Year: 2020
Seun Kuti pays tribute to father’s ex-drummer, Tony Allen
Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has penned a tribute to Tony Allen, world renowned drummer who co-founded afrobeats with his father,…
Nollywood actress receives N1million alert from unknown fan
Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus reveals on Instagram that she’s been getting alerts since some leaked chats left her account number…
Lockdown: I realised I didn’t know Will Smith ‘at all’ – Jada Pinkett
American actress and “Red Table Talk” host, Jada Pinkett Smith has shared what she discovered while being stuck at home…
101 prisoners regain freedom in Kwara
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has granted executive pardon to 101 prison inmates in the state to de-congest prisons.
Lockdown: Enugu to reopen Ogbete Market
Enugu State government has directed a partial and gradual reopening of the Ogbete Main Market on May 4 following the…
Borno COVID-19 team shuts out journalists
Borno State High Powered Response Team on Covid-19 has suspended its daily briefing to the media on its activities for…
Gilead Science donates 1.5m vials of coronavirus drug to U.S. Hospitals
Gilead Science Inc, maker of the coronavirus drug remdesivir said it will be donating 1.5 million vials of the drug…
Rolls Royce set to trim staff
British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce Holdings is considering cutting up to 15% of its workforce, as customers cut production and airlines…
Kidnappers gang-rape, kill student of UNIPORT
A criminal gang which kidnapped three students of the University of Port Harcourt(UNIPORT), on 7 April, gang-raped the female among…
Over 1,000 Lagosians are now infected with Coronavirus
Coronavirus infections in Lagos have reached 1,006 after the state recorded 30 new cases on Friday.
NNPC reacts to tanker fire in central Lagos
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commiserated with families of the victims of Friday’s fuel tanker fire incident at…
Tiff Macklem appointed governor Bank of Canada
Tiff Macklem, Dean of the University of Toronto’s Business School, was appointed the governor of the Bank of Canada on…
Islamic scholar Halima Abdusalam dies in Kano, Buhari mourns
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the famous Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdallah Muhammad over the death of…
Kano breaks Lagos’ record, ramps up 92 new Coronavirus infections in single day
Kano State has broken the record set by Lagos, as it ramps up 92 new cases of Coronavirus in a…
Breaking: Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases surpass 2,000, with 238 new infections
Nigeria's Coronavirus infections have surpassed 2,000, with 238 new cases recorded on Friday.
World Beach Games moved from 2021 to 2023
The 2021 World Beach Games have been moved to 2023, the Association Of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) said on Friday.
Oyo’s COVID-19 endowment fund now N334m
The Oyo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo, says cash donations to the State COVID-19 Endowment Fund have reached…
COVID-19: 3 test positive at FC Cologne as clubs resume training
German top-flight football club FC Cologne said on Friday that group training was continuing in spite of three people at…
Updated: Kim Jong-Un reappears from ‘the dead’
North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, has resurfaced after weeks of speculations about his health and whereabouts.
COVID-19: Lagosians besiege NIMR testing centre
Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director General, Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), on Friday appealed to Lagosians to adhere to the…
Gradual easing of Ogun lockdown to begin May 9 not May 4
Ogun Government says gradual easing of the lockdown in the state will begin on May 9, as against the May…
Police exhume corpses of 3 kidnapped UNIPORT students, arrest kidnappers
The bodies of three students of University of Port Harcourt(UNIPORT), kidnapped since 7 April, were exhumed by the police today.
Kaduna Govt. shuts entry points from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
The Kaduna State Government has announced that all entry points into the state are to be shut from 6:00 p.m.…
Watch Visualizer for Joeboy’s ‘Call’
The visualizer of Joeboy's new record 'Call' is out and you need to watch it as the weekend is upon…
Coronavirus: 35 nations with best records, Nigeria missing among Africa’s 7
The United States is the worst-hit by coronavirus on Earth, but it is also one of the countries with a…
IITA develops cassava weed management kit
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) said it has worked with researchers to develop an integrated weed control package…
Adekunle Gold releases ‘Something Different’
YBNL artiste and hit maker Adekunle Gold has a new single entitled 'Something Different'.
WHO to identify animal source of COVID-19
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), said the agency will work with relevant organizations to identify the…
COVID-19: NCDC records highest daily test of samples
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing…
Dokpesi, wife, three children test positive for Coronavirus
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communications Plc, owners of Raypower FM and Africa International Television (AIT), his wife and…