FG orders IGP to provide security for 17 APC lawmakers in Edo

The federal government has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to provide security for the 17 Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers. Minister...

Panic As New Deadly Virus Surfaces In China

China is now facing a new health threat from another virus, that is tick-borne. Recall that Coronavirus originated from China and has affected the...

UI student’s death: Family demands CCTV footage of incident

THE family of Richard Gbadebo, a 300-level student of the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, who died at a...

International flights to resume in weeks –FG

The Federal Government on Thursday said the airports would be reopened to international flights in weeks and not in months. When international flights eventually resume,...

INEC introduces election result viewing portal

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a dedicated public election result viewing portal, known as “The INEC Result Viewing (IReV)”. The commission said...

COVID-19: Nigerian govt announces new working hours for civil servants

The Nigerian Government, on Thursday, approved new working hours for civil servants across the country. The federal civil servants on Grade Level 12 and above...

If You Calm Down, You Will See President Buhari’s Achievements — Femi Adesina Tells...

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has said that Nigerians will only see the achievements of the President...

Footballer, Ahmed Musa and his wife, Julie, welcome a baby boy

Ahmed Musa and his wife Julie Super Eagles player, Ahmed Musa and his wife, Julie, have welcomed their second child together, a boy. This will...

354 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria

354 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday, August 6. A breakdown from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicates that...

FG asks airlines to prepare for resumption of international flights

The Federal government has asked airlines to begin the process for the resumption of international flights. National coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19,...

COVID-19 vaccine: Osinbajo meets pharmaceutical companies 

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, met with pharmaceutical companies regarding a COVID-19 vaccine. At the virtual meeting with representatives of Pfizer & Biotech, Osinbajo...

USSD: Banks owe MTN, Airtel, other Telcos N17bn – Danbatta 

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has revealed that commercial banks are owing telecommunications companies over...

‘There is life beyond 2023’- Nigerians tell Femi Adesina 

Femi Adesina, President Muhamadu Buhari Special Adviser on Media and Publicity has come under attack for describing the RevolutionNow protest, which was held in...

Nigerian govt sends new directive to banks, schools as Buhari extends lockdown by four...

The federal government has asked banks to open all their branches. Dr. Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19,...

 Banditry: Buhari should resign – Katsina residents protest over insecurity 

Some aggrieved residents of Katsina State, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office. The residents from Turare and Dogon Ruwa communities...

Boko Haram: Fresh action to end terrorism, banditry revealed 

A group, under the aegis of Initiative for One Nigeria (ION), has vowed to hold massive campaigns against the activities of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists...

Pastor Chris Okotie warns Christians not to wear face masks to church, gives reasons 

The Senior Pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, has claimed that wearing face masks to church, is against the finished work...

NCPC reveals how to end Kaduna killings

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, Rev. Yakubu Pam, has suggested that the only way towards finding lasting peace to the killings...

Edo election: Atiku reacts to plot to impeach Obaseki 

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the ongoing crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly. On Thursday morning, the premises of Edo State...

Akwa Ibom APC appoints Ita Udosen as acting Chairman 

The All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State chapter has appointed Ita Udosen, the Deputy State Chairman as the Acting Chairman of the party in...

EFCC: How ‘Magu Boys’ allegedly disobeyed court, demanded N75m bribe – Lawyer 

Another allegation has been made against the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. This was contained in a...

 Nigerian govt extends COVID-19 lockdown by 4 weeks

The Nigerian government, on Thursday, extended the second phase of the COVID-19 eased lockdown by another four weeks. This extension is the third for the...

‘No Fire Outbreak At Any WAEC Office In Nigeria’

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has described as false, the rumour being peddled by some online media that there was a fire outbreak...

21-year-old Man Arrested For Allegedly Sodomizing Underaged Boys In Anambra

Men of the Anambra state police command have arrested twenty-one-year-old Obimeze Maduabuchi Augustine, of Ofianta village, Nsugbe, in Anambra East Local Government Area of...

Suspected Ritualist Caught While Trying To Use Diabolical Handkerchief To Steal Manhood Of Children...

A suspected ritualist has been apprehended in the act of using suspected diabolical ritual handkerchief to steal the manhood of little children in Bayelsa...

Al-Qaeda Penetrating North-west, US Alerts Nigeria

U.S. warns of possible Al Qaeda attackThe United States has alerted the federal government that the Al-Qaeda insurgent group was already penetrating the North-western...

Agba Jalingo Re-arrested By Lagos Police

Agba Jaligo, the journalist and activist who was released in February 2020 after being detained at the Afokang Prison in Calabar for 179 days...

NCC stops telecoms from charging for money transfer via USSD

The Nigerian Communications Commission has stopped Mobile Network Operators from charging the consumers directly for the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data channels for...

We’ll Give You, EFCC Fair Hearing, Salami Tells Magu

….Says ‘we can’t give you proceedings recordings Chairman of the Presidential Investigative Committee looking into the allegations of wrongdoings levelled against Ibrahim Magu, the suspended...

Covid-19: I’m Still Waiting On God To Re-Open Church – TB Joshua

Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Joshua has disclosed that he is waiting to hear from God before physical...