The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to recommend measures to address the continuous fall in price of crude oil at the international market due to the negative effect of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Former Brazil and ex-FC Barcelona player Ronaldinho Gaucho is adapting quickly to life in a Paraguayan jail, the head of the facility told Reuters on Monday. The former Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward’s lawyers are however hopeful he may soon be released into house arrest while the investigation continues. “In broad terms he is doing very […]

Chairman of Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB, Wahab Alawiye-King, has said the dilapidated state of some schools in the state was due to negligence and the lackadaisical attitude of some stakeholders.

The Borno Government has approved N578 million for the payment of scholarship to indigenes of the state studying in tertiary institutions in the country. The state Commissioner for Higher Education, Isa Hussain, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Hussain said that at least 23,776 students studying in Nigeria and 118 foreign […]

ABUJA- THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has appealed to the  Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to “reconsider its decision  on the on-going strike in the interest of the nation.”

Areghan succeeds Mr. Olutise Adenipekun, who retired from the services of the Council on March 5. Until his appointment, Mr Areghan was the Head of Test Administration Division, WAEC, Nigeria.

By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- Immediate past governor of Gombe state, Ibrahim Dankwambo has aimed at veiled salvo at the Kano state government following the removal of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.   Sanusi, the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor was on Monday dethroned and banished to a rural community in Nasarawa state […]

 Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Tunji Bello, has urged residents of Lagos State to prepare for likely consequences of 240-270 days rain with the 2020 rainfall predicted to begin in March 19 and end Nov. 22.

KANO – The newly appointed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has on Tuesday visited the tomb of his late father, Ado Bayero, and other past ancestors to observe prayers for their repose soul. 

*…as investment specialist says Naira’s gone; it’s a question of when? By Michael Eboh As the global spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) worsens, the continuous drop in the price of crude oil in the international market would definitely take a heavy toll on the Nigerian economy. Add this to the absence of reassuring words from the […]

The rapid spread of coronavirus has wiped almost a third or 70 billion dollars – off the world’s top 20 listed airlines, according to Reuters analysis based on top global carriers. The spread has also led to the reshuffled global rankings, elevating Air China into third place behind U.S. rivals. The airline sector has been […]

The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Tuesday arrived in Awe local government area of Nasarawa State. The monarch reportedly arrived in Awe at a few minutes before 7:00 p.m. READ ALSO: Sanusi’s lawyers plan legal action over his banishment He was initially taken to the Loko local government area of the state following […]

…As Police Arrest 9 Vigilantes By Boluwaji Obahopo LOKOJA – The Kogi state police command has arrested nine members of the state vigilante services for torturing a suspect to death. The incident occurred on Monday at Ofabo in Ofu local government area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya who confirmed the […]

 The legal team of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll has vowed to take legal action over what it called his illegal detention and banishment after his removal by Kano State Government.

The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work on the cleaning of oil spill-impacted sites in Ogoni land.