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    Panic As 40 People Are Struck With Leprosy In Nasarawa In Just 2 Weeks


  • The Leprosy Centre in Alushi village, Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State recently recorded 170 new cases.

  • 2021-02-01 09:54:35

    B117 Strain Of COVID-19: CJ Shuts Courtroom, Orders Staff To Work From Home


  • The Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo has ordered that court staff below level 12 should work from home and courtrooms be shut with immediate effect.

  • 2021-02-01 09:42:03

    Boko Haram Killed Young Soldier 'Who Recently Got Married' (Photos)


  • Family members of a young soldier have been left mourning after their young son died in a bloody encounter with terrorists. It has been revealed that a young Nigerian soldier killed in a fight with
  • 2021-02-01 08:56:19

    Gov Sanwo-Olu Bans Gathering Of More Than 50 Persons In Lagos


  • Lagos State Government, on Sunday, announced a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 50 persons.

  • 2021-02-01 08:26:59

    Demand For Oxygen Increases, As Lagos Records More Cases


  • Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the demand for oxygen by coronavirus patients has increased to 400 cylinders per day.

  • 2021-02-01 08:21:09

    Fulani Group Advises New Service Chiefs On How To Defeat Insurgency


  • Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria, (KACRAN), has dished out some advice on how the new service chiefs can win the ongoing war against Boko Haram terrorists.

  • 2021-02-01 08:15:32

    Buratai And Other Service Chiefs Had Issues Because They Got Involved In Politics - Wike


  • Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has accused former service chiefs who were sacked last week of getting involved in politics.

  • 2021-02-01 08:08:04

    Republicans Propose Alternate Covid Relief Plan To Biden


  • A group of 10 Republican senators have written President Joe Biden to propose an alternative to his massive Covid-19 relief plan, arguing that their approach

  • 2021-02-01 08:01:55

    States Fail To Make Vaccine Plans, FG Blames Politics For Delay


  • State governments, except Lagos and Oyo, are not making independent plans to procure COVID-19 vaccine, officials told The PUNCH on Sunday.

  • 2021-02-01 07:42:30

    Osun Records Five Cases Of UK’s COVID-19 Strain


  • Five persons have tested positive for the deadly B117 strain of COVID-19, which was first discovered in the United Kingdom.

    The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation

  • 2021-01-31 17:44:52

    My Husband’s Thugs Beat Me, Took Away My Children, Popular Youtuber Bilikis Cries Out


  • A Nigerian lady, Bilikis Erinle, has claimed that her kids and some of her properties were forcefully taken away from her by thugs allegedly sponsored by her husband, Ademola Adeshina.

  • 2021-01-31 15:44:49

    BREAKING: Terrorists Attack Military Base, Kill 3 In Borno


  • A member of the civilian JTF, a police officer and another person have reportedly been gunned down by terrorists along the Maiduguri, Magumeri road in northeast Nigeria.

  • 2021-01-31 15:31:57

    Interpol Arrest Two Kano Based Suspects For International Child Pornography


  • Operatives of the Nigeria Police INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, have arrested two Kano based suspects, Ibrahim Muazzam Mohammad Aminu and Mohammad Tahir Umar

  • 2021-01-31 14:47:38

    #EndSARS: Nigerian Army Disbands Legal Team, Pulls Out Of Lagos Judicial Panel Investigating Lekki T


  • The Nigerian Army has disbanded its legal team and also pulled out of investigative hearing of the Lagos State Judicial Panel investigating the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki

  • 2021-01-31 14:27:53

    House Of Representatives Member, Kills Suspected Armed Robber


  • A member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Salame, has narrated the robbery incident at his house in Sokoto during which he shot and killed one of the armed robbers.

  • 2021-01-31 11:09:22

    Egypt To Receive COVID-19 Vaccines Today


  • Egypt said Saturday the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca would arrive on Sunday.

  • 2021-01-31 10:59:34

    Navalny Allies Protest Amid Crackdown


  • Russian police detained over 250 protesters on Sunday as activists took to the streets across the country demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

  • 2021-01-31 08:37:12

    Sunday Igboho Welcome In Ogun, Says Abiodun’S Aide


  • Remmy Hazzan, Special Adviser on Public Communications to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, says popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho

  • 2021-01-30 21:11:08

    Budget: We Have Nothing To Hide - President Buhari


  • The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday said the nation’s balance sheet is open for the National Assembly and all Nigerians.

  • 2021-01-30 21:01:12

    Herdsmen: Anxiety In Igangan Over Fear Of Reprisal


  • The inhabitants of Igangan community in Oyo State are currently living in fear of possible reprisal attack by killer herders in reaction to their recent eviction from parts of the state following
  • 2021-01-30 18:12:33

    How Obasanjo Truncated Tinubu's Ambition To Become Buhari's VP – Oyinlola


  • A former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has revealed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo truncated the ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress
  • 2021-01-30 08:58:09

    Group Tackles UN Women For Commending Yahaya Bello, Says 'His Commissioner Raped A Woman


  • Emerge Women, a civil society organisation, has said the appointment of 21 female deputy chairpersons in Kogi State does not deserve commendation from the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
  • 2021-01-30 07:54:36

    WHO Team Visits Wuhan Hospital That Took First COVID-19 Patients


  • The team of World Health Organization experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus met staff Saturday at the Wuhan hospital that received the first confirmed COVID-19 cases, before a schedule
  • 2021-01-30 07:46:55

    Edo Govt’S ‘No-Work-No-Pay’ Policy Empty Threat – NUT


  • Teachers under the Edo State branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers on Friday said they would not call off their ongoing strike following a ‘no work, no pay’ policy announced by the state

  • 2021-01-30 07:16:20

    FG’s Failure To License Amotekun To Bear Arms Illegal Says Falana


  • Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said it is illegal for the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), not to license the South-West Security Network Agency

  • 2021-01-30 07:00:14

    Senate Says Won’t Cut Short Recess To Confirm New Service Chiefs


  • The Senate has ruled out the possibility of cutting short its current recess to confirm the appointment of the newly appointed service chiefs

  • 2021-01-30 06:52:43

    COVID-19: Court Reverses Order Releasing El-Zakzaky’S Wife For Treatment


  • The Kaduna State High Court has vacated its order directing the Nigeria Correctional Service to release Zeenat, the wife of the embattled Shi’ite leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky

  • 2021-01-30 06:44:08

    COVID-19: Court Reverses Order Releasing El-Zakzaky’S Wife For Treatment


  • The Kaduna State High Court has vacated its order directing the Nigeria Correctional Service to release Zeenat, the wife of the embattled Shi’ite leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky

  • 2021-01-30 06:42:58

    Amotekun Commandant Dies In Motorcycle Accident In Oyo


  • A commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun in one of the local government areas in the state is dead. The newsmen gathered that the deceased, Mr. Tajudeen Idowu
  • 2021-01-29 20:21:10

    Chinese Company Mistakenly Overpays Nigerian Woman While Trying To Underpay Her And She Returns The


  • A Nigerian woman has been hailed after she paid back the excess money a Chinese company paid into her account. The woman had paid forty-one thousand Naira for a product. However, they didn't
  • 2021-01-29 12:43:42

    We’ll Rather Die Than Accept Seriki Fulani Back, Igangan Residents vow


  • Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa North-West Local Council Development Area of Oyo State have vowed never to allow the now-ejected Seriki Fulani, Abdulkadri Saliu, to return to the community.

  • 2021-01-29 12:21:00

    Nurse Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Receiving His Second Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine


  • An Ottawa nurse has tested positive for COVID-19 about two weeks after getting vaccinated. The Nurse, Santosh Baral said he was "speechless" when his results came back positive for COVID-19
  • 2021-01-29 12:13:52

    Kebbi Government Approves Death Sentence For Kidnappers And Life Imprisonment For Rapists


  • Kebbi state government has approved death sentence for kidnappers and life imprisonment for rapists.

  • 2021-01-29 12:11:35

    COVID-19 Vaccine 90% Efficacious In Phase 3 But Protection Plummets Against One Variant


  • Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine has achieved 89.3% efficacy in a phase 3 clinical trial that enrolled subjects exposed to the B.1.1.7 variant found in the U.K. However, the vaccine performed far worse
  • 2021-01-29 11:52:16

    Senator Adeyemi Lauds Buhari For Kogi West Road Allocation


  • Senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for allocating N3billion in the 2021 Appropriation Act for construction of Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin
  • 2021-01-29 11:29:00

    Boko Haram: More Chibok Girls Return Home


  • Many of the remaining Chibok girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok local government area, Borno State, northeast Nigeria have escaped from their abductors.

  • 2021-01-29 11:20:59

    Seven Repentant Bandits Surrender Weapons In Zamfara


  • Seven repentant bandits have surrendered their weapons and embraced the peace accord instituted by the Governor Bello Matawalle administration of Zamfara State.

  • 2021-01-29 10:31:08

    UNIUYO Staff Electrocuted While Reconnecting Vandalized Armored Cable (photos)


  • A staff of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, identified as Effiong Joseph has been electrocuted.

  • 2021-01-29 09:54:22

    Buhari Writes National Assembly For Confirmation Of New Service Chiefs


  • President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly to seek the confirmation of the recently appointed service chiefs.

  • 2021-01-29 09:23:59

    Second Wave: PTF Mulls Lockdown In Lagos, Abuja, Plateau


  • The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 is considering targeted lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; as well as Lagos and Plateau States.

  • 2021-01-29 09:15:52

    Astrazeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Shouldn't Be Given To People Over 65 Years - German Government Warns


  • The German Government has warned against giving AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to people older than 65 years.

  • 2021-01-29 08:30:26

    COVID-19: Northern Govs To Take Vaccine In Public


  • The 19 Northern States Governors have agreed to take the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine when they arrive in the country. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong
  • 2021-01-29 07:49:28

    Sperm concentration, mobility and shape negatively impacted by Covid-19-Research Says


  • New research report indicates a very troubling result for men with severe cases of covid-19.The research shows Covid-19 might impact the quality of a man's sperm, thus possibly impacting his fertili
  • 2021-01-29 02:46:46

    South Africa Covid-19 Variant Found In Us After Two Adults In South Carolina Test Positive


  • A new Covid-19 variant first discovered in South Africa has now been detected in the US, after two cases were reported in the state of South Carolina, health officials announced on Thursday.
  • 2021-01-28 20:04:30

    More Chibok Girls Escape From Boko Haram Captivity


  • Some of the Chibok girls who were abducted and held by Boko Haram insurgents since 2014 have reportedly escaped. A parent told Daily Trust that some of them were contacted
  • 2021-01-28 19:38:00

    Nigeria Exempted From UK Travel Ban


  • Nigeria has been exempted from a list of countries which the United Kingdom placed a travel ban on as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.

  • 2021-01-28 19:30:10

    BREAKING: New Chief Of Army Staff, Attahiru Officially Resumes Duty


  • The new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru has officially resumed duty.

    He resumed officially after a hand over ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, on Wednesday.
  • 2021-01-28 16:59:04

    '‘You Can’t Do Better Than Your Predecessors’'- Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau Tells New S


  • Factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has released a new audio in which he said the newly appointed Security Chiefs cannot do better than their predecessors did in the fight against
  • 2021-01-28 14:57:11

    Italian Doctor Accused Of Killing Covid-19 Patients To ‘Free Up Beds’


  • A doctor in Italy has been arrested over claims he killed two coronavirus patients to ‘free up beds’ during the height of the pandemic in Italy.

  • 2021-01-28 14:51:26

    Iranaian Football Legend, Mehrdad Minavand Dies Of COVID-19


  • Iranian football legend, Mehrdad Minavand has died after a brief battle with coronavirus. He was 45. The former midfielder was hospitalized on January 21 in Tehran after testing positive
  • 2021-01-28 12:00:39

    Pfizer-BioNTech Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Is Effective Against Uk And South Africa Variants


  • Pfizer and BioNTech has said that its Coronavirus vaccines are effective against the variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa.

  • 2021-01-28 11:56:10

    Herdsmen Eviction: Flush Out Criminals In Your State – Buhari Tells Akeredolu


  • President Muhammad Buhari has told Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to flush out all criminals in the state, especially those in the forest reserves.

  • 2021-01-28 11:51:13

    Herders Under Attacks Because Buhari, A Fulani Man Has Failed Nigerians – Sule Lamido


  • A former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has said that the unfortunate dislikes, attacks and persecution of Fulanis in Nigeria today, was because President Buhari, a Fulani man has woefully
  • 2021-01-28 11:45:58

    Atiku Receives Second Dose Of COVID-19 vaccine


  • Former Nigeria Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

    His media aide, Paul Ibe, confirmed this on his Twitter page.

  • 2021-01-28 11:39:46

    Man, 63, Defiles Two-Year-Old Girl In Edo


  • A 63-year-old man, Sunday Igbinokhuaihe has been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command for defiling a two-year-old girl.

  • 2021-01-28 11:28:13

    You Have No Right To Evict Herdsmen – Falana Blasts Sunday Igboho


  • Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, had no right to issue a vacation notice to Fulani herders in the Ibarapa Local Government
  • 2021-01-28 11:19:49

    Adamawa Apologises For Hoodlums’ Invasion Of NYSC Camp


  • Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has apologised to the National Youth Service Corps for the invasion of its orientation camp in the state by hoodlums.

  • 2021-01-28 11:11:53

    Service Chiefs’ Appointment: Buhari Goes Against Judgment, Bypasses National Assembly


  • President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of service chiefs on Tuesday violated a 2013 judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, checks by The PUNCH on Wednesday revealed.

  • 2021-01-28 10:24:55

    Health Authorities In China Trials Invasive New COVID Bum Test


  • Doctors claim the invasive procedure can be more effective in detecting the virus than nasal swabs, The Sun reports.

  • 2021-01-27 22:16:57

    US Economy Depends On Pandemic And Vaccinations - Fed


  • The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that the fate of the US economy depended on the course of the pandemic and vaccine distribution, and pledged to keep interest rates low until employment recovere
  • 2021-01-27 22:05:44

    US Freezes Sales Of Missiles To Saudi Arabia And F-35s to UAE As It Reviews Trump-Era Arms Deals


  • The US has temporarily frozen some pending arms sales to allied states while the Biden administration reviews weapons deals agreed under President Donald Trump, according to officials at the State
  • 2021-01-27 21:51:37

    300 Female Soldiers Deployed To Kaduna-Abuja Highway In First Female Officers Internal Security Oper


  • 300 female officers have been deployed to Abuja-Kaduna highway as part of measures to curb the menace of banditry and kidnapping along the road and other surrounding communities.

  • 2021-01-27 21:11:34

    Stop Fortifying Cultists, CP Warns Ikorodu Traditionalists


  • The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned traditionalists in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state to stop fortifying cultists and criminals in the area.

  • 2021-01-27 20:55:42

    Service Chiefs Aware Of Expectations On Security, Says Buhari


  • President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the newly appointed service chiefs are aware of the expectations from Nigerians regarding security in the country.

  • 2021-01-27 20:41:16

    1999 Constitution Is Satanic, Says Gani Adams


  • The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has called for the correction of the 1999 Constitution for peace to reign in Nigeria.

  • 2021-01-27 20:29:25

    Herdsmen crisis: Why Tinubu Is Afraid To Speak Against Buhari –Afenifere Chieftain, Adebanjo


  • A leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, says a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is afraid to speak on the Fulani herdsmen crisis in parts
  • 2021-01-27 13:35:27

    Covid-19: Pfizer Develops Booster Shot Against Brazil, South Africa Variants


  • Shortly after Pfizer announced that it is developing a booster to help its COVID-19 vaccine to protect against new highly-infectious variants from Brazil and South Africa, Moderna Inc has said
  • 2021-01-27 13:27:31

    Covid-19: Pfizer Develops Booster Shot Against Brazil, South Africa Variants


  • Shortly after Pfizer announced that it is developing a booster to help its COVID-19 vaccine to protect against new highly-infectious variants from Brazil and South Africa, Moderna Inc has said
  • 2021-01-27 13:24:27

    Dying Coronavirus Patient Begs To See His Wife


  • A dying COVID-19 patient desperately begged to see his wife again, just hours before losing his battle against the disease.

  • 2021-01-27 11:31:52

    'Denying Igbo Presidency In 2023 Is A Tacit Admittance That The Civil War Has Not Ended - Emeka Egwu


  • Emeka Egwuonwu has opined that Igbos are United and that if Igbos are denied the presidency in 2023 it will be an admittance that the ''civil war has not ended.''
  • 2021-01-27 11:26:22

    Herdsmen Crisis: Oyo Deploys 200 Amotekun Operatives In Ibarapaland


  • The Oyo State Government has deployed 200 operatives of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun in Ibarapa Local Government Area of the state.

  • 2021-01-27 11:19:16

    Suspected Herdsmen Destroy N6.6m Maize Farm In Ekiti Forest Reserves


  • A multi-million-naira maize farm for members of the Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) has been destroyed by suspected herdsmen in Ekiti state.

  • 2021-01-27 10:33:02

    UK Imams Mobilise To Counter COVID Vaccine Disinformation


  • Imams across Britain are helping a drive to dispel coronavirus disinformation, using Friday sermons and their influential standing within Muslim communities to argue that Covid-19 vaccines are safe.
  • 2021-01-27 10:09:46

    BREAKING: Benue Governor, Ortom Tests Positive For COVID-19


  • Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has tested positive for COVID-19. This is coming after test results of most of the Governor’s close aides returned positive in the last few weeks.

  • 2021-01-27 09:59:08

    Fixing Health Sector Important Than Buying COVID-19 Vaccines, Bill Gates Tells FG


  • American philanthropist and Microsoft Co-founder, Bill Gates, says Nigeria does not need to spend too much on acquiring COVID-19 vaccines but should rather focus more on revitalising the weak
  • 2021-01-27 09:50:23

    One Person Reportedly Killed As Police Officers And Shiites Clash Again In Abuja


  • One person has reportedly died while several others were left injured after protesting members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria aka Shi'ites and officials of the Nigeria Police Force
  • 2021-01-26 21:22:20

    EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Lawyers Dump Hushpuppi


  • The lawyers representing Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, in his trial for fraud and money laundering in the United States, have applied to withdraw from his case.

  • 2021-01-26 21:18:20

    Global Covid Cases Top 100 Million As New Strains Emerge


  • The world has hit another grim milestone in its fight against coronavirus, as the hundred millionth person was diagnosed with the disease.

  • 2021-01-26 20:39:46

    War On The Oodua Front


  • WAR on the Oodua front! But it’s not unlike that easy but macabre tease, by reggae great, Peter Tosh: everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die!

  • 2021-01-26 20:30:16

    COVID-19: CBN Supports Economy With ₦8.8tr


  • The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has spent over ₦8.8 trillion to support the economy since the advent of COVID-19. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele made this disclosure on Monday in Abuja
  • 2021-01-26 20:27:12

    EFCC Arrests 13-Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Ibadan (Photos)


  • The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday, January 25, 2021, arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

  • 2021-01-26 20:05:42

    Unmarried Policewoman Sacked For Getting Pregnant


  • The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed a female corporal, Olajide Omolola, for getting pregnant while being unmarried.

  • 2021-01-26 19:51:50

    BREAKING: Buhari Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints Fresh Hands


  • President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the service chiefs in the country with immediate effect. Special Adviser On Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, made this known
  • 2021-01-26 15:26:09

    I’ve Raped 50 Women, Robbed 100 Houses – Ondo Serial Rapist


  • The Ondo State Security Network Agency, aka Operation Amotekun, has arrested a 46-year-old man, Shina Adaramola, for alleged theft in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
  • 2021-01-26 12:57:06

    Uganda Withdraws Troops From Bobi Wine’s House


  • Ugandan soldiers have stood down their positions around the residence of opposition leader Bobi Wine, a day after a court ordered an end to the confinement of the presidential runner-up.

  • 2021-01-26 12:54:25

    My Burnt Property Is Worth N50m, Says Sunday Igboho


  • Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said that what was destroyed at his old house set ablaze by arsonists cannot be worth anything
  • 2021-01-26 12:41:01

    You Are A Liar, I Had No Deal With You, Igboho Blasts Ojudu


  • A popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, has said he had no transaction with Babafemi Ojudu, who is the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President
  • 2021-01-26 12:14:52

    Fulani Eviction: Buhari Operating Government Of Herdsmen – Mr Macroni


  • Nigerian Instagram comedian, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni has taken a swipe on the Buhari-led administration over its handling of the herdsmen crisis in the country so far.

  • 2021-01-26 09:57:27

    Hospital Staff Caring For COVID-19 Patient Confronted By Virus Denier


  • A man who stormed into a hospital ward to take his infected friend home told staff his treatment should be replaced with vitamin C, D and zinc.

  • 2021-01-26 09:52:09

    Vaccine Manufacturer’s Bold Claim


  • Drug manufacturer Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective against two mutant strains causing concern to Australia, but the government has not yet struck a deal for the jab.

  • 2021-01-26 09:41:56

    11 People Kidnapped From Abuja Orphanage


  • Eleven people have been kidnapped from an orphanage in the Federal Capital Territory. The abductees, all orphans at Rachael’s Orphanage Home in Naharati, Abaji Area Council, were kidnapped
  • 2021-01-26 09:15:02

    COVID-19: Three Doctors Die, 53 Others Test Positive In Kano — NMA Chair


  • The Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association says it has so far lost three doctors to the coronavirus pandemic while 53 others tested positive in the state.

  • 2021-01-26 09:06:33

    Fire Guts Sunday Igboho’s House


  • A midnight fire on Tuesday gutted some parts of the house of a popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho. The fire reportedly started around 3am in the building
  • 2021-01-26 08:54:42

    25 Armed Men Intercepted In Oyo


  • Some youths in the Ido area of Ibadan in Oyo State on Monday arrested 25 armed men who came into the town on a truck. Our correspondent gathered that the men arrested are Hausa and this raised
  • 2021-01-26 08:47:07

    Father, Two Sons Nabbed For Banditry In Katsina


  • A father and two of his sons were among sixteen suspects paraded on Monday at the Katsina police headquarters for alleged banditry and supply of weapons to bandits.

  • 2021-01-25 21:20:09

    Estonia Gets First Female Prime Minister


  • Pro-business europhile Kaja Kallas is to be Estonia’s first female prime minister after parliament on Monday voted in her new coalition.

  • 2021-01-25 21:08:19

    UK COVID-19 Strain Now In Nigeria —PTF


  • The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says cases of B117 strain of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria. The strain was first reported in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
  • 2021-01-25 20:59:49

    Alleged adultery: IGP didn’t order my probe, says Apostle Suleman


  • General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, says the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, did not order his probe for allegedly sleeping

  • 2021-01-25 17:04:39

    13 Corps Members Test Positive


  • As Nigeria battles the secondwave of the coronavirus pandemic, 13 Corps members have reportedly tested positive at Cross River State NYSC orientation camp.

  • 2021-01-25 13:19:44

    Ondo Pastor Buys Day-Old Baby for N10,000


  • A man of God in Ondo state has explained to the police how he ended up buying a day-old baby for N10,000.

  • 2021-01-25 13:15:01

    Covid Is Widening Gap Between Rich And Poor, Oxfam Warns


  • The world's richest people recouped their pandemic losses within just nine months according to research by Oxfam released on the opening day of the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda.

  • 2021-01-25 13:06:05

    COVID-19 Expert Warns Rich Countries Like Canada Must Not ‘Hoard’ Vaccines


  • The world’s richest countries will be guilty of serious wrongdoing if they do not stop “hoarding” vaccines, one of Asia’s top epidemiologists says, warning that the pandemic is worsening dangerous
  • 2021-01-25 13:01:04

    COVID-19: Moderna Vaccine Delivery Postponed, Says Official


  • "We received information that the Tuesday delivery of the Moderna vaccine was cancelled and postponed until the next weekend at the earliest,"
  • 2021-01-25 12:55:51

    Don’t Draw Me Into 2023 Presidential Race, Ortom Tells Supporters


  • Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Monday called on those planning to draw him into the 2023 presidential race to bury the thought, saying he has no such ambition.

  • 2021-01-25 11:51:43

    Has A Drug Been Found For Coronavirus?


  • A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) may have discovered a medication which is effective against COVID-19.

  • 2021-01-25 11:11:05

    Apostle Suleman Accused Of Sleeping With Another Pastor's Wife


  • The police are currently probing the founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johson Suleman for allegedly sleeping with pastor's wife. A popular man of God, Apostle Johnson Suleman has been accuse
  • 2021-01-25 11:03:31

    Nigeria Is Safer Under Buhari Than Jonathan – Onochie


  • Lauretta Onochie, the Special Assistant to President Muhamadu Buhari on Social Media on Monday claimed that the country was safer under her boss than under the previous administrations.

  • 2021-01-25 10:45:43

    2023: Campaign Posters Of Governor Wike Surface In Abuja


  • Presidential campaign posters bearing the name and pictures of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have surfaced in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

  • 2021-01-25 10:18:19

    Nnamdi Kanu Releases Names Of 62 Prominent Nigerians ‘Responsible For Nigeria’s Current Woes’


  • Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has released a list of 62 prominent Nigerians to be blamed for the current state of the nation.

  • 2021-01-25 10:01:05

    Biden To Reimpose Travel Ban On UK, Europe


  • President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new
  • 2021-01-25 09:54:49

    Lagos In Talks With COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturers — Sanwo-Olu


  • Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says his administration has started making contacts with Covid vaccine manufacturers including Pfizer, Oxford–AstraZeneca, Moderna, amongst others.

  • 2021-01-25 09:37:53

    Herdsmen: Key Leaders’ Silence Worrisome, Dangerous -Saraki


  • Immediate Past President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Saraki, has expressed concern over the silence of some “key stakeholders and leaders” on the “ugly development” in Oyo and Ondo states

  • 2021-01-24 20:56:41

    Ex Minister, Abdullahi Ibrahim Dies Of COVID-19 Disease


  • A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abdullahi Ibrahim, died of COVID-19, on Sunday.

  • 2021-01-24 20:46:18

    North's Attempt To Turn Yorubaland To War Zone Will Be Resisted -Gani Adams


  • Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Sunday, has vowed that attempts by northerners to turn the South-West into a war zone will be resisted.

  • 2021-01-24 20:38:42

    We’ll deal with killer herdsmen, OPC Vows


  • The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has vowed to get rid of killer herdsmen from the South West. It also offered to enforce the quit notice to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves by Ondo Governor
  • 2021-01-24 19:55:11

    People Vaccinated Against Covid Could Still Spread Virus Warns Jonathan Van-Tam


  • People who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 could still spread the virus to others, the deputy chief medical officer for England has warned.

  • 2021-01-24 19:48:54

    Bandits Kill Three And Abduct 15 Women In Niger State


  • Three people have been killed by bandits who attacked some communities in Niger state on Sunday morning, January 24.

  • 2021-01-24 19:39:52

    Traffic Offenders To Be Arrested In Their Homes By FRSC From Monday


  • The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday January 25, will start arresting traffic offenders who are yet to pay their fines.

  • 2021-01-24 19:30:56

    North’s Attempt To Turn Yorubaland To War Zone Will Be Resisted -Gani Adams


  • Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Sunday, has vowed that attempts by the northerners to turn South-West into a war zone will be resisted.

  • 2021-01-24 19:09:50

    Vacation Order: Akeredolu, South-West Govs Meet Miyetti Allah Monday


  • As the seven-day ultimatum issued by Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, to Fulani herdsmen to vacate the state’s forest reserves expired on Sunday, there is an indication that the

  • 2021-01-24 17:32:00

    SERAP Gives FG 7 Days To Release Details Of Payment Of ₦729Bn To 24.3m Nigerians


  • Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to “publish details

  • 2021-01-24 12:52:40

    Buhari’s Administration ‘Very Disappointing’- Former INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega


  • Immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has described the administration of President Buhari as disappointing.

  • 2021-01-24 12:17:07

    FG Pledges $270m To ECOWAS Security Fund, $80m For Counter-Insurgency


  • The Federal Government planned to contribute $ 350 m to the ECOWAS Security Fund out of which $ 80m ( over N30 . 5 bn) would be spent on the counter- insurgency campaign in the North -East

  • 2021-01-24 07:16:57

    Talk Show Host, Larry King Dies At 87 Weeks After Testing Positive For COVID-19


  • American TV personality, Larry King has died at the age of 87. The news of his death was revealed on via his official Twitter account by his representatives, Ora Media, on Saturday
  • 2021-01-23 19:53:00

    Fayose To Makinde: Use Dialogue To Resolve Ongoing Tension In Oyo


  • Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has advised Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde to embrace the use of dialogue and persuasion to resolve the ongoing tension in the state.

  • 2021-01-23 19:38:27

    Join APC If You Desire Better Governance, Says Bello


  • The Chairman, Women and Youth Mobilisation Committee for the All Progressives Congress Membership Registration/Revalidation Exercise, Governor Yahaya Bello, has enjoined Nigerians to take action
  • 2021-01-23 19:27:49

    Soldiers Escort Herdersmen To Ogun Villages, Flogged Obas, Other For Rejecting Herders


  • Residents, Obas, and some monarchs of Ketu-speaking villages in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State have lamented that they were brutalised by soldiers who escorted herdsmen to graze
  • 2021-01-23 18:11:59

    Two Feared Dead As Herdsmen, Sunday Igboho’s Supporters Clash In Oyo


  • Violence erupted in Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday when a popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, and his supporters
  • 2021-01-23 12:27:22

    COVID-19: Imo Govt Threatens Another Lockdown


  • Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has threatened a second total lockdown if residents of the state continue to disregard COVID-19 safety protocols.

  • 2021-01-23 12:19:56

    How Nigerians Will Gain From Biden Presidency –NDM


  • The Nigerian Diaspora Movement on Saturday expressed optimism that Nigerians would benefit significantly from the new administration in the U.S. led by President Joe Biden.

  • 2021-01-23 12:12:42

    Trump’s Impeachment Trial To Start Feb. 8 - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Announces


  • Former U.S. President, Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial will begin Feb. 8 on charges that he incited the “awful” attack on the U.S. Capitol that left a police officer and four others
  • 2021-01-23 10:59:26

    NCDC: Benefits Of Children In School Outweigh Risk Of COVID-19 Transmission


  • hikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, said this at the ongoing virtual plenary session and annual-general meeting of the Pediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Lagos on Friday.

  • 2021-01-23 07:52:00

    Amid Microchips Controversy, Bill Gates Receives COVID-19 Vaccine


  • Gates, who disclosed via a tweet on Friday that he received the first dose of the vaccine this week, said he “feels great”. The world’s third-richest man said his age availed him the opportunity
  • 2021-01-23 07:43:26

    Youth Leader Defies Makinde, Insists Herders Must Vacate Oyo Community


  • There is currently tension in Igangan community in Ibarapa area of Oyo state following the eviction notice to herders by Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho.

  • 2021-01-23 07:38:46

    No Power Can Remove Us From Ondo Forests – Bodejo, Miyetti Allah Leader


  • As the seven-day ultimatum Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, issued herdsmen occupying Ondo state forests expires tomorrow, the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo
  • 2021-01-23 07:30:33

    Abacha Loot: Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal By Brother To Late Abacha To Unfreeze Accounts


  • The Supreme Court, has for the second time, refused the request by Alhaji Ali Abacha, a brother to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, to unfreeze accounts traced to him and relatives
  • 2021-01-23 07:22:05

    Osun Court Suspends Trials Amid COVID-19 Spike


  • Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in Osun State, a High Court sitting in Ikirun has suspended trials in the division to curb further spread of the virus in the state.

  • 2021-01-23 07:06:04

    Nigeria Needs An Enlightened President Regardless Of Ethnicity — Prof. Ndibe


  • Ahead of the 2023 election cycle, Nigerians must build an alliance to produce an enlightened President desirous and competent to make the country a better place. This was the submission earlier
  • 2021-01-23 07:02:23

    Tons Of Foreign Rice Offloaded At Nigeria’s Borders Weeks After Reopening


  • The Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) has alerted of massive rice smuggling into the country. Their alarm comes barely five weeks after the federal government reopened Nigerian borders
  • 2021-01-22 17:43:24

    Four Feared Killed As Kidnappers Attack Soldiers In Ondo


  • No fewer than four suspected kidnappers were feared killed when men of the Nigerian Army attacked them along Owo-Ifon Expressway, Ondo State on Friday.

  • 2021-01-22 17:37:38

    NIN: NIMC Begins Enrolment For Diplomats


  • The National Identity Management Commission on Friday announced that it had commenced the National Identity Number enrolment of foreign diplomats in Nigeria.

  • 2021-01-22 16:49:22

    Joe Biden Is Already Making Serious Errors - Mitch McConnell


  • Mitch McConnell, Senate Republican leader accused Joe Biden of taking “several big steps in the wrong direction” on his first day in office, suggesting the new administration should focus on
  • 2021-01-22 16:48:30

    Nigerians Divided Over Okupe Son’s Gay Status


  • Some Nigerians on social media have reacted to the sexuality of the son of a former presidential aide, Dr Doyin Okupe, who on Thursday took to his Instagram page to announce to his follow

  • 2021-01-22 16:42:57

    Woman Infected With Covid-19 Commits Suicide


  • A Japanese woman who tested positive for the coronavirus has killed herself after spreading the disease to her daughter and husband.

  • 2021-01-22 16:37:33

    Police Raid London Wedding With 400 Guests


  • British police said on Friday they had raided a wedding with 400 guests in a London school, as the government began a crackdown on illicit parties flouting national lockdown laws.

  • 2021-01-22 16:27:13

    Joe Biden In The White House:'An "Irresponsible" Republican Caught With Gun


  • The US Capitol Police are investigating after a Republican politician was stopped from bringing his concealed gun onto the House floor on Thursday.

  • 2021-01-22 14:12:37

    COVID ‘could have been suppressed’: Taiwan’s ex-health minister


  • The coronavirus pandemic could have been suppressed if the authorities in Wuhan had notified the World Health Organization earlier and allowed an expert team to investigate in December 2019
  • 2021-01-22 13:56:01

    Why Pigeons Released By Buhari Didn't Fly – Adesina


  • Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has given reasons why pigeons released by the president initially refused to fly during the Armed Forces

  • 2021-01-22 13:29:04

    Photo Of Young Joe Biden Sends Internet Into A Spin


  • Children of the digital age are accustomed by now to the appeal of a throwback photo. Parents bemoan it, teenagers delight in it, and, in very rare cases — like the inauguration of Joseph
  • 2021-01-22 13:11:57

    New President Joe Biden Unveils ‘Wartime’ Strategy To Tackle Coronavirus Pandemic


  • The new US president announces a national strategy to deal with coronavirus but warns it will take time to end the pandemic.

    President Joe Biden has warned Americans that there are

  • 2021-01-22 13:05:41