A 48-year-old man has been electrocuted while connecting light from Electricity cable in Awada, Anambra state. The victim reported to have been electrocuted was identified as one Mr Emmanuel Oduka who hails from Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State but resides at number 1 Obieminaka street Awada Onitsha….
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday 5th June 2020, recorded 328 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 11, 844 in the country. According to its official Twitter handle, all new cases, as of June 5th, 2020, Nigeria has 328 new cases with eight deaths. NCDC…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 348 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria, as the total number of infected persons in the country as at Wednesday 3rd June 2020, now stand at 11166. The NCDC Confirming the 348 new cases on its official Twitter handle,…
Former Vice President of Nigeria, and the 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Atiku Abubakar, has expressed his sadness and deepest condolences to the families of rape victims in the country. Atiku Abubakar, just like other prominent Nigerians, on hearing the sad news of rape and…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), has confirmed 241 new cases of the coronavirus, increasing the total number of infections in the country to 10,819. The NCDC Confirmed the 241 new cases on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov, on Tuesday 2nd June 2020. According to the NCDC, as at…
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating non-implementation of pay-as-you-go package by DSTV has assured Nigerians of justice. The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating non implementation of pay-as-you-go package by DSTV and other satellite providers in the country has assured Nigerians of justice. Chairman of the ad…
The Federal Government has directed the police to unravel the circumstances surrounding the gang-rape and murder of a UNIBEN female student, Uwa Omozuwa. Uwa Omozuwa, was a student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), was raped and murdered in Benin city. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed,…
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s external loan request of $5.513 billion to finance the revised 2020 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari’s external loan approval followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Clifford Odia (Edo Central) by the…
Popular Afrobeat singer, songwriter, multiple award winner and one-time Grammy nominee, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu known better as Burna Boy, has joined other Nigerians and celebrities alike in the world to condemn the constant rape cases in Nigeria, and the racial injustice in America and around the world. Burna Boy who…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), has confirmed 416 new cases of the coronavirus, increasing the total number of infections in the country to 10,578. The NCDC Confirmed the 416 new cases on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov, on Monday night. According to the NCDC, as at 11:53 pm…
PTF on COVID-19 has submitted parts of its recommendations on partial reopening of schools, places of worships to the president for consideration. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has submitted parts of its recommendations on partial reopening of schools, places of worships and some additional businesses for possible consideration…
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 307 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, as total confirmed cases so far hit 10162. NCDC in their daily update on their official social media handle on Sunday 31st May 2020, reported that 307 new cases have been confirmed, and these…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has expressed its sadness on the news of the death of former NNPC GMD, Dr Maikanti Baru. The Organisation in their statement described the death of former NNPC GMD as a huge loss to the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. Dr Mohammed…
The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the NAF Base, Abuja, has sentenced six Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel found guilty for various offences. The personnel were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. In a statement signed by the senior special adviser to the president on media and publicity Femi Adesina on Saturday…
As part of efforts to strengthen resilience and livelihoods in the Lake Chad region, the World Bank has approved $346 million for two projects covering Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic. According to a statement from the World Bank, the projects in the Lake Chad region, which are to be…
The drive of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) towards ensuring that its personnel have befitting residential accommodation has received a fresh boost with the commissioning of two newly constructed blocks of 6 x 3 bedroom flats for married officers at the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base Ikeja, Lagos today, 28…
The Assistant Manager of News and Current Affairs, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Channel 6 Aba, Mrs Chinyere Okoye has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State. The abduction of Mrs Chinyere Okoye is coming less than three weeks after a female presenter with…
In a new command structure arrangement in the Nigeria Police, the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) has been formally excised from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID). It is henceforth to become a full-fledged department to be headed by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG). This follows a re-organisation of departments…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the Senate for an external loan of 5.513 billion dollars to fund the revised 2020 Appropriation Act. Buhari’s request was contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Thursday. Buhari in the letter said…