Year: 2020
Northern Governors send message to Yahaya Bello
The Northern Governors’ Forum(NGF) has condoled with Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi, over his mother’s death.
It’s elbow shake for Biden, Sanders; handshake gone
Joe Biden smiled and reached his elbow out to touch his rival Bernie Sanders’ arm on Sunday, an unusual greeting…
Coronavirus death toll reaches 6501, cases 170,000 worldwide
Coronavirus global death toll reached 6,501 Monday morning, with Italy accounting for 1,809 deaths, more than 50 percent of the…
Coronavirus vaccine: Trump offers $1b to German firm
The Trump administration offered as much as $1billion to a German company working on a coronavirus vaccine to make it…
Gas explosion: Navy hospital treats 55 injured victims
Fifty-five victims of Sunday’s gas explosion at Abule Ado in Lagos were treated at Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Ojo, Western…
17 dead, 25 injured in Lagos gas pipeline disaster
Seventeen people have died and 25 injured in the Abule Ado gas pipeline explosion in Lagos on Sunday, Dr Olufemi…
Lagos inaugurates new Community Development Advisory Council
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extolled the zeal, passion and commitment of various Community Development Associations, CDAs and Community…
Qatar shuts out foreigners, rolls out stimulus package
Qatar announced an entry ban for foreigners on Sunday and also unveiled a $23.35 billion stimulus package to shield the…
Coronavirus: US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate to zero
The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates back to near zero, restarted bond buying and launched other measures from its crisis-era…
Residents protest construction of Fuel Station at Ketu-Alapere
Residents of Irawo-Osan Street, Omotayo Close and Idowu Layemo Street all in the Alapere-Ketu area of Lagos state have called…
Timaya, Tekno, Mayorkun to thrill audience at Vanguard Awards
All is set for the annual Vanguard Personality of the Year Awards.
Those responsible for Abule Ado explosion must be punished – Tinubu
National leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the authorities must get to the root of Sunday’s…
Lagos vows to sanction violators of greening laws
The Lagos State Government has vowed that it will henceforth sanction violators of its greening laws across the State, saying…
Tinubu: Anti-Oshiomhole forces have Virus 2023 (Full Statement)
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu's full statement on the crisis over Adams Oshiomhole's chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress. In the…
Abule Ado explosion: We’ve recovered 17 dead bodies – LASEMA
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, on Sunday said it has recovered 17 dead bodies from the Abule Ado…
Atiku shocked by Lagos explosion which claimed 17 lives
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has expressed shock over the Abule Ado explosion in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, which claimed…
Abule Ado explosion: Sanwo-Olu orders distribution of masks to residents
Hours after the fire explosion at the Abule Ado area of Lagos, the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has advised…
Buhari mourns victims of Lagos explosion
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has mourned victims of the Abule Ado, Lagos explosion which claimed 17 lives.
PDP wins Kebbe constituency by-election
Mr. Abubakar Adamu of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of by-election for Kebbe constituency in Sokoto State House…
Hamzat charges Lagosians not to dump waste in drainages
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat has urged Lagosians to desist from dumping their wastes into the drainage channels in…
15 people burnt to death in Lagos explosion – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has disclosed that 15 people were burnt to death in Sunday's pipeline explosion that…
Lagos to overhaul laws on money lending
The Lagos State Government at the weekend said it will overhaul laws on money lending in the state in a…
Police launch manhunt for killers of herdsmen in Kogi
The Police Command in Kogi says it has launched a manhunt for some youths that allegedly killed two Fulani herdsmen…
Spanish Prime Minister’s wife tests positive for Coronavirus
The wife of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Mrs. Begona Gomez has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
DSS probes personnel over breach in Buhari’s security
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it will sanction its personnel for negligence over the security breach in the…
Lagos graduates 200 Afripreneurs, to facilitate access to financing
The Lagos State Government has graduated the first batch of the 200 women and youth who embarked on its Agriprenuership…
Yahaya Bello’s mother dies at 101 years
Hajia Hauwau Bello, mother of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, is dead.
Explosion: Kyari, NNPC big guns head to Lagos
The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari and other top managers have departed Abuja to Lagos for an…
AMVCA: Actors felicitate with Funke Akindele, Toyin Abraham
Many Nollywood actors on Sunday took to their Instagram handles to felicitate with Funke Akindele and Toyin Abraham over their…
APC commiserates with victims of Abule Ado explosion
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commiserated with victims of Sunday morning's explosion which occurred at Abule Ado in Amuwo…