Year: 2021
Enugu DISCO to invest N1.6bn on network expansion
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) said it will spend N1.6 billion on 30 electricity network expansion projects within the…
COVID-19: Jude Okoye’s wife battles for life
Ify Okoye, wife of music executive Jude Okoye, older brother and former manager to the now-defunct music duo P-Square, has…
Ex-deputy speaker Nguroje loses 2 sisters, brother -in-law, four kids in auto-accident
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Babangida Nguroje has lost his two sisters, Zainab and Hajiya Hadiza in…
2023 Presidency: Kogi Speaker begins consultation for Bello
The Kogi State House of Assembly is set to add flesh, to the skeletons of Governor Yahaya Bello's 2023 Presidential…
Edo arrests three illegal loggers, recovers 979 stolen timber species
Three notorious illegal loggers have been arrested at the Okomu High Conservation value area (HCV), Edo State, with over 35…
COVID-19 not a hoax, Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians again
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu sounded another bugle on Sunday, pleading with Lagosians to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines.
COVID-19: China reports 96 new coronavirus cases
Chinese health authorities reported 96 coronavirus cases nationwide on Sunday as the country continues efforts to rein in a new…
100 okadas impounded in Lagos on restricted routes
The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) at the weekend impounded another 100 commercial…
Czech President soon to be vaccinated
Czech President Milos Zeman is expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in about a week, the Czech head of state…
Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie lampoons journalists
Lauretta Onochie, the Special Assistant on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari has criticised Nigerian media for not standing by the…
Okowa salutes Tambuwal at 55
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has felicitated his Sokoto State counterpart and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’…
Sister of late Nollywood star Orisabunmi dies 72 hours after her
Mrs Janet Ademola, the younger sister of late popular Yoruba actress Mrs. Folake Aremu, widely known as Orisabunmi, is dead.
Troops kill over 50 bandits, recover rustled livestock
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, on Saturday, eliminated no fewer than 50 bandits at Kuriya village in Kaura Namoda Local…
Fire at Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters under control
Some offices at the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service has been razed by fire, the service disclosed today
Police arrest 318 suspected criminals in Yobe
The Police Command in Yobe, on Sunday, said it arrested 318 suspects in connection with various offences in the fourth…
Pope Francis condemns storming of U.S Capitol building
Pope Francis has condemned the storming of the Capitol building in Washington earlier this week and called on people to…
Umahi’s successor to be picked on competence not zoning: AESID
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) said competent and credible leadership should be the yardstick for…
Uzoma’s death, a big loss to GBV activism – Pauline Tallen
Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, says the demise of renowned civil rights activist, Esther Uzoma has left a…
COVID-19: Africa’s confirmed cases surpass 3m – Africa CDC
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers…
I could be sacked – Lampard speaks on future at Chelsea
Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, has disclosed that his status as a legend at the club, will not afford him more…
WAEC confirms deadline for 2021 WASSCE registration
The West African Examinations Council, (WAEC) Nigeria, has confirmed that Jan. 29, 2021, is the deadline for the registration of…
Another college revokes Honorary Degree awarded to Trump
A private school in the New York borough of Staten Island, Wagner College has revoked an honorary degree given to…
SERAP to Buhari: Borrowing dormant account balances, unclaimed dividends illegal
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari regarding his government's move to…
Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians, says COVID-19 not hoax
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on Sunday warned Lagosians on the severity of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
FRSC begins full enforcement of NIN for vehicle registration
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has made the presentation of a valid National Identification Number (NIN) compulsory for all…
Nigeria posts record 56 deaths, 11483 cases of COVID-19 in nine days
Indication that Nigeria was in the grip of a more aggressive second wave of COVID-19, was underscored Saturday with new…
Nigeria’s boxing champion, Scorpion named WBF boxer of the month
Nigerian Ridwan Oyekola popularly called scorpion has been named World Boxing Federation (WBF) Boxer of the Month for December 2020.
Fulani herdsmen join Oyo Amotekun
The Commandant of Oyo Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), said that there were no clashes between his men and Fulani…
How MAGA morons followed world’s greatest conman to their doom
The common denominator running through Wednesday's assault on the U.S. Capitol was ignorance and weaponized stupidity
Amotekun: We must do everything to avoid another SARS – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has advised that the operatives of Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun should be trained…