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National Assembly members return tomorrow for 2020 budget

The National Assembly members will tomorrow resume from their Eid-el-Fitri break to consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s Appropriation (Amendment) Bill 2020..

Kogi Christian leaders demand apology from Bello’s top aide

Many Christian leaders have demanded an apology from Abdulkareem Jamiu Asuku, the Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor, over…
COVID-19 in the United States

U.S. passes 100,000 coronavirus death toll

The United States has surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, the world's highest. It reached the mark on…

No respite for Nigeria, Coronavirus cases shoot up again to 276

There seems to be no respite for Nigeria as it continues to record high Coronavirus cases, ramping up 276 new…

PDP hails Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Zamfara Chapter, on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal…

875 people commit suicide during lockdown

A total of 875 people have committed suicide during the lockdown period in Nepal.

Buhari did not shred Abba Kyari’s memos: P.M. News report confirmed

For the second time, the Presidency has declared as untrue and fake news, a media report on Monday that President…
Bola Tinubu to chair Arewa House Lecture

What I know about Late Telegraph Editor Bakare – Tinubu

National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the late Waheed Bakare as…

El-Rufai extends Kaduna lockdown by 2 weeks

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has extended the Kaduna lockdown by two weeks. The lockdown order was conveyed by his deputy, Dr.…

COVID-19: African nations must look inward for homegrown solutions – Jonathan

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has tasked African countries to…

Senate President condoles with NUJ over death of New Telegraph Editor

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with the Nigerian Union of Journalists and Guild of Editors on the…

NDDC budget padded with over 500 fake projects – MD

Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, revealed on Tuesday that the commission’s 2019 budget was…
File People stranded on Niger Bridge

COVID-19: Delta, Anambra agree to free traffic on Niger bridge

Delta and Anambra governments on Tuesday agreed to work together to ensure free flow of traffic on River Niger bridge.
Wike

Wike cancels lockdown, imposes indefinite curfew in Rivers

Rivers State Government has cancelled the proposed lockdown of Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government and imposed an indefinite curfew…
Some suspects arrested by Navy

42 suspected cultists in arrested Cross River

The Nigerian Navy Victory Ship (NNVS) has handed over 42 suspected cultists to the Cross River Government for onward investigation…
Gov. Masari tells Katsina people to get weapons

Katsina returns to lockdown mode as COVID-19 cases explode

Katsina state will return to the lockdown mode from Wednesday morning as COVID-19 cases escalate, according to Governor Aminu Masari
Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle buys 450 truckloads of food for Ramadan

Gov Matawalle appoints Sanusi as new Emir

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has presented letter of appointment to Alhaji Sanusi Muhammad as the new Emir of Kaura-Namoda. 
Masari lifts ban on telecom services in 10 of 17 LGAs in Katsina

Bus drivers, passengers must wear masks in Katsina, Masari orders

By Our Reporter Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina said commercial drivers and their passengers must wear face masks henceforth. He…

Wike in trouble: Naked women protest isolation of Prodest Hotel manager

Half-naked and angry elderly Ogoni women on Tuesday stormed Bori town, the headquarters of Khana Local Government area to protest…
Northern State Governors’ Forum pays tribute elder statesman and Chairman of PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark who died on Tuesday.

Buhari salutes ‘grand old man’ Edwin Clark

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with elder statesman and Niger Delta Leader, and Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, who turns 93…
Police acting in concert with military operatives rescue 23 kidnapped victims from a gang of gunmen in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State.

Sporadic shooting: Mobile policemen beat, hold LASG officials hostage 

Some mobile policemen in a rage of madness have beaten, brutalized and held hostage officials of the Lagos State Building…

A painful death: Sanwo-Olu mourns New Telegraph’s Saturday Editor

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday described the death of New Telegraph's Saturday Editor, Waheed Bakare as…
Dr Mohammed Ali of Kaduna based HRDEI

Atiku receives additional 83 repatriated ‘Almajiri’ from Kano

The Kebbi State Government said it has received 83 additional Almajiri (Qu’anic education pupils) repatriated from Kano State.

How the American Idiot made America a failed state

The American Idiot made America a failed state. The malicious one, the gun-toting Republican, never wanted a functioning, modern society…

President Buhari mourns Bakare

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Waheed Bakare. Until his death, Waheed Bakare was the Saturday…

Africa, Eid-el-Fitr and the coronavirus

What Nigeria and many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa are faced with is the threat of an exponential rise in…

Kaduna-Kano rail will never be completed – Ganduje’s aide

Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a media aide of the Governor Ganduje of Kano state, said the Kaduna-Kano rail project will never…

INEC to test electronic voting machine in pilot scheme

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to pilot the use of electronic voting machines at the earliest time possible…

Masks, sanitisers, thermometers coming to polling stations, INEC says

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu said COVID-19 poses health challenges to the electoral process.

Nigeria surpasses 8,000 Coronavirus mark

Nigeria's Coronavirus cases have surpassed 8,000 mark after the nation recorded 229 fresh cases of the virus on Monday.