Year: 2020
Nigeria’s Ogunbiyi assumes duty at UN
Immediate-past Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, has assumed duty at her new job at…
Lalong congratulates Women Affairs minister at 61
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has congratulated the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, on her…
Iran’s Rouhani to Trump: You cut Soleimani’s arm, we cut off your legs
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani sent a chilling note to US President Donald Trump today that Washington might have “cut off…
Updated: No survivor in Ukrainian plane crash
There was no survivor in the Ukrainian Airlines plane that crashed few minutes after taking off from Tehran's international airport…
No Criminal Will Have A Hiding Place – Ogun governor
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has reaffirmed that no criminal will have a place to stay in the…
Iran claims 80 US soldiers killed in missile attacks
Iran said some 80 US army personnel have been killed and nearly 200 more wounded in Wednesday missile attacks carried…
Businessman arraigned for obtaining by false pretenses
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till 10th of February, 2020 for trial, three-count criminal charges of…
Our Security Strategy Will Experience Smooth Communication – Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that the security strategies that have been put in place by his…
66 Oyo Public Schools to benefit from SBMC-SIP
Oyo State Government in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has selected 66 public primary schools from the…
Youth League Lauds Abiodun On Transition Committee
A league of youths in the All progressive Congress, Ogun state Chapter has laud Gov Dapo Abiodun on the appointment…
2020 WASSCE: Lagos Begins E-registration Of Candidates
The Lagos State Government has commenced the 2020 May/June E-Registration (Data Capturing) of Senior Secondary School candidates in all Public…
Abiodun Decries Dearth Of Reading Culture Among Youths
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has expressed concern over lack of reading culture among the younger generation most especially…
Lagos Commissions new Citizen’s Mediation Centers
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday advised Lagosians to embrace alternative dispute resolution in settling disputes rather than engage…
Egypt ladies beat Nigeria in Olympic qualifier volleyball
Egypt’s women volleyball team on Tuesday defeated their Nigerian counterparts 3-0 in their second game at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo…
Canada says its soldiers safe in Iraq
Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance tweeted Tuesday night that all the country's military personnel in Iraq…
Plane crashes in Iran with 180 aboard
An Ukrainian Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 180 passengers on aboard has crashed in Iran.
Lagos judge stalls new power tariffs
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has stalled the implementation of new electricity tariffs from April, pending the determination…
Oil prices soar as Iran hits US Iraqi bases with missiles
Oil rose sharply, with U.S. crude rising nearly $3, on Wednesday after the U.S. said its forces in Iraq were…
Iranian missiles: Trump tweets ‘All is well, so far so good’
US President Donald Trump has tweeted a response to Iranian missile attacks on US bases in Iraq early on Wednesday,…
Iran warns US, Middle East allies against counter-attack
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned Washington against any more provocation It also warned its allies not to…
Iran launches second round of missiles attack against US
Iran has started its “second round” of attacks against bases holding U.S. troops in Iraq, the Tehran-based Tasnim news agency…
CAF crowns Sadio Mane, Oshoala best of African football
Liverpool and Senegal star Sadio Mane and Nigeria and FC Barcelona Women forward Asisat Oshoala have picked up the top…
Iran hits America back, White House reacts
Tens of missiles were launched from Iran early Wednesday at two Iraq air bases housing US and coalition troops. Hit…
Man City outclass Man United in Carabao Cup first leg
Manchester City recorded a sweet revenge for derby defeat to Manchester United last month by simply outclassing them on Tuesday…
Rockets rain on US base in Iraq
Reports said multiple rockets have hit Al Asad Airbase in Iraq that hosts both US and Iraqi troops.
Official: No NYSC member killed in Yenagoa shooting
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Bayelsa said on Tuesday that no corps member was affected in the shooting…
Kwara community confers awards on 30 citizens
No fewer than 30 distinguished personalities were on Tuesday honoured with chieftaincy titles and merit awards by Erinmope community in…
Wike swears in 4 new Judges
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has sworn in four new judges into the state's judiciary and charged them to show…
Ugwuanyi grants autonomy to Enugu community
The people of Akaibite-Agu Community in Ugbene-Ajima, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State have hailed Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for…
Kano lawmaker donates delivery kits to women
Rep. Mustapha Bala (APC-Warawa/Dawakin Kudu) has donated safe delivery kits to 4,000 women in the constituency.