Year: 2020
Ekiti announces dates to reopen worship centres, schools
Governor Kayode Fayemi Ekiti said worship centres in Ekiti State may resume for services from Friday, July 17, while the…
New York imposes 14-day quarantine on visitors from 16 U.S. states
Travellers from 16 U.S. states must now observe 14-day quarantine if they are visiting New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced…
Barcelona share points with Atletico, despite Messi’s 700th goal
Lionel Messi reached another career milestone on Tuesday by scoring the 700th goal of his career against Atletico Madrid in…
Take the fight to bandits’ doorsteps, Buratai charges troops
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged the combined troops of the Armed Forces in Zamfara to…
Nigeria records 17 deaths in 24 hours as COVID-19 cases hit 25,694
Seventeen people died of COVID-19 in the various isolation centres of Nigeria in the last 24 hours, the NCDC announced…
Kano destroys illicit drugs, foods worth over N380m
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday supervised the destruction of illicit drugs, expired and adulterated packaged foods worth…
Okowa congratulates Obaseki
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, on his 63rd birth anniversary on July…
ICPC declares former staff wanted
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared a former staff of the anti-graft agency identified…
Ghost workers: EFCC arrests Perm Sec Bayo Onimago, 4 others
Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Permanent Secretary, Bayo Onimago, and four other senior officials implicated in the ongoing…
UNILORIN student jailed for defrauding tenants
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced 19-year-old Chemistry undergraduate of University of…
FIFA bans former top official Kattner for 10 years
Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has banned Markus Kattner, a former leading official in the Zurich organisation, for 10 years.
Oluwo charges Iru people to cooperate with new Oniru
The Oluwo of Iwoland, HIM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has called on all sons and daughters of Iru Kingdom to…
Don’t overburden Nigerians with tax, Lawan tells FIRS
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to widen the tax net…
75% of Nigerians at risk of non-communicable diseases – WellNewMe
75% of Nigerians are at risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), a nationwide study by WellNewMe, a health technology company, has…
Osimhen lands in Italy for possible Napoli transfer
Lille forward and Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has arrived in Naples, Italy for transfer negotiations with Napoli.
Rivers’ horror house: Police exhume four decomposed bodies in Septic Tank
The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed four decomposed bodies of kidnapped victims from a septic tank in the State.
Keyamo speaks on face-off with NASS members
Minister of state for Labour, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the purported suspension by a National Assembly of the committees…
A woman’s place is in the kitchen? – Seun Kuti
By Nimot Adetola Sulaimon Popular Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti on Tuesday, blasted men who hold on to popular proverb “a…
Ajimobi’s daughter-in-law, Fatima Ganduje takes swipe at Makinde
Fatima Ganduje-Ajimobi, who is married to late Isiaka Ajimobi’s son, Idris has taken a swipe at Oyo State Governor, Seyi…
Ibii community in Ebonyi cries over bad roads
Indigenous people of Ibii community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi have called on the state government’s urgent…
CAF postpones AFCON 2021, approves $300K to member nations
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has shifted the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) till January 2022.
Why we are divesting our shares in Pension Managers – AIICO Insurance
AIICO Insurance Plc on Tuesday said the move to divest its 70 per cent stake in AIICO Pension Managers Limited…
Sanwo-Olu swears in new Chairman for Agbado Oke-Odo
Former Vice Chairman of Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mr. David Oladapo Famuyiwa, on Tuesday, took the oath…
Lagos Assembly calls for renaming of sites, monuments named after Colonial Masters
The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct the Commissioner…
Chaos in Ethiopia after gunmen kill popular singer Hundessa
The fatal shooting of a prominent Ethiopian singer in the capital Addis Ababa sparked rising tensions in the city on Tuesday,…
COVID-19: 200 ad-hoc workers protest dismissal in Edo
No fewer than 200 ad-hoc workers of the Edo State COVID-19 Mobile Screening Task Force on Tuesday took to the…
Ndigbo: Before Restructure, Beyond Biafra
In the piece, Coronavirus: The Nigerian Dream Cure, I wrote that the COVID-19, which “compelled people to stay within their…
18 Kirikiri inmates regain freedom
A Lagos Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba, on Tuesday granted freedom to 18 inmates of Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre.
America will hit 100,000 COVID-19 cases daily: Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the American Infectious disease expert said Tuesday that the country's COVID-19 infection rates, could go as high…
Trump threatens protesters with 10-year jail sentence
United States President Donald Trump has threatened protesters who threw paint on a George Washington statue in New York with…