Year: 2020
Ramadan: Ilorin chicken sellers adopt home delivery amid lockdown
As Muslims commence Ramadan fast, chicken sellers in Ilorin have adopted home delivery to their customers to beat the lockdown…
U.S. govt eulogises Abba Kyari
The U.S. government has described the late Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari as a dedicated public…
Lockdown: Kwara artisans count losses
Members of the Kwara Professional Artisans of Nigeria are counting their economic losses since the commencement of the month-long lockdown…
Coronavirus lockdown and public security
These are, indeed, tough and trying times for the entire world, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic fiercely rages on.
Burning of Ugbo ancestral palace blatant falsehood – Oba Akinruntan
Olugbo of Ugbo kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Frederick Obateru Akinruntan has dissociated himself from the attack at Ode…
Coronavirus: ‘All On’ completes solar-powered electrification of Rivers isolation center
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All On, a fully funded off-grid power solutions company by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has said…
Coronavirus: Bonny LGA gets palliatives from Wike
In continuation of his commitment to alleviating the pains of Rivers people during the fight against coronavirus, Rivers State Governor,…
Updated: 4 alleged killers of Funke Olakunrin imprisoned
Ondo government Friday docked four men suspected to be the killers of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the national leader…
10 worst hit Coronavirus States in Nigeria; How they fare
As at Thursday, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has released 981 confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria. The positive…
Coronavirus: Abuja Computerized Vehicle Testing Service (ACVTS) donates food items
The management of Abuja Computerised Vehicle Testing Service was on 22nd April 2020, at the headquarters of FCDA to present…
Spain records spike in coronavirus cases
Spain reported on Friday an explosion in coronavirus cases with 6,740 confirmed in the last 24 hours, taking the total…
Lockdown: Rivers arrests 22 traders on illegal inter-state movement
To ensure the protection of Rivers people, the Rivers State Government on Thursday arrested 22 traders entering the state from…
Coronavirus: Inter-ministerial committee to partner NESREA
The Rivers State Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19 will partner the Federal Government, through the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement…
Nollywood loses veteran actor
Veteran Nollywood actor, Yomi Obileye is dead. The actor died on Friday morning from an undisclosed ailment.
New Rivers CP vows to weed out corrupt officers
The Rivers State Police Command has vowed to pursue a zero-tolerance for corruption and reckless abuse of Human rights of…
Coronavirus lockdown: CACOL warns against arbitrary extension
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has sent a warning to both federal and states’ governments over probabilities…
Lockdown: Lagos partners Microsoft to train teachers on digital literacy
For meaningful engagement of Staff of the Post-Primary Teaching Service in "Digital Literacy training" during the coronavirus lockdown, the Lagos…
WHO shreds notions coronavirus was Wuhan lab construct
The World Health Organisation has debunked speculations that the coronavirus was produced in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
COVID-19: Abia Govt. places 209 contacts under surveillance
Abia State Government has traced 209 contacts of the two index coronavirus cases in the state and placed them under…
Nollywood actress Chika Ike helps the vulnerable in lockdown
Nollywood actress, Chika Ike and her foundation team have begun the distribution of foodstuff and other essentials to Lagosians to…
Sunlight can kill Coronavirus within minutes – US Department
The United States Department of Homeland Security has revealed that sunlight could kill the Coronavirus within minutes.
COVID-19: Is Hydroxychloroquine working?
A group of scientists at the University of Albany School of Public Health in the United States is testing the…
Industries resume production in Hubei China
Over 98 percent of major industrial firms in central China's Hubei province have resumed work after months-long shutdown.
McConnell U.S. Senate majority leader under fire by state governors
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has come under fire of state governors following his suggestion that states whose finances…
Coronavirus: Prophet T.B Joshua sends warning to Christians
Prophet Temitope Balogun, popularly known as T.B Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, has warned Christians against the…
Neymar’s mother dumps 22-year-old toyboy
Nadine Goncalves has dumped her toyboy lover who is a self-confessed fan of her son, Neymar.
ECOWAS made a mistake – FFK reacts to Buhari’s appointment
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari's appointment by the Economic Community of West African States…
Almost 50,000 Americans are dead from Coronavirus
Almost 50,000 Americans have been killed in the United States by the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
I owe no one apology for paying tribute to Abba Kyari – Fani-Kayode
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode has lashed out at those criticising him for paying glowing tribute to late former Chief of Staff,…
Ramadan: Muslims must adjust to new reality posed by Coronavirus – Atiku
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has told Nigerian Muslims to adjust to the new reality posed by the deadly…