The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) had destroyed the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ hideout in the northern part of Borno State. The Acting Director of Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Onyeuko said the mission was executed […]

Soni Daniel – Abuja No fewer than 35 lottery firms are actively operating in Nigeria without an approved license, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed. The commission said in a statement it released in Abuja on Thursday that the 35 illegal companies’ names were unraveled during an investigation that was carried out on […]

  As more businesses in Nigeria encourage remote work and social distancing, leading financial technology (fintech) firm, SystemSpecs has launched Paylink, a web-based solution that helps Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) as well as religious organisations, not-for-profit outfits, social media sellers, freelancers, individuals and many more to swiftly receive payments from everywhere, even abroad, […]

Lagos State House of Assembly today passed a bill for a law to combat and stop the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the state.

AS part of an effort aimed at containing the outbreak or spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in the State, the Delta State Government, yesterday ordered the shutting down of the Asaba International Airport to traffic and closure of all land borders into and out of the State.

By Shehu Danjuma A notorious bandit/kidnapper, Mohammed Gidado, who had been on the police wanted list for months has been arrested by police operatives in Katsina State alongside four other suspected armed robbers. Speaking at the paraded of the suspects, the Katsina State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, said: “The police based […]

The Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Tunde Ajayi, on Thursday via his twitter handle disclosed that six of the patients at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba have recovered and will be discharged soon. By Gabriel Olawale and David Royal This means that an additional six patients from the 30 active […]

One person who had contact with Bauchi governor, Bala Mohammed has tested positive for coronavirus just a few days after the governor tested positive to the virus. This was disclosed in a situation update given by the Commissioner for Health, Dr.Aliyu Maigoro while addressing newsmen in Bauchi, the state capital on Thursday. According to the […]

Lawmaker distributes hand sanitizers, face masks Warned against misconceptions By Emem Idio – Yenagoa The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has suspended all legislative activities for the next two weeks in line with the State Government’s efforts to prevent the Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world. In a statement on Thursday, in Yenagoa, the Speaker of […]

By Esther Onyegbula A father of five, simply identified as Joe, was reportedly compressed to death in a detergent factory where he works at Opic estate in Ogun State. It was gathered that the machine operator at the detergent factory reportedly slept Monday night on a jumbo bag of raw material used in manufacturing detergent. […]