On Monday, April 27, 2020, British oil and gas giant, BP, became the latest in a growing number of energy firms to declare a massive quarterly loss.

A video of former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’abba debunking the rumors of his death, circulating on social media and carried by some online media outlets. Vanguard News Nigeria.

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has released 36 prisoners as part of efforts to decongest the prison following the threat of COVID-19 pandemic. The governor also directed the Acting Chief Judge of the State, Mrs. Ijeoma Aguguo, to immediately commence accelerated trial and release of inmates who are on awaiting trial on minor charges or […]

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghalli Umar Na’Abba is not dead, a reliable source from the office of the current Speaker of the House, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said.

The Police Command in Ekiti on Friday confirmed the release of a woman kidnapped on April 26,along with the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Olabode Folorunsho.

Critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have unanimously risen against the alleged plan by the Federal Government to appoint the head of Reintegration in the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brown Aroyoloteim, as the new Coordinator of the Programme.

By Emem Idio – Yenagoa Four household relatives of the Bayelsa  State index case of COVID-19 have tested positive for the disease. They were among the 204 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 released by the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, NCDC, on Thursday night. This brings to five the number of confirmed cases of Convid-19 […]

Shareholders of United Bank for Africa, UBA Plc have endorsed the N1.00 per share dividend proposed by its Board of Directors for the financial year ended December 31, 2020, just as they commended the Board for committing N5 billion in the fight against  coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday it was working with social media companies in a bid to quash misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic — including on more light-hearted apps popular with teenagers. The WHO said it had started working with TikTok and Snapchat since the pandemic broke out in a bid to reach out […]

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has attributed the delay in implementation of the new minimum wage for senior civil servants to the spread of the COVID-19 to the state and its negative consequences.

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has released guidelines for handling infectious wastes, within the context of the Coronavirus pandemic

Police have arrested Lawal Abdullahi Izala, ‘m’, aged 70yrs, Bahajaje Abu, ‘m’, aged 30yrs and Hamza Abubakar, ‘m’, aged 27yrs all of Gafai Quarters, Katsina, Katsina state for insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the executive governor of Katsina state, Aminu Bello Masari, CFR.”

A London judge Friday struck out elements of the Duchess of Sussex’s high profile claim against a tabloid newspaper group for publishing a letter she wrote to her estranged father. The US one-time actress, who with her husband Prince Harry is waging an increasingly public war with some media outlets, is suing Associated Newspapers, which […]

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has promised to uplift the standard of education in the state. “God will not forgive me, if after realising the decay in the sector, I leave office without doing anything,” Sule said on Friday in Lafia while receiving a report on baseline survey on educational wellbeing of primary and secondary schools.

Workers Day: Sightsavers Nigeria, an NGO, on Friday said about 90 per cent of Persons Living with Disabilities (PLwDs) are unemployed. The organisation also attributed the under-employment to societal discrimination. Mr Rasak Adekoya, the Communication Officer of Sightsavers Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja to celebrate Workers Day. Adekoya urged government at all […]