patrols by security agents and…
Gospel singer Ada Ehi releases video for “Now”
Gospel singer Ada Ehi officially releases the musical video for her song “Now‘, off her latest 2020 body of work…
COVID-19: FG debunks lockdown rumours
The Federal Government on Tuesday clarified that it has not declared a fresh lockdown of the country following confirmation of…
Breaking: Buhari extends mandate of COVID-19 PTF till March 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 till the end of…
Pollution: EU bans plastic waste exports to 3rd-world countries
The EU will ban the export of plastic waste from the bloc to poor countries effective from Jan. 1, it…
Yuletide: NSCDC deploys 900 personnel in Ekiti
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ekiti Command, said on Tuesday that it had deployed 900 of its…
Ex-Minister, Jerry Agada dies at 68
Former Minister of State for Education and a former National President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Prof. Jerry…
Group seeks Buhari’s intervention in transport fare’s hike
True Nigerian Patriots Initiative on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately intervene in the issue of hike in…
Oyo NSCDC decorates 2,025 newly-promoted officers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, on Tuesday, decorated 2,025 newly-promoted personnel and announced the…
Ekiti Assembly passes N109.6bn 2021 Appropriation Bill
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has unanimously passed the 2021 budget appropriation of more than N109.6 billion.
Air Peace launches 11-hr nonstop flight to Jamaica
Air Peace, on Monday left on a nonstop 11-hour flight from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to the Caribbean…
Yuletide: 80 FRSC personnel, patrol vehicles deployed on Ore-Benin expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no fewer than 80 personnel, three patrol vehicles and one ambulance will be…
Olu of Warri alive: Palace chief
The Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli is alive and not dead, as widely reported in the Nigerian media
Niger Republic polls: Nigeria’s ex-vice president Sambo leads ECOWAS observers
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is deploying an electoral observation mission of 90 officials for Sunday’s presidential…
Buhari: Only God can supervise Nigeria-Niger 1,400km border
President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown to God the monitoring of the 1,400 Km long border with Niger Republic
Osun bans youth carnival, New Year rallies
As part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Osun government has announced the ban on youth carnival,…
Buhari promises support to Niger Republic in coming polls
Nigeria will give robust support to Republic of Niger, which holds presidential and national assembly elections later this month, President…
Blatter slams FIFA criminal complaint over $500m museum
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has denied an allegation of criminal mismanagement in connection with a $500million museum undertaken under…
Important Information for Lagos-Ibadan expressway users
A 48-hour partial closure of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin 28 Dec to enable the completion of a flyover bridge.
Buhari mourns ex-federal permanent secretary, Muhammad Lele Mukhtar
President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with the family of Alhaji Muhammad Lele Mukhtar over the demise of the former Federal Permanent…
BioNTech/Pfizer to distribute vaccine in EU from Wednesday
German manufacturer BioNTech has said that the first deliveries of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine within the European Union (EU) can…
Djokovic steps down from ATP Player Council elections
World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this month’s ATP Player Council elections citing the governing body’s new rule.
Yuletide: Enugu hairstylists make brisk business
Hairstylists are making brisk business in Enugu, two days to the Christmas celebration.
Guinea football league suspended indefinitely
The Guinean Football Leagues 1 and 2 were suspended on Monday until further notice, sports sources told PANA in Conakry.
UNFPA, others, seek more funding against Female Genital Mutilation
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and other stakeholders on Tuesday called for higher budgetary allocation for the implementation of legal…
2 arraigned for beating policewomen
Two men: Gbenga Adekoya and Abiodun Adesope, were on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly…
Troops rescue 10 kidnapped victims in Zamfara
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 10 kidnapped victims from bandits at Yenyewa Village in Zamfara following a tip-off.
India takes stricter COVID-19 precautions
Mumbai, India’s financial hub, rolled out precautionary measures on Tuesday in the wake of the discovery of a mutant COVID-19…