By Emmanuel Okogba Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said that the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if his ministry gets the $500million loan it requires for the upgrade. The minister said this when he appeared before the senate committee on local and foreign loans. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has listed six “grave violations” suffered by children during armed conflict to include killing and maiming, recruitment as soldiers, sexual violence, abduction, attacks against schools or hospitals and denial of humanitarian services.

Pascal Siakam scored 34 points as the Toronto Raptors shrugged off their injury problems to extend their winning streak to 15 games on Monday with a 137-126 defeat of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Siakam’s dominant display included six three-pointers as the reigning NBA champions overpowered a resilient Timberwolves side to cement their grip on second place […]

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has called on the federal government to make Nnewi, Anambra State, a full manufacturing hub in Nigeria to attract foreign investment into the country.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) National Steel Task Force has sealed 13 steel factories across the country for standards infractions following nationwide market surveillance carried out by the  Task Force between November 2019 and January 2020.

By Michael Eboh & Ediri Ejoh The Group Managing Director of Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited, Mr. Victor Okoronkwo, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria can only achieve its goals of three million barrels of crude oil per day and 40 billion barrels crude oil reserves if it ensures a stable operating environment and the establishment […]

By Eric Teniola IN the Constitution of Northern Nigeria, Section 6 1-1 and 2 states that the Adviser on Moslem law shall be appointed by the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier; (2) A person holding the office of adviser on Moslem law may be removed from office by the Governor, […]

By Yinka Odumakin Senate: SHORTLY after General Ibrahim Babangida annulled the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi did a piece in which he used the disaster clock at the UN to warn about the dire situation the unjust diktat had put Nigeria. The clock is a measuring device for imminent explosion in a […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping donned a face mask and had his temperature checked Monday while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people.

A group of major oil-producing countries on Monday called for a further reduction to their output until June amid the coronavirus fears. The oil-producing countries while summing up their recent talks in Vienna, agreed that the coronavirus “is dampening global energy demand”. A committee that advises the 14 members of the Organisation of the Petroleum […]

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged Nigerians to disregard ongoing online job recruitment by the agency. The information is in a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Monday in Abuja. READ ALSO: NAFDAC blames rise in kidney, liver diseases on cooking practices According to […]

The Borno State Government has said about 1,400 repentant Boko Haram suspects have been released by the military and rehabilitated into society. The Borno State Commissioner for Information, Babakura Jato, said during an interview on Monday that 1, 400 had been released in three tranches since the ‘Operation Safe Corridor’ programme began. It has been […]

By Zhou Pingjian CHINA is currently fighting an all-out people’s war against the novel coronavirus pneumonia, NCP, outbreak. The virus is unprecedented, so are the measures China has taken. The safety and health of the people always comes first, and thus the prevention and control of the outbreak is the country’s top priority for now. […]

A staff member at a British doctors’ practice in the southern English city of Brighton has tested positive for coronavirus, the BBC reported. The County Oak Medical Centre has been temporarily closed down, the BBC said. It did not cite sources. Recently, health officials said a case of coronavirus had been identified in Brighton and […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formed a committee to study and make a full report on the closure of Nigerian land borders.