Year: 2020
Nigerians still exposed to contaminated water
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says it is concerned that majority of Nigerians are still exposed to unsafe and…
First Nigerian to sell out Paris, Lyon, Marseille’s arenas – Burna Boy claims
Nigerian Grammy-nominee, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has revealed that he is the first Nigerian artiste to sell…
Lagos Assembly passes Amotekun bill into law
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the bill on Amotekun, a security outfit of the the…
FCT restates commitment to welfare of corps members
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, on Tuesday, restated commitment to the welfare of members of…
House of Reps. calls for more investment in local drug production
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to invest more in the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and…
EFCC boss Magu wins FBI award
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday received an Award of Excellence…
Edo Assembly: PDP seeks to join legal tussle
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, sought the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, joining the party as…
Coronavirus: Minister warns against use of herbal products
Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora cautioned Nigerians on the use of herbal products to protect themselves from…
JUST IN: Chinese national quarantined in Lagos over Coronavirus – LASG
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese national who came into Lagos on Monday evening has been…
Justice Nweze: Profile of the dissenter in Supreme Court
Justice Chima Centus Nweze raised not a few eyebrows on Tuesday when he read a dissenting judgment in the review…
Coronavirus: FG, Lagos, Ogun Govts’ timely efforts lauded
An aviation expert, Mr Olumide Ohunayo, on Tuesday, lauded the collaborative efforts of the Federal, Ogun and Lagos State Governments…
Coronavirus: Emirates airline staff to take one month unpaid leave
A major international airline, Emirates, on Tuesday, asked staff to take unpaid leave for up to a month at a…
WAEC introduces electronic certificate management system
The Nigeria Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has introduced an electronic certificate management system, a portal deployed…
Power supply: KEDCO initiates internal operation reform
Management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), says it has embarked on internal operation critical aspects reform for improvement of…
7 illegal cooking gas plants sealed in Lagos
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday intensified efforts to curtail the incidence of gas explosion in Lagos State…
Suspected oil thieves in EFCC Custody
The Nigerian Army has handed over two suspected oil thieves and a truck to the Uyo zonal office of the…
FCT’s Eshiobomhe Sigmus Aimofumhe emerges 2nd at 2020 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award
Master Eshiobomhe Sigmus Aimofumhe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, secured the second-place position at the national finals of…
Coronavirus kills 77 in Iran, 23 lawmakers infected
Iranian Deputy Minister of Health Alireza Raisi said on Tuesday that the total number of people with coronavirus infection has…
No Hope for Ihedioha, Supreme Court dismisses appeal
The Supreme Court has dismissed the application by Emeka Ihedioha for the review of its 14 January judgment that ousted…
Meet Mawuli Gavor, Nollywood actor Ceec was spotted kissing
Social media went agog after 2018 Big Brother Naija first runner up Cynthia Nwadiora popularly known as Ceec posted some…
FG delegation visits Stallion Group Rice Mill
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono has visited Popular Farm and Mills Limited, belonging to Stallion Group…
Ogun Assembly passes Amotekun bill
The Ogun House State of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for a law to establish the Ogun State Security…
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson puts army on standby in battle plan
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled his country’s plans to battle coronavirus to a standstill, with the military being…
Anambra Assembly summons Commissioners over Coronavirus
The Anambra House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the Commissioners for Health and Information and Public Enlightenment to appear before…
Gbajabiamila denies using public funds for mum’s shindig in Dubai
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has denied that the shindig for his 90 year-old mum in Dubai,…
Victor Moses hit by injury blow
Ex-Nigeria international Victor Moses is set for a spell on the sidelines at Inter Milan after suffering a muscle strain.
EFCC busts foreign job scammers in Kaduna
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Obi Sobenna Jude…
Taylor Swift named world’s biggest artist for 2019
US pop star Taylor Swift has been named the biggest artist for 2019, according to the International Federation of the…
Court jails man 12 years for defiling minor
An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State, on Tuesday sentenced an unemployed man, Bashiru Osho, to 12 years imprisonment for…
Landlord’s daughter stabs tenant
The police arraigned a 30-year-old woman, Kudirat Balogun, before Tinubu Magistrates' Court for allegedly stabbing a tenant living in her…