Year: 2020
South-South Govs. agree on regional security outfit
The South-South Governors Forum on Thursday resolved to form a regional security outfit to check crimes and criminality in their…
Obasanjo’s lamentation: How Coronavirus affected my 83rd birthday celebration
Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday lamented how Coronavirus affected his 83rd birthday celebration.
APC crisis: Oshiomhole meets Buhari, accuses Obaseki, others
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities…
Senate approves Buhari’s $22.7b external loan request
The Senate on Thursday approved $22.7 billion as external borrowing plan for Nigeria out of the $22.8 billion requested by…
World Cup star tests positive to Coronavirus, quarantined
Thomas Kahlenberg, former Denmark international who played at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has quarantined after testing positive…
Coronavirus hits Jesus church in Bethlehem, shut to tourists
The Church of the Nativity on Thursday was ordered closed and foreign tourists were banned from West Bank hotels after…
Man rapes lover’s 3-year-old daughter in Osun
The Osun Police Command, on Thursday, said it had arrested a 29-year-old-man, Adeleye Olusesan, for allegedly raping the three-year-old daughter…
Senate approves N346.3bn for NDDC
The Senate on Thursday approved the sum N346,388,900,000 as budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the 2019…
Court adjourns hearing in Maina’s final assets forfeiture suit
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned hearing in the asset forfeiture matter, involving Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed…
Coronavirus: South Africa reports first case, made in Italy
South Africa on Thursday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, affecting a citizen who had passed through the main airport…
UK records first death from Coronavirus
The United Kingdom has confirmed the first death from Coronavirus, after the deadly disease invaded its territory.
EFCC re-arraigns “Mama Boko Haram’’, 3 others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned Aisha Wakil, popularly called “Mama Boko Haram” and three others…
Fresh trouble for Oshiomhole: Ekiti APC rejects Ajimobi
The Ekiti chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, rejected the appointment of a former Governor of Oyo…
Saraki kicks as EFCC moves to secure final forfeiture of his property
Immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukonla Saraki on Thursday, opposed an application before a Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking final…
Oshiomhole drags traducers, Edo APC chair Ojezua to Appeal Court
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday approached the Court of Appeal, seeking it…
Contracts probe: Rochas Okorocha shuns panel
Senator Rochas Okorocha on Thursday snubbed the Judicial Commission of Inquiry Into Contracts Awarded in Imo State between June 2011-…
ICPC: Ex-SEC boss Gwarzo pays N798m for radio jingles, N3.4m for 4 fridges
The suspended Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Mounir Gwarzo paid N798m for radio jingles and N3.4m for four…
Mr Macaroni makes shocking revelations as he completes NYSC
Instagram sensation, Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni has opened up on what he went through before he could…
5 corps members died in Akwa Ibom – NYSC Coordinator
The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Akwa Ibom, Mr Julius Amusan, said on Thursday that five corps members serving…
$100m loan: National Assembly approves Kogi’s request
The Kogi State government says it has received the approval of the National Assembly to obtain a foreign loan of…
Why truck-related accidents recur
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said poor maintenance of articulated vehicles and inadequate drivers’ training were among…
Pope Francis creates new diocese for Okpaleke, rejected bishop of Ahiara
Pope Francis has established the Diocese of Ekwulobia, Anambra State and named Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, the rejected bishop of…
Electoral Offences Bill: INEC wants NASS to hasten passage
Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of…
China Southern Airlines to resume Shenzhen-Bangkok route
China Southern Airlines says it will reopen Shenzhen-Bangkok airline services from March 13.
Elizabeth Warren drops out of White House race
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has decided to end her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, reports quoting The New…
Coronavirus: Nigerian who returned from France quarantined in Lagos
A Nigerian man who returned from France has been quarantined in Lagos over Coronavirus after he developed headache and respiratory…
Why I didn’t do much for Dammy Krane – 2baba
Nigerian music star and HyperTek record label boss, Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2face Idibia, now 2baba, has disclosed that…
Coronavirus: Youth assembly calls for grassroot sensitisation
The President of Yoruba Youth Assembly, Mr Olarinde Thomas, told the Federal Government on Thursday to embark on grassroots sensitization…
NAHCON urges pilgrims to get refund for Lesser Hajj
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has urged pilgrims who paid for lesser Hajj (Umrah) to contact their tour…
Late Kolade Johnson suffered six gunshot wounds – Pathologist
A pathologist, Dr Oluwaseun Williams, on Thursday testified before an Ikeja High Court that Kolade Johnson, a 35-year-old football fan…