By Ikechukwu Odu – Nsukka There is tension in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State over the death of a 27-year-old, 500 level law student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Augustine Ugwu, who was allegedly murdered by an officer of the Nigerian Police Force at Nsukka. The deceased was said to have gone to […]

Workers banged away at construction sites in Rome, police handed out masks in Madrid and older children returned to school in Vienna as Europe on Monday gingerly stepped out of its coronavirus lockdown. With their death and infection rates slowing and their economies in ruins, some of Europe’s biggest countries decided it was time to […]

Nigerian rapper, singer and composer, Mawthie, has revealed the inspiration behind his hit song, “Normally”. He said: “It’s actually a studio vibe. When I heard the beat, at first I looked at how I am living life and what was going on around me; obviously, I am living a good life. “So I thought it […]

THE IMF has cautioned the CBN against dollar rationing stressing that this will hamper foreign trade and investor confidence and thus slow down the nation’s economic recovery.

English Football Association chairman Greg Clarke does not believe fans will be allowed into stadiums “any time soon” and has warned that the coronavirus crisis could cost the governing body £300 million ($373 million). Football across England has been indefinitely suspended, with the 2019/20 season in all leagues below the top four divisions already declared […]

Britain said on Monday that China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak, but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.-led intelligence consortium had a accused Beijing of a cover-up. The United States has scaled up its rhetoric over Chinese culpability for the novel coronavirus in recent […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – Community leaders in the Niger-Delta, under the auspices of Coalition for Niger Delta Cohesion (CNDC), have called for the arrest of business mogul and cousin of former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The community leaders, in a statement issued via email by its convener, Dr. Ebiowei ThankGod, in Abuja, accused […]

Chinese state media hit back at the U.S. on Monday, accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of trying to divert attention from its own “incompetence” with allegations about the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari had in his last broadcast ordered gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown in the FCT, Lagos State, and Ogun State. The directive became effective in the FCT, Abuja on Monday. Retailers and Wholesalers were seen scrambling to access the Fish Market as the COVID-19 lockdown was relaxed at the Federal Capital […]

Chinese state media hit back at the U.S. on Monday, accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of trying to divert attention from its own “incompetence” with allegations about the spread of the novel coronavirus. The commentary in the Global Times newspaper, published under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily, dismissed as “groundless” allegations […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A foetus which was about seven months old was on Sunday morning dumped in a stream in Osogbo, Osun State. It was gathered a resident of Alafia Street, Igbonna in Osogbo found the foetus in the stream early morning and drew the attention of others to it. As at the […]

 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has renewed Washington’s goal of denuclearising North Korea and creating a “bright future” for its people after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s return to the public eye following his 20-day absence.

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arraigned a former Minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, before the Federal High Court in Abuja, over his alleged involvement in fraud. Turaki who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was the Minister for Special Duties […]

By Dennis Agbo Resident Doctors of the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, ESUT-TH, who withdrew their services eleven days ago, have resolved to offer skeletal services so as to help combat the growing cases of COVID-19 index cases in the state that has risen to six. The Doctors said that even though the state government […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has imposed an overnight curfew order across the country between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily starting from May 4. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, had made it clear […]