Professional football in England has been further suspended until no earlier than 30 April amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, having already been postponed until at least 3 April. It was still less than a week ago that the Premier League and EFL vowed to push through and carry on as normal, but the rapidly changing […]

A convict, Abbah Ahmed, pleaded with a Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja to give him another chance, that he went into committing crimes because he kept bad company. Ahmed was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, for criminal conspiracy and attempt to commit an offence. ”I ran away from home because my father did not […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending, NIRSAL, on Wednesday, said corrupt elements that sponsored protesters to storm its head office in Abuja cannot stop Federal Government’s agricultural reforms. This was contained in a Statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, NIRSAL, Anne Ihugba, where the organization […]

Former Deputy Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon Pally Iriase, on Thursday said Governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki has not adequately explained how he spent over N266.2billion in 38months as there’s nothing on ground to show that Edo got such a huge sum in less than four years. The Edo former Secretary to […]

With the Israeli government enacting a series of emergency measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing accusations that he is exploiting the crisis to entrench himself in power and undermining the country’s democratic foundations. Amid a wave of sweeping restrictions that have put Israel in near […]

China on Thursday marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it recorded zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatened its progress. The stark reversal comes as nations across the world have shut down in a desperate effort to contain […]

The EFCC on Thursday arraigned one Ope Saraki, cousin to the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, for alleged contract scam. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned Ope on a two-count charge bordering on employment scam, put at over […]

By Henry Umoru, Abuja Moves to make it mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to organise public debates for all candidates to the Offices of Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President, President, yesterday got a boost as a Bill to such effect scaled second reading in the Senate. According to the Senate, participation in […]

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said that 100 of the 468 people displaced from their homes after the Abule- Ado explosion are now in the relief camp, Ikotun. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General of LASEMA spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos on the update of the explosion which […]

Mustapha Sarkin-Kebbi, Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service Zone “B” Federal Operation Unit, Kaduna, on Thursday said the unit had seized 240 parcels of Indian hemp and other contraband valued at N251.7 million within two weeks in the zone. Sarkin-Kebbi made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on recent anti-smuggling operations in the zone. […]

By Dennis Agbo Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has said that the global pandemic, Coronavirus, and the dwindling oil price will hit Nigeria most hard because the country operates a mono-economy, dependent only on oil. Ekweremadu said that if the country was economically restructured, the two global impacts would not have […]

Around 640 COVID-19 cases have been reported in 34 African countries so far, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) disclosed on Thursday. Speaking in Addis Ababa, John Nkengasong, Africa CDC Director, said, “In Africa we now have around 640 COVID-19 confirmed cases coming from 34 countries. “The death count in Africa […]

By Chioma Obinna The Italian national who brought the deadly Coronavirus to Nigeria has now tested negative to the disease. Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who disclosed this  Thursday in Lagos said the index case had been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Yaba. READ ALSO: LASG confirms 4 more new […]

To manage stress in the face of the coronavirus pandemic or just to pass the time under quarantine, Canadians and tourists have been lining up for several days at pot shops and flooding online cannabis retailers’ sites to stock up on the mood-altering drug that was legalized here in 2018. In front of the Societe […]

•Battles pneumonia, smokes 60 cigarettes a day Italian giants Juventus are currently putting manager Maurizio Sarri under a special protection regime after the coronavirus outbreak continues to create havoc in the Serie A club. Two Juventus players – Blaise Matuidi and Daniele Rugani – have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past two weeks, which […]