It boosts brains, combats sepsis and tackles colds… no wonder China’s doctors are racing to test its effects on deadly outbreak. Desperate to avoid coming down with a winter cold or worse, plenty of us will be dosing up on vitamin C supplements — and doctors in China are even looking into its effectiveness against coronavirus. Research into […]

A 25-year-old man, Ayodele Shola, was on Monday arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged assault.

A prosecution witness, Mrs. Idongesit Udom on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that she did not submit her mobile phones to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during an investigation of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro. The EFCC arraigned Usoro on a 10-count charge of N1.4 […]

The State of Osun Commissioner for Works and Transport, Engr Remi Omowaiye, on Sunday, described the appointment of the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as a wonderful strategy that will go a long way in stabilising the ruling All progressive Congress (APC) in the country.

The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said the present government of Nigeria is the worst thing that has ever happened to the country and that the days of President Muhammadu Buhari are numbered.

There is heavy security presence in the ancient city of Kano on Monday over dethronement of the embattled Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II.

Delta State Police Command, yesterday, said it has arrested five persons in connection with the killings by suspected herdsmen in Agadama, Avwon and Okugbe communities of Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state.

The Christian Elders Forum of Northern States, NOSCEF, after its executive meeting  in Kaduna, weekend, expressed sadness that killings had continued in the north when almost all the security chiefs were from the region.

Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy (VATLAD), a good governance advocate, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to be very wary of the antics of the South-South PDP governors over their clamour for the constitution Advisory Council of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). VATLAD in a statement signed by Comrade Engr Igbini Odafe Emmanuel, National […]

The staging of Femi Osofisan’s play, Morountodun by the Drama Club of Atlantic Hall School, was all that Lagosians needed to cool-off, after a stressful Friday’s job. The performance was quite timely and apt for the Nigeria situation for fact that evidently, the men have performed abysmally having been in charge for 58 years. It came, therefore, as a clarion call to women to get into leadership positions and awaken the giant sleepwalking into doom.

The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Liberation (CALSER) has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to investigate and prosecute Boko Haram sponsors in the Northeast.

By Shola Ogiundipe The Italian national, aka the COVID-19 index case or Patient Zero, will for long be remembered whenever discussion centres on the disease which broke out late December in Wuhan City, China. The Italian, whose country is one of the worst hit by the outbreak in Europe, arrived on February 24th on a […]

Mr Ganiyu Egunjobi, Chairman, Agege Local Government Council, Lagos, has cautioned residents against attending parties  and other social gatherings considering the threat of Coronavirus and LASSA fever.

 The Bayelsa Government has urged media in the state against spreading fake news on the novel coronavirus, but disseminate confirmed information on the disease.

Veteran Actor, Olusegun Akinremi, popularly known as “Chief Kanran”, says he has not abandoned acting in spite of being ordained a priest. Kanran told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday that he was still into entertainment business. He said that he would willingly feature in film production and any other screen […]