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BBNaija show misrepresents Nigerian youths, Oba Ogunwusi wants it scrapped

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Wednesday added his powerful voice to the calls for the…
covid-19 testing

No single COVID-19 death as Nigeria reports 453 new cases

Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria increased on Wednesday to 47,743, after NCDC announced 453 new cases.

Buhari mourns Walter Carrington great friend of Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, describing him…

Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington is dead

Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington has died at the age of 90.

Lance Corporal Babangida jailed for robbing, killing WHO official

A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting in Abuja has sentenced Lance Corporal Ibrahim Babangida to 55 years imprisonment over culpable…
Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe: UNILAG VC

I remain UNILAG vice-chancellor, Ogundipe insists

Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has insisted that he remains the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Magu: We didn’t mistakenly transfer N573m into Omale’s account – FCMB 

First City Monument Bank, FCMB, has debunked reports that the sum of N573 million was mistakenly transferred into the account…
Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe: UNILAG VC

UNILAG Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ogundipe sacked

The Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked by the governing council of the…

I will quit PDP if NWC removes party structures from Ayade – Fani-Kayode

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has threatened to quit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if the National Working Committee, NWC,…
Minister of foreign affairs Geoffrey Onyeama:

Foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama overcomes COVID-19

Nigeria's foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama has overcome COVID-19, almost three weeks after he said he was going into isolation.

Babatunde Oke Onigbongbo council boss dies of COVID-19

Council chairman for Onigbongbo in Lagos, Mr Babatunde Oke, is dead. He died early today from complications arising from Coronavirus…

12 Major news events that shook July 2020

The month of July saw some major political, economic, crime, and cultural events take place in Nigeria and around the…

UK officially in recession for first time in 11 years

Britain officially entered recession, with data set showing a collapse of around 20 percent of gross domestic product in the…

Boko Haram terrorists now ‘mere scavengers desperate for food’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari and State Governors on Tuesday ended their meeting on the state of the nation’s security with a…

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi goes back to school

Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is returning to school in the United Kingdom in October, on a fellowship…
Getting ready for COVID-19 tests

Breaking: Nigeria records an uptick again in COVID-19 cases

From 290 cases recorded on Monday, Nigeria's COVID-19 cases rose to 423 on Tuesday, on day that the NCDC warned…

Joe Biden picks Senator Kamala Harris as running mate

California Senator Kamala Harris is the running mate to Joe Biden, the presumptive presidential candidate of the US Democrats in…

Outrage over Jibril Aliyu’s animal treatment, Nigerians call for stiff punishment

Outraged Nigerians have called for the stiffest punishment for the father and step mothers of 10 year-old boy Jibril Aliyu,…

Nigerian Horror: Boy tethered with animals for two years, lived on their food remnants

A horrendous case of child abuse has just been uncovered in Kebbi state, in northwest Nigeria: of a 10 year-old…

Red Alert: Armed Fulani herdsmen from Mali, Niger swamp Kogi communities

Armed Fulani herdsmen from Mali and Niger have swamped some communities in Kogi West Senatorial District, an environmentalist and community…

Nigerians join in marking 1st World Mask Week

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has joined the first global movement of World Mask Week (WMW) to motivate…

At last, Trump’s ventilators arrive Nigeria

The Nigerian government will today receive the 200 ventilators promised by the US government to increase the country’s capacity in…

Russia registers first COVID-19 vaccine, Putin’s daughter inoculated

Russia on Tuesday became the first country in the world to officially register a COVID-19 vaccine and declare it ready…
MURIC

We are not terrorists: MURIC denies link to ISWAP

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Tuesday, said it has no link with any terrorist group in or outside Nigeria.

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases fall to new low

Confirmed COVID-19 cases fell to a new low on Monday with just 290 cases reported.This represents a very sharp fall…

Former PM News Editor, ‘Lanre Babalola dies at 57

Former Editor of PM News, Olanrewaju Rasak Babalola is dead. He died on Monday at the age of 57 after…
Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris

4 Yahoo Yahoo civil servants docked for hacking IPPIS

The Federal Government on Monday docked four civil servants and a businessman at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged…

Obasanjo speaks again: I don’t care what people say about me when I die

Nigeria’s former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he does not care what people say about him when he die.
Kano housewife, Fadila Adamu to die by hanging for kidnapping and throwing an eight-year-old girl into a well, causing her death.

Kano Sharia court condemns man to death over WhatsApp post

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Monday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death by hanging after…

Northeast governors to Buhari: Boko Haram recruiting more members

Northeast governors on Monday told President Muhammadu Buhari that Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting more members to take over the…