Dozens of people on board the Grand Princess cruise left in limbo off the California coast will be tested for the infection, the cruise liner confirmed in a Thursday morning statement. Princess Cruises said in a statement that there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 currently onboard the vessel and that the CDC has identified […]

A witness, Alhaji Yahaya Ahmed of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna  State, has narrated how juveniles allegedly robbed his house and other residents at Unguwar Dan-Madami in Zaria. Ahmed made this known while given evidence at the Zaria City Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The Prosecution, Sgt. Yau Garba, had earlier said the case […]

Fifteen corps members absconded the service while two corps members died during year in Jigawa, the state NYSC coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Muhammad, has said. The NYSC Jigawa Coordinator disclosed this during the Passing Out Parade (POP) ceremony for 1,521 Batch ‘A’ 2019 corps members in Dutse on Thursday. According to him, the 15 absconded corps […]

Ministers, organisations, advocates and supporters of the girl-child will celebrate International Women’s Day at an event designed to foster sustainable support and empowerment for the girl-child and related causes.

Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola says the construction of roads in Nigerian tertiary institutions has become a major policy of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari. Fashola said this on Thursday at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) while handing over some 2.2km of roads rehabilitated in the university by the Federal […]

Marseille face punishments from UEFA after the governing body of European football decided the French club “did not comply” with an agreement to balance their books. UEFA announced on Thursday that its Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) had decided to refer Marseille and Polish club Lechia Gdansk to its adjudicatory chamber. In 2019, UEFA found […]

Premier League players and officials will not take part in the traditional pre-match handshake from this weekend over fears about the spread of the coronavirus. Teams have been told by Premier League chiefs that they will still line up as usual before kick-of, but the home team will walk past the away side without shaking […]

Eric Bailly has vowed to repay the faith shown in him by Manchester United after signing a new deal with the club. The 25-year-old has been hit by injuries again this season but that has not stopped United tieing down the player’s future for the next two years. Indeed, Bailly has seen an extension option […]

A map of NigeriaNigeria is charting the right path to economic growth and recovery. Nigeria recently moved up the ranks to reclaim its place as Africa’s biggest economy, putting the country’s gross domestic product at $476 billion or $402 billion, depending on whichever exchange rate used. This development is a result of a stifling economic […]

The Ogun Police Command says that it has uncovered a suspected baby-making factory at Imedu Olori area of Mowe in Obafemi Owode Local Government area of the state. The Spokesperson of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi (DSP), in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday, said that the house was discovered on Feb. 28. Oyeyemi added […]

  Worried by the level of indiscipline and recklessness in the society and especially in the aspect of decision-making, the Nigerian Baptist Drama Association (NIBDRA) is set to premiere a new gospel movie, THE CRUCIAL MATTER, which would address the menace ravaging our society and proffer solutions. The film THE CRUCIAL MATTER as written and directed by Gbenga […]

By Henry Ojelu A group of Activist lawyers under the auspices of Public Interest Lawyers’ Forum have dragged the Attorney General of the Federation, Accountant General of the Federation, Revenue Mobilization, Account and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC and 15 State Attorneys-General before the Federal High Court, Abuja over the legality of Local Government Transition Committees. The […]

Apple is pulling out of SXSW due to the coronavirus outbreak, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported on Wednesday. Apple is following in the footsteps of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Studios, and others in not attending the Austin-based conference due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Variety corroborates Apple’s withdrawal from the event. Apple did not immediately respond to […]

Italy on Thursday reported 41 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, its highest single-day total to date, bringing the number of fatalities in Europe’s most affected country to 148. The number of cases also jumped by a new high of 769, reaching 3,858 over the past two weeks. The latest figures mean Italy has the […]

The city of Nuremberg, which is due to host a friendly between Germany and Italy on March 31, asked Thursday for the fixture to be called off due to concerns over the coronavirus. “According to what we know today, the city of Nuremberg is going to request a cancellation of the match,” a local health […]