Juventus star Paulo Dybala revealed Wednesday that he has been given the all-clear six weeks after contracting coronavirus, but Serie A rivals Torino confirmed that one of their players had tested positive. “Many people talked in the past weeks … but I can finally confirm that I am healed. Thank you once again for your […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said vehicles impounded for violating the COVID-19 lockdown regulations would be auctioned. He said on Thursday: “The defaulters will be tried by the Mobile Courts and I have told the Attorney-General that all the impounded vehicles must be auctioned. ALSO READ: Covid-19: Wike evicts vagrants […]

Some American high school basketball stars are taking a new and more profitable road to the NBA than the usual college route — the G-League’s new elite Pathway Program squad. The development plan for players waiting the one year after high school before they become eligible for the NBA allows them to prepare like a […]

The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, has said the state is making steady progress in the management of coronavirus (COVID-19), noting that all active cases of COVID-19 are being managed at different isolations centres across the state and are responding well to treatment. Speaking to journalists in Benin City, Okundia said Edo […]

The Chairman Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Boss Mustapha has said every Nigerian is a combatant in the fight against Coronavirus pandemic, noting that whatever you do to yourself is capable of affecting others.

A Croatian airplane crashed on Thursday near the coastal city of Zadar, killing two members of the country’s Air Force, the Ministry of Defence said. According to the ministry, the deceased were persons a flight instructor, and a cadet flying a small Zlin aircraft. The accident happened at about 4:00 p.m. local time near the […]

By David Royal Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo, on Thursday announced the discharge of 48 more COVID-19 patients from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lekki, Onikan and from LUTH Isolation Centres. Having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings, the patients were discharged to reunite with their families. Sanwo-Olu said […]

…Evaluates drug claims, forwards to NAFDAC for Listing …Worries over continued repatriation of Almajiris by states By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – The Federal Government said it has continued to evaluate claims by local researchers to the effect that they had manufactured curative drugs for Covid-19, explaining that having met preliminary requirements, the drugs have been […]

By Theodore Opara Toyota announces that its new compact SUV, the Yaris Cross, originally planned to be revealed at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show, has made its world debut. As a new SUV that inherits the qualities of the brand’s flagship compact car, Yaris, Yaris Cross will be launched in Japan in Autumn this year, […]

ABUJA—THE Federal Government may consider the request by the lottery operators to migrate fully to online operations as a means of tackling the effects of physical distancing on their Point Of Sales, POS terminals as it affects their overall business.

By Theodore Opara The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has said it was going to enforce the social distancing measure of the federal and state governments in all passenger vehicles on Nigerian roads. This is also as various transport associations in the country has promised to comply with the regulation and order of the government […]

By Victor Young International Labour Organisation, ILO, has said the COVID-19 lockdown and containment measures across the globe will increase poverty levels among the world’s informal economy workers by 56 percent in low-income countries. In a report released on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, ILO noted that “in high-income countries, relative poverty levels among informal workers […]

ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the new ex-depot price of N108 per litre of the Premium Motor Spirit insisting on a new pricing template that must accommodate a pump price of between N60 to N70 per litre to reflect the crash in the price of crude oil and petroleum products in the international market.

Prays for Dokpesi, others By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the new ex-depot price of N108 per litre of the Premium Motor Spirit insisting on a new pricing template that must accommodate a pump price of between N60 to N70 per litre to reflect the crash in the price of crude […]

The US Embassy in Nigeria, in a statement on Wednesday, said there is $319 million Abacha loot ($167m in France and $152m in the UK) that is being challenged in court. This is coming just a week after $311 million (N118bn) Abacha loot was returned from the United States of America. ALSO READ: ABACHA LOOT: […]