Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday rose to 8,915 as 182 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has released the guidelines for reopening the state’s economy on Monday. Mr Abiodun disclosed this in an address...

A fire tore through an overcrowded maximum security prison in Cameroon’s port city of Douala on Thursday leading to the hospitalisation of three prisoners...

For some days now, there have been cocktails of media blitzkrieg on the altercations between the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora...

The Nigerian government has rallied support for the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina. A letter by the Nigerian Minister of Finance, Budget...

The federal government will consider using schools and hotels as isolation centres for COVID-19 patients if the need arises, an official said. The Minister of...

The federal government has approved the dissolution of the governing councils of two universities in the country. The universities are the University of Port Harcourt,...

The House of Representatives has asked its relevant committees to liaise with security agencies to investigate the reports of breaches in interstate travel ban. This...

The Jigawa State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Thursday, said 29 health workers who tested positive for coronavirus in the state...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has inaugurated its reconciliation committee constituted to reconcile all aggrieved members in the state. The committee, led...

Nigeria has recorded more deaths from hospitals’ refusal to attend to patients with other illnesses than from COVID-19 virus, the Secretary to the Government...

No fewer than 102 local government areas in 28 states are at risk of flooding, according to the 2020 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), released...

The Abia State Government has declared wanted a man it said disappeared after testing positive for COVID-19. The government said the man, Emmanuel Ononiwu, had...

The President of the Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Association in Nigeria (SPAAN), Julius Ademokoya, a professor, says no fewer than 8.5 million Nigerians are...

The Chief Judge of Osun, Adepele Ojo, on Thursday freed 13 inmates of the Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile-Ife. Mrs Ojo freed the inmates while leading...

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says the recently signed Presidential Executive Orders are aimed at complementing the...

The federal government has unveiled the details of its plan to employ at 1,000 persons from each of the 774 local government areas in...

Armed attackers on Sunday and Wednesday invaded Sabon Birnin Local Government Area of Sokoto State and killed over 50 people as they celebrated Eid...

Tunde Demuren took to Twitter to declare his love for his wife, Toolz, to mark their 4th wedding anniversary. Sharing a photo taken on their...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) trading indices on Thursday lost N29 billion or 0.22 per cent, with market capitalisation closing at N13.115 trillion compared...

The federal government has applauded the Edo State Government as the state inaugurates a 300-bed isolation centre and molecular laboratory in Benin. Inaugurating the facilities...

The Federal Ministry of Justice on Thursday opened technical bids for Consultancy Service to monitor the implementation of Abacha loot III. The News Agency of...

A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged African leaders to rally round and support Akinwunmi Adesina, the embattled president of African Development Bank...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as of May 26 had risen to over 123, 000. The WHO...

Apple Music, the world second largest audio streaming provider has named the musician daughter of billionaire, Femi Otedola, Florence Otedola, who is popularly known...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday reduced the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 12.5 per cent, from 13.5...

The Bureau of the Boards of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday denied asking the bank’s President, Akinwumi Adesina, to step...

Japan’s Health Ministry and local authorities said there were 63 new COVID-19 cases confirmed nationwide, with 21 detected in Kitakyushu in the south western...

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has announced that 206 returnees are currently being held at the 40 withholding quarantine centres for COVID-19 spread...

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Thursday, amid jubilation, inaugurated the 13-kilometre Nike Lake Junction-Harmony Estate-Amorji Nike- Adoration Pilgrimage Centre –Orie Emene road,...