Year: 2020
Expert: Breast feeding cannot prevent pregnancy
A non-governmental organization, the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI 2), has said the belief in many communities that a woman…
Cult clash claims three lives in Imo
Three people have been reportedly killed while five others were wounded during a cult clash at Elezuo, Umuchima Street in…
Police arrest three suspected kidnappers
The Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Squad of the Cross River State Police Command has apprehended three suspected kidnappers have been arrested…
WHO, ICAO reaffirm commitment to contain Coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have reaffirmed commitment to foster greater international cooperation to…
Joeboy speaks about competition with Rema, Fireboy, others
Fast-rising Nigerian singer and songwriter, Joseph Akinfenwa Donu, popularly known as Joeboy has spoke about his relations with other artistes…
What Nollywood’s Toyin Alausa said about dating younger men
Nollywood actress, Toyin Alausa has revealed that she doesn’t object dating younger men, as long as there are good intentions…
Meet Adunola Osinuga, Biden’s pointswoman in Texas
When Joe Biden, now frontrunner in the race to pick a Democratic candidate to compete with Donald Trump, came to…
Coronavirus: WHO, ICAO reaffirm commitment to protect travellers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have reaffirmed commitment to foster greater international cooperation…
Liverpool star Naby Keita’s cousin death reports inaccurate
Reports by many online news platforms and papers that Liverpool star Naby Keita's cousin died in a bus crash have…
Joe Biden picks up key endorsements in Obama’s Chicago city
Joe Biden, former US Vice President picked up two key endorsements Friday in Chicago ahead of the Illinois presidential primary…
Uzodinma calms nerves after cult killings in Okigwe
Governor Hope Uzodinma has visited Okigwe, where cult men went on the rampage Thursday night, killing no fewer than three…
Nollywood was created for selfish reasons – Lala Akindoju
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Kemi Lala Akindoju has said the Nigerian movie industry widely known as Nollywood was birthed by…
Kano sets up committee to sanitise broadcast media
Kano Government has set up a 14-man technical committee to sanitise operations of broadcast media in the state with Muhammad…
Coronavirus patient in Lagos centre suffers depression
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the Italian being treated for coronavirus at the…
Nigeria’s serial rapist pastor jailed 34 years in UK
A Nigerian pastor, Michael Oluronbi, has been jailed for 34 years in the United Kingdom for defiling children and sexual…
Why Nasarawa Assembly wants school projects revoked
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education has threatened to direct the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)…
What Nigeria recorded as total trade in 2019
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria recorded N36.152 trillion as value of total trade in 2019, representing a…
Coronavirus hits British Airways
Two British Airways staff have tested positive for coronavirus.
Ecobank drives financial inclusion, unveils Xpress Save and Xpress Loan
Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a new product offering, Xpress Save and Xpress Loan, enabling customers to conveniently & speedily open…
Education key to development, best legacy – Lawmaker
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Ajani Owolabi has described education as the key to the…
More trouble for Oshiomhole: APC Governors demand acting chairman
The crises rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chairman, Adam Oshomhole, continued to fester as the Progressive…
Woman who visited 4 countries takes coronavirus to Togo
Togo on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus after a 42-year-old woman tested positive following her return…
Gunmen abduct 80-year-old mother of Bayelsa LG Chairman
Gunmen on Thursday night, abducted Madam Beauty Nimizuoa, the 80-year-old mother of the Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area of…
No Coronavirus case in Edo – Govt
Edo State Government on Friday allayed the fear of residents over a suspected case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the…
Coronavirus: Adamawa sets up isolation centre
Adamawa Government on Friday inaugurated an isolation centre as part of preparations for any possible case of Covid-19 in the…
Police officer shoots wife dead over child’s custody
Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a Police Inspector identified as Tuddy Warebayigha for shooting his wife dead. He was…
AMCON seizes 72 luxury flats, shopping complex over N4.8bn debt
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has confiscated properties belonging to 12 debtors in Lagos over a debt of…
Court restrains anti-graft agency from investigating Emir Sanusi
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano has granted an interim injunction restraining the Kano State…
Nigeria re-elected UN Peacekeeping Committee Chair
Nigeria has been re-elected to chair the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, known to be “UN most strategic committee”…
Obaseki lauds sponsors of cricket in Edo
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday applauded the major sponsors of the cricket sport in the state, saying their…