Year: 2020
Crossover services: CAN orders Lagos churches to close by 11pm
Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has directed all churches in the state to close cross-over…
FCT hospitals operating at full capacity
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says all FCT hospitals are operating at full capacity, including emergencies for adults, children,…
Fani-Kayode attacks Bakare over Tinubu: ‘Shame on you’
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode has attacked Pastor Tunde Bakare over his romance with the National leader of the All Progressives Congress,…
Fidelity Bank appoints new board executives
Fidelity Bank has announced the appointments of new board executives to replace outgoing directors who recently completed their tenure in…
Gunmen abduct newlyweds in Katsina
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed one person and abducted a newly wedded couple at Runka community in…
COVID-19: Okowa orders partial lockdown in Delta
The Delta State Government has embarked on a partial lockdown of all public activities due to the second wave of…
COVID-19: Edo calls for protection of the elderly
Edo Government on Monday urged residents in the state to ensure they protected the elderly, adjudged most vulnerable to COVID-19,…
Lawmaker recommends rabbit farming for youth empowerment
Mr Tunji Ajuloopin representing Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-ero Federal Constituency of Kwara, on Monday, recommended rabbit farming for meaningful…
FIFA to finance construction of Technical Centre in Mali
The International Football Federation (FIFA) will finance the construction of a technical centre, at Kabala, near the Malian capital, Bamako,…
Plateau records five COVID-19 deaths in one day, Abuja 3
Plateau state recorded five COVID-19 related deaths on Monday, the highest for the day and 50 percent of the national…
Catholic Bishop Chikwe, chauffeur kidnapped in Owerri
Most Rev. Moses Chikwe, the auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Imo State, in Eastern Nigeria, has been…
Burkina Faso: Kabore begins second term
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso was on Monday inaugurated for the second five-year term after winning the…
Trump loses grip as Republicans join Democrats override his veto
109 Republican congressmen joined their Democratic colleagues Monday to override Trump’s veto of a $740 billion defense policy bill.
U.S. House passes Trump’s $2000 COVID-19 relief checks
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks on…
10 dead as COVID-19 cases fall heavily in Nigeria
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases fall heavily on Monday, but death toll has continued to rise, with 10 people killed by the…
Attackers of Bishop Kukah agents of evil : Catholic Church
The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja, has stoutly defended the state of the nation message delivered on Christmas Day…
Biden blasts Trump team as ‘irresponsible’
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden described as irresponsible, the lack of information being provided to his transition team by the outgoing…
Sanwo-Olu commissions COVID-19 triage, oxygen therapy centre
Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu on Monday commissioned a Permanent Triage and Oxygen Therapy Centre at Eti-Osa Local Government Area, Lagos.
Jungle justice: Mob sets 2 ablaze in Ibadan over alleged robbery
A mob on Monday set two persons ablaze over alleged robbery at Molete and Oke-Ado areas of Ibadan.
35 vehicles impounded for not having speed governors
The Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, said that 35 commercial motorists…
Juliet Ibrahim thanks fans who made her 2020 better
Ghanaian actress, film producer and model Juliet Ibrahim, took some time to thank her followers for their support in 2020.
Sanwo-Olu mourns Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos, Kabir
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness over the sudden death of the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos, Alhaji…
NAFDAC shuts down 6 pharmaceutical firms
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down six pharmaceutical manufacturers for non-compliance with Good…
4 die in rival cults shootout in Bayelsa
Bayelsa Police Command said four members of rival cult groups died in a shootout at a wake in the early…
Defence Minister eulogises Gen. Domkat Bali at burial
Minister of Defence, retired Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi has described the late Gen. Domkat Bali as a mentor and an…
Bayelsa seeks revalidation of Atala marginal oilfields
Bayelsa Government says it is pursuing the revalidation of the licence for the Atala Marginal Oilfields on Oil Mining Lease…
Lawmaker distributes food items to constituents
No fewer than 3,000 residents of Oluyole Federal Constituency have benefitted from the food items distributed by a member of…
Banditry: Governor Bello decries attacks on communities
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has condemned the recent attack by bandits on some communities of Maitumbi and Kuchi in…
Makinde to extract value from mineral resources
Governor Seyi Makinde has declared that his administration's determination to extract value from mineral resources abundant in the Oke Ogun,…
Youth empowerment: Ex-governorship candidate appeals to wealthy Nigerians
A former governorship candidate in Enugu State, Rev. Donatus Ozoemena, has appealed to wealthy Nigerians to assist governments in engaging…