Author: Isa Isawade
Family of missing Arinze urges police to arrest vigilantes
Family of a missing 22 years old Arinze Obiukwu is asking the Rivers State Police Command to arrest members of…
Indian PM Narendra Modi shuts Weibo account
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deleted his account on Sina Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, an Indian government source…
No COVID-19 infection in Cross River, Ayade insists
Cross River Gov. Ben Ayade has insisted that his state has no COVID-19 case, saying he has nothing to gain…
Recently publicized swine flu not new, says WHO
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert on Wednesday said the recently publicized swine flu in China was not new and…
Sales of major U.S. automakers plunge
One of U.S. automakers, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) has reported a 39 percent year-over-year drop in new-vehicle sales in…
Ganduje heads 49-man APC Campaign Council for Edo poll (Full list)
Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is the chairman of the 49-man All Progressives Congress National Campaign Council…
400 suspected robbers, kidnappers arrested in Lagos
Police in Lagos on Wednesday announced the arrest of about 400 crime suspects, among whom were 97 robbers, kidnappers, rapists…
Death toll rises to 96 in Myanmar monsoon landslide
The death toll of monsoon landslide in Kachin state of Myanmar has risen to 96 as more bodies were recovered…
Live music industry dying, British musicians cry out
Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran and The Rolling Stones were among some 1,500 musicians who called on Thursday for the British…
Enugu confirms 66 new COVID-19 cases
The Enugu State Government announced 66 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease, bringing the total number of confirmed cases…
Massacre at drug rehab centre
At least 24 people were killed in an attack on a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of…
81 killed in Ethiopia protests over death of singer Hachalu Hundessa
At least 81 people were killed in Ethiopia after death of a popular singer Hachalu Hundessa sparked violent protests in…
Oil prices slip on demand fears as U.S virus cases surge
Oil prices dipped on Thursday after the United States recorded its biggest one-day spike in coronavirus cases and California re-imposed…
Wike vows to revamp secondary schools in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has vowed to upgrade facilities in schools that have contributed in moulding prominent personalities…
UEFA announces Champions League schedule for next season
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced schedule for the Champions League 2020-21 season on Wednesday.
Senate wants immunization against Polio sustained
The Senate of Nigeria has called on government at all levels, as well as relevant Ministries and Agencies to sustain…
Gov Obiano hails Buhari over Ewelukwa’s appointment
The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Dr Nnaemeka Ewelukwa as the Chief…
Court Jails Ex-LUTH Accountant Olaniyi Zaccheus for 15 years
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, has secured the conviction and sentence of a former accounts…
Dogara heads screening committee for PDP primaries in Ondo
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara
Don’t usurp powers of Executive, lawyers tell National Assembly
Lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) have advised the National Assembly (NASS)
Tinubu mourns industrialist Bode Akindele
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the death of foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Chief…
Afe Babalola wants rapists castrated
Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), on Wednesday condemned the rising rape cases,
Gomes leaves Man United after rejecting new contract
Highly-rated young attacking midfielder Angel Gomes has left Manchester United after rejecting a new contract offer, the Premier League club…
Benue approves partial re-opening of schools
The Benue government on Wednesday approved a partial re-opening of schools in compliance with recommendations of the Presidential Task Force…
ICPC re-arraigns Ishaq Modibbo- Kawu
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday re-arraigned Ishaq Modibbo- Kawu, the suspended Director-General of…
We have developed new methods to defeat insurgents – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the Nigerian Army has developed new methods through which all…
Sex workers escape death as fire razes Brothel in Rivers
Proprietor of a popular brothel, Pedro Hotel, Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and many sex workers narrowly escaped death…
Commuters praise Buhari for Ulasi-Okija Bridge
Motorists and commuters who travel through the hitherto deathtrap on the notorious Ulasi-Okija Bridge along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra…
Provide timelines for community policing, Lawan tells I-GP
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday charged the Inspector-General of Police to provide timelines for the implementation of…
Ekiti announces dates to reopen worship centres, schools
Governor Kayode Fayemi Ekiti said worship centres in Ekiti State may resume for services from Friday, July 17, while the…