President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Prof. Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO). The President also  dismissed four other...

A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has sentenced Yinusa Dahiru from Kano State to  26  years imprisonment for abducting a teenager, Ese Oruru and forcefully marrying her. The judgement...

Nigeria has recorded another 284 new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 6677. This disclosure was made in a tweet by the official twitter handle of the...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has evacuated 292 Nigerians who were stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the lockdown imposed on the country as a result of  the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed in...

226 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. This was disclosed via the official twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).   226 new cases...

The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association has directed its members to sit at home from 6 pm today, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. This is to protest the harassment of health workers on essential...

Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane resigned on Tuesday following a month-long crisis in the southern African kingdom after he was accused of being complicit in his ex-wife’s murder. He formally...

Nigeria has recorded 216 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. This was disclosed via a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday. The NCDC said 74 new cases were found in Lagos,...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, has applauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for her unwavering...

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed by Natasha Akpoti, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and her party against Governor...

The Government of Adamawa state has imposed a 24 hour curfew on Lamurde Local Government Area (LGA) of the state as a result of communal clashes. Humwashi Wonosikou, the Press Secretary to Governor Ahmadu...

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Monday inaugurated Arc. Waziri Bulama as the party’s new National Secretary. Speaking before the inauguration,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown in Kano by two weeks to contain the spread of  COVID-19 in the state. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha announced the...

338 new cases of the coronavirus, COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. The latest cases bring the total number of cases recorded in the country to 5959. The latest figures were confirmed via the official...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by two weeks. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha,...

Nigeria has confirmed 176 new cases of the coronavirus, COVID-19. This was disclosed in a tweet by the official twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. 176 new cases of #COVID19; 95-Lagos 31-Oyo 11-FCT 8-Niger 8-Borno 6-Jigawa 4-Kaduna 3-Anambra 2-Edo 2-Rivers 2-Nasarawa 2-Bauchi 1-Benue 1-Zamfara 5621...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has urged the newly recruited Graduate Trainees (GTs) to join hands with other staff in building the...

One of the property of the former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke which were seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will now serve as an isolation...

Eritrea has officially declared itself coronavirus-free after all 39 patients successfully recovered from COVID-19. A Ministry of Health statement said the 39th patient had been discharged from hospital...

Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of the novel coronavirus. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.   288 new cases of #COVID19; 179-Lagos 20-Kaduna 15-Katsina 15-Jigawa 13-Borno 11-Ogun 8-Kano 7-FCT 4-Niger 4-Ekiti 3-Oyo 3-Delta 3-Bauchi 2-Kwara 1-Edo 5445...