Year: 2020
Oyo govt announces move to acquire fire-fighting equipment
The Oyo State Government is set to acquire 10 modern fire-fighting equipment through a competitive bidding process.
Lagos police issue ultimatum to unregistered vehicles
Lagos State Police Command has issued seven days ultimatum to owners and operators of unregistered vehicles in the state to…
Bird Flu: Lagos begins post decontamination of live bird markets
Lagos State Government will on Monday began a week-long post festive disinfection and decontamination of 26 major live bird markets…
See full list of Ogun LG Transition Committees
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, had on Friday appointed transition committees for the 20 local government areas of the…
Death of Soleimani: Nigerian police commands on red alert
Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has placed commands and formations nationwide on red alert over possible reactions from…
3 rockets miss US embassy in Baghdad
Multiple rockets launched on Sunday against the US embassy in Baghdad missed their target. Local reports said the rockets landed…
Assets of Angola’s ex-first daughter Isabel dos Santos remain frozen
The Angola government is adamant that the assets freeze slammed on Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola’s former…
Rivers bans 437 schools from operating
By Okafor Ofiebor Tough times await thousands of parents and guardians in Rivers State, whose children and wards attend any…
Ogun to vaccinate 1.2 million children in 2020
Ogun State Government in its bid to eradicate unwanted diseases has targeted about 1.2 million newborn and children for vaccination…
Kaduna Gas disaster: Buhari mourns Prof. Mallam, his son and others
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over the gas explosion which led to the death of the Chairman, Nigeria…
APC may break into four parties, cleric warns
The Founder and President of Shiloh Word Chapel, Abuja, Prophet Samuel Ikechukwu, has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Iran shreds nuclear deal
Iran may have shredded the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as it said Sunday it would no longer abide…
Benin palace warns against unauthorized use of monarch’s name
The Benin Traditional Council has warned individuals and group of persons in the state against use of the name of…
God has been part of Lagos journey – Sanwo-Olu
The progress recorded by Lagos State, since the beginning of the fourth republic, would have been impossible without the guidance…
Nigerian-Spanish woman Helen Mukoro Idisi arrested for fraud
A Nigerian-born Spanish national, Helen Mukoro Idisi, who boasts of an extensive resume as head of the Spanish branch of…
Iran sets $80m bounty on Trump’s head, eyes White House as target
Iran is mobilising its citizens to donate a dollar each to raise $80million to be used as bounty for Donald…
Iran says will target 6,236 US sites, in reply to Trump’s Twitter threat
The sabre-rattling is on between Tehran and Washington as a senior Iranian lawmaker responded to President Donald Trump's threat to…
Saudi stock market, others slump to Qassem Soleimani effect
Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) as well as other key Middle East stock exchanges were down on Sunday…
Ayade to aides: Get clearance from me before interview
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has directed all commissioners and other political appointees in his government to henceforth desist…
Buhari clarifies recall of Ambassadors
The Federal Government has dismissed reports claiming that there was a mass recall of Ambassadors.
Pastor Bakare unveils the true enemies of Nigeria
The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare on Sunday unveiled a long list of the true…
Residents warn Gov. Obiano ahead of Anambra election
Some residents of Anambra on Sunday warned Gov. Willie Obiano not to allow electioneering activities to slow down the pace…
“Sugar Rush” serves just laughter and nothing else
‘Sugar Rush’ makes the audience laugh but does absolutely nothing else. For a movie with an entourage of producers and…
Iranian hackers post chilling words to Trump
Hackers claiming to be from Iran have targeted a US government website and left chilling words for President Donald Trump…
Kidnappers demand N10m for Yola-based doctor Kawuyo
Armed kidnappers are demanding N10 million ransom to free Dr Abdulrahman Kawuyo, who was kidnapped early on Sunday in Yola,…
Aisha Buhari sends message to UN Deputy Secretary-General
The wife of the President of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, on Sunday, congratulated the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, on the…
16,000 farmers get dry season farming loans
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has provided farm inputs worth N200,000 to each of about 16,163 Rice Farmers…
Army kills terrorists, rescues 461 captives in Jakana
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 461 Boko Haram captives and killed some insurgents during a raid and search…
Troops overrun Boko Haram terrorists, rescue 207 children
The Nigerian Army says, its troops in the North East theatre of operations have tested the recently inducted indigenous Mines…
Power cuts in South Africa extended till Monday
South Africa’s struggling state power firm Eskom said on Sunday that it would extend electricity cuts until 5 a.m. local…