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Real Madrid confirm one positive COVID-19 case as Champions League looms

Michael Adeshina Real Madrid forward Mariano Diaz has contracted COVID-19. This was discovered after the Real Madrid conducted COVID-19 test…
IPOB paid millions of dollars to put Nigeria on religious watchlist - Garba Shehu

Aso Rock clarifies electricity export to Niger, Togo, Benin

Aso Rock has debunked a report that Nigeria exported $81.48billion of electricity to Niger, Benin and Togo.

ROT IN JAIL: Chrisland school paedophile Adenekan loses appeal

By Moji Eniola A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the 60-year sentence for paedophile Adegboyega Adenekan, a…

COVID-19 cases fall drastically in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force on Tuesday said that the number of confirmed infections from Coronavirus pandemic in the state…

Breaking: Nigeria declares Thursday, Friday public holiday for Eid-el-Kabir

The Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday 30 and 31 July, as public holiday to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir.

BREAKING: Buhari, APC Governors meet

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a virtual meeting with members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF). The meeting took…
Ganduje my political boy, he can’t look at me directly - Kwankwaso

N299bn loan: Kwankwaso loyalists move to stop Ganduje’s request

A political organization loyal to ex-Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has moved to halt €684m(N299bn) loan request by the…
What Ruggedman said about Afrobeats

How Ruggedman saved stranded lady from hoodlums

Nigerian rapper, Michael Ugochukwu Stephens aka Ruggedman narrated how he saved a stranded female traveller from hoodlums in Lagos.
Akinwumi Adesina President of AfDB: bank debars Maxicare Nigeria Limited

AfDB probe: Panel clears Adesina of all allegations

An independent panel of experts, headed by former Irish President Mary Robinson, has cleared Akinwumi Adesina, leader of the African…

U.S.-based Nigerian doctor says hydroxychloroquine cures COVID-19 (Video)

A Nigerian-born and trained physician, Dr Stella Emmanuel, is trending on social media after delivering an impassioned COVID-19 speech in…
Dubai Police arrest gang of burglars from Europe

Dubai Police charges Nigerian woman with robbery, judgment day fixed

A Nigerian woman will know her fate on 20 August in Dubai when judgment will be delivered after a trial…

Okogie blows hot: Nigeria is a sinking ship being navigated by pirates

His Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has decried the current level of corruption under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari,…
Chris Ngige Labour Minister

FG pays N15.8b to medical personnel as hazard allowance

The Federal Government said it has so far spent N15.8 billion on hazard allowances on medical personnel in its teaching…

Plateau posts staggering coronavirus infections, as Nigeria records 648 new cases

Plateau State has recorded its biggest Coronavirus infections in a single day, posting a staggering 148 new cases on Monday.

7 Facts you need to know about Fibromyalgia

On Friday July 24, the world was hit by death of Adeola Osinuga, a popular radio presenter and wife of…

Ogundele is Ogun PDP’s new Chairman

A then factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Silkirulai Ogundele has been elected new state…

One dies, three injured as gas explodes in Lagos

One person has died and three injured as a gas cylinder explodes at Palmgroove area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Lagos shuts Banana Island Water Treatment plant

The Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LSWRC) on Monday sealed the Banana Island Property Owners Resident Association (BIPORAL) Water Treatment…

FG announces closure of Air Peace evacuation of Nigerians from UK

The Nigerian High Commission in the UK has announced the closure of Air Peace Evacuation flight from that country scheduled…

WASSCE: FG clarifies position on schools that will reopen

The Federal Government on Monday said only schools designated as centres for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE)…

Nigerians mock Obasanjo after snubbed in train stations’ honour roll

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has been the butt of jokes on Twitter after President Buhari failed to name any…

Buhari names railway stations after Tinubu, Awolowo, others (Full list)

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of some railway stations after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Obafemi Awolowo, Prof. Wole Soyinka…
Yakubu Dogara

You Lied: Dogara attacked by PDP BOT chairman

The chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jubrin, said former speaker Yakubu Dogara…

Forget apology, Oshiomhole can’t be trusted again – Edo PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State, on Monday said former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade…

FIRS plans stamp duty palliatives for tenants

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it is working on a stamp duty palliative package for tenants in view…
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education:

JUST IN: FG orders reopening of schools, announces Aug 17 for WASSCE

Nigeria’s Federal Government on Monday announced the reopening of schools for graduating students with effect from 4 August, 2020 and…

President Buhari names train stations after Tinubu, Osinbajo, Soyinka

Michael Adeshina President Muhammadu Buhari has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving citizens.” According…
IGP Mohammed Adamu sends detectives to Benue to probe attack on Samuel Ortom

Southern Kaduna: IGP orders full enforcement of curfew

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has ordered the Commissioner of Police (CP), to ensure full enforcement of…

Photo News: Buhari in Virtual meeting with ECOWAS leaders on Mali crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined other sub-regional leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in an…
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki

3 commissioners resign from Governor Obaseki’s government

Three Edo state commissioners have resigned from Governor Godwin Obaseki's government ahead of the governorship election.