The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has awarded the sum of N375 million to five…
Day: December 17, 2020
Musicians Omah Lay, Tems return to Nigeria after arrest in Uganda
Two Nigerian musicians, Stanley Didia (popularly called Omah Lay) and Temilade Openiyi (popularly called Ms Tems),…
Anti-corruption Hero, President Buhari leads by example
By Garba Shehu As he marks today, December 17 as his birthday, Muhammadu Buhari, driver of…
NASS lifts ban on NDDC, adopts commission’s 2021 budget proposal
Citing transparency, humility and commitment to accountability the National Assembly yesterday resolved to lift the ban…
Boko Haram releases video showing abducted Kankara schoolboys
The Abubakar Shekau faction of Boko Haram on Thursday released a new video confirming that it…
Why the President needs our help
By Emeka Alex Duru The mistake anyone would make this time, is to snigger at the…
Breaking: Abducted Kankara students rescued
The students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina who were kidnapped last weekend by…
Netanyahu to receive first COVID-19 vaccine in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be the first person in Israel to…
France President, Macron, tests positive for Coronavirus
By Gabriel Atumeyi France’s President, Emmanuel Macron, has tested positive for Covid-19, his office disclosed…
Physically challenged persons invade NASS to protest neglect by lawmakers
By Deborah Hassan Scores of physically challenged persons from the Niger Delta region have invaded…
Man jailed for 20 years on wrongful murder conviction acquitted in retrial
A South Korean man, who was imprisoned for 20 years after being wrongfully convicted of…
COVID-19: Kwara records 30 new infections
Kwara has recorded 30 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of cases in the…
Lagos Government orders schools to close Friday
Lagos State Government has directed all public and private schools below tertiary level in the state…
Tribute: The Sam I Knew
By Azubuike Ishiekwene I first met him after the 2003 election, which his candidate, General…
Opinion: Buhari at 78: If only we knew this president
By Femi Adesina Ask for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you…
NECA commends Buhari for reopening land borders
– Says move will boost business, economic activities By Ade Jacobs Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA)…
President Buhari’s precious cows and politics of insensitivity
By Edward T. Dibiana The security situation in Nigeria is becoming a serious source of worry.…
Insecurity: Sokoto Govt closes boarding schools along borderlines
Arising from its 17th Security Council meeting, on Wednesday, Sokoto State government, ordered the immediate closure…
FOI: Anti-corruption group sues BOI over non-disclosure of information
A Civil Society Organization, Citizens Awareness Against Corruption and Social Vices Initiative (CAACASVI) has sued the…
Juventus, Atalanta share spoils as Ronaldo squanders penalty
Cristiano Ronaldo had a penalty saved as Juventus were held to yet another Series A draw…
Industrialists welcome FG’s decision to reopen land borders
Industrialists on Wednesday lauded the federal government’s decision to reopen the nation’s land borders, which had…
Arsenal held to home draw by Southampton as Gabriel sees red
Arsenal piled more pressure on their Manager, Mikel Arteta with a 1-1 home draw against Southampton…
Sokoto govt pays N.5bn compensation to erosion-prone community
Sokoto state government has earmarked about N500m to pay compensation to residents affected by an ongoing…
Ugwuanyi receives Enugu’s 2020 Maltina Teacher of the Year Champion
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Wednesday received the Champion of the Enugu State 2020…
Malnutrition leading cause of death among kidney disease patients – NGO
Dr Chimezie Okwuonu, Founder of Beatitudes Kidney and Eye Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, says malnutrition remains…
Nigeria records 930 new COVID-19 infections
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 930 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections…
Buhari orders reopening of land borders
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders. The Presidency made…
Omo-Agege greets Buhari on 78th birthday
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari on…