News posts

Sep 04, 2020

BREAKING: Resident doctors down tools from Monday

From Monday, September 7, resident doctors across the nation will begin a strike action. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), in a statement...

Sep 03, 2020

BREAKING: Babalakin, ASUU appear before UNILAG visitation panel

The recused Governing Council Chairman of the University of Lagos Wale Babalakin has appeared before the special Visitation Panel set up to investigate the inst...

Sep 03, 2020

BREAKING: Bandits abduct 20 in Niger village

Few hours after an evening of terror in Kagara, the headquarters of Rafi local government area of Niger state, armed bandits have abducted no fewer than 20 pers...

Sep 03, 2020

Two held for homosexual act in Jigawa

The Hisbah Command in Jigawa has arrested two suspects for alleged homosexual act in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. Hisbah commandant Ibrahim Dahi...

Sep 03, 2020

BREAKING: COVID-19 confirmed cases now 54,463 in Nigeria

Nigeria now has 54,463 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 216 new cases recorded on Wednesday night According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Cont...

Sep 03, 2020

PPMC fixes petrol price at N151.56 • Pump price may hit N162

The Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) on Wednesday announced N151.56 per litre as ex depot price for the Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). In an intern...

Sep 02, 2020

Federal Govt to meet 50 claimants of traditional cures

THE Federal Government has hinted that it will meet with 50 more claimants of COVID-19 treatment solutions, as efforts are geared towards the development of tra...

Sep 02, 2020

Federal Govt to meet 50 claimants of traditional cures

THE Federal Government has hinted that it will meet with 50 more claimants of COVID-19 treatment solutions, as efforts are geared towards the development of tra...

Sep 02, 2020

Two die in APC campaign convoy crash

PASTOR Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called off his rally at Usen, following a crash. An accident...

Sep 02, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise to 54,247

Nigeria now has 54,247 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 239 new cases recorded on Tuesday night According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Contro...

Sep 02, 2020

PTF, NGF, NESG, others unveil response tracker, dashboard

A COVID-19 Incidence and Response Tracker and Dashboard has been unveiled to showcase the resource requirements across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Ter...

Sep 01, 2020

10 % applicants score above 50 % in CBT

Less than 10 per cent of the applicants who sat for the CBT examination for teaching jobs into post-primary schools in Oyo State scored 50 per cent and above....

Sep 01, 2020

Fed Govt may extend 774,000 public works jobs

THE Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Monday said the Federal Government may extend the Special Public Works (SPW) progra...

Sep 01, 2020

Supreme Court upholds Yahaya Bello’s election •Governors, others congratulate Kogi governor• PDP ‘shocked’

THE Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the winner of the last governorship election in Kogi State. In two judgments delivered by...

Aug 31, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Kogi Gov’s election

The Supreme Court has upheld the return of Yahaya Bello as winner of the last governorship election in Kogi State. In a unanimous judgment delivered a moment...

Aug 31, 2020

Buhari approves transfer of NIMC to Ministry of Communications

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy for...

Aug 31, 2020

Kano shares N880m for schools’ renovation

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Sunday, shared N880 million to the 44 local government areas for the renovation of Secondary Schools in the councils....

Aug 31, 2020

Anxiety in Kogi as Supreme Court decides Bello’s fate on Monday • Apex court to deliver judgments on appeals by PDP, SDP, others

An air of uneasiness currently envelops Kogi State as parties to the dispute over the last governorship election in the state anxiously await the verdict of the...

Aug 31, 2020

Enugu airport begins operation

All is set for the official reopening of the rehabilitated Akanu Ibiam International Airport. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who arrived the airport...

Aug 31, 2020

As COVID-19 cases decline, Lagos schools reopen Sept 14

Basic schools resume September 21, tertiary institution one week earlier Sanwo-Olu launches care pack for home treatment of patients Lagos State Governor, Bab...