Nigeria has recorded 600 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 35,454. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose further to 12.56 per cent in June, as prices of basic food items surged. Inflation in Nigeria has been on the increase since August 2019 when the country shut its land...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has settled for the indirect mode of primaries for its July electoral exercise for the upcoming Ondo governorship election. Chairman of the Election Committee and...

The House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio. The committee issued the summons after the former acting Managing Director...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded 595 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 34,854. The specialist...

Nigeria has reported 643 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 34,259. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

Security operatives have surrounded the home of former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike  moved...

The suspended Acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been released after 10 days in detention. He was released on Wednesday evening. Magu was arrested...

The Support Our Troop (SOT) Foundation organised a public lecture in commemoration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, celebrated annually on 15 January. The theme of the maiden public lecture was Improving...

  In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many employees were sent by employers to work remotely. This is to reduce the risk of infection in public transport and in crowded places, such as...

Twelve directors of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been suspended with immediate effect. The notice of suspension was communicated to the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has asked Tosin Ojaomo, who is counsel to former Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, to direct the request for his client’s bail to the Presidential...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years in prison...

China has said it would retaliate after US President Donald Trump ordered an end to preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong. In a statement on Wednesday, China’s foreign ministry said it “firmly...

A study by researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine has claimed that the world’s population is likely to peak...

The joint United Nations and African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Tuesday condemned violent incidents in North Darfur State which left nine dead and 20 wounded. “UNAMID is deeply concerned about...

American biotech company, Moderna, is aiming to begin its final phase of testing for its coronavirus vaccine on July 27. Moderna is the first company in the United States to announce an estimated start...

Fahim Saleh, founder and Chief Executive Officer of ride-hailing company, Gokada, is dead. According to The New York Times, Saleh’ s dismembered and decapitated remains were found in his home on Manhattan’s...

Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile has died at the age of 23.  Arotile was commissioned eight months ago by the Nigerian Airforce. Her death was disclosed in a statement...

Nigeria’s  Senate has amended the Criminal Code Act which recommends life imprisonment for kidnappers and deletes the statute of limitations on cases of rape. Section 218 of the Criminal Code Act...