Ex-media aide to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, Wednesday warned Nigerians not to come to God as their last hope.

Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Revd. Alfred Adewale Martins Wednesday cautioned promoters of different conspiracy theories as the world against Covid-19 to be careful not to cast aspersions at the Catholic Pontiff.

Poised to decongest Correctional Centre’s due to COVID-19, the Chief Judge of Zamfara State, Justice Kulu Aliyu has granted amnesty to 62 inmates including 5 condemned criminals (CC) in the state.

Operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police in collaboration with officers of the So-Safe Corps have arrested a 40-year-old herbalist, Michael Itomu and three others for allegedly possessing human hand in Idiroko, Ipokia local government area of the state

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Following the successful matriculation of its undergraduate students, the authority of the Osun State University has matriculated 418 postgraduate students. The traditional oath-taking exercise was conducted virtually by the Registrar, Mr Gafar Adebayo while the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Labo Popoola welcomed the new students into the university. The virtual session which […]

The Zamfara state government has denied having 10 new cases of COVID-19 as was allegedly announced by the National Center for Diseases Control, NCDC.

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A Magistrate’s Court in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday, struck out charges against a 32-year-old man, Akinloye Saheed, who posted on Facebook that Osun state government imported COVID-19 patient. The defendant was arraigned on April 14 for allegedly publishing false information on Facebook to incite members of the public against the […]

There was sharp disagreement between the labour unions in the electricity sector on Wednesday, following the sacking of the former Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed.

*Labour accuses Minister of Power of working for foreign interests *…says sacked MD strengthened transmission network nationwide By Victor Young, Chris Ochayi & Shina Abubakar Organised labour, on Tuesday, rejected the sack of Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, MD/CEO, of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Usman Mohammed, and demanded his immediate reinstatement. Labour also demanded the […]

The Coalition Against (CACOVID),  a private sector initiative on Wednesday donated a 100-bed isolation centre to Osun State government, saying the gesture was aimed at complementing the fight against coronavirus pandemic in the state.

 Following the memo submitted by Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, the Federal Executive Council, FEC, Wednesday approved the sum of six hundred and twenty three million, seven hundred thousand, (N623.7m) for the Nigeria Customs Service to purchase computers for its zonal and area commands.

…Queries appointment of acting party scribe By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Deputy National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), North chapter, Senator Lawal Shuaibu has lamented what he described as the growing resort to illegalities by the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, saying the APC is now a best of […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Fertilizer Producers Association of Nigeria, FEPSAN, Wednesday, assured farmers in the country availability of 600, 000 metric tonnes of fertilizer under the Presidential Initiative to boost food production in the country despite the raging Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary, FEPSAN, Gideon Negedu, while in […]

…Queries appointment of Acting Party Scribe .Says APC’s defeat imminent in Ondo, Edo By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – Deputy National Chairman, North, of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Sen. Lawal Shuaibu has lamented what he described as the growing resort to illegalities by the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, saying the […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan and Agency The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the country (Nigeria) imported 28.9bn litres of petrol among other petroleum products in 2019. The bureau disclosed this in its Petroleum Products Imports and Consumption (Truck out) Statistics Report 2019. The report stated: “The Petroleum Products Importation Statistics for Full Year 2019 […]