Iran’s death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day, among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran, officials and local news agencies said. READ ALSO: South Africa confirms second coronavirus case Announcing the latest deaths from the virus, a health ministry official said […]

Ogun Police Commissioner, Kenneth Ebrimson, on Saturday said that cultism remained the greatest challenge facing the state police command. Ebrimson said this in Abeokuta when students body in the state led by Azeez Adeyemi, Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Student Matters, paid him a courtesy call. He intimated the students’ representatives that it […]

By Jacob Ajom Thirty-Six years is a long time in one’s life. For some, it could be a lifetime. At 36, even a business establishment that could survive that long, particularly in Nigeria must have learned a lot and given a lot to be termed as a worthy member of the corporate community. Having navigated […]

Oil prices have plummeted by more than 30 per cent since the start of the year but for producers, the worst may be yet to come, warn experts, as the coronavirus epidemic weighs heavily on demand. The OPEC cartel of oil-producing countries and its allies failed to reach a deal on production cuts Friday, after […]

The Head of the Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO), Mr Kelvin Uwaibi has identified data as the lifeblood for Nigeria’s pursuit for economic diversification and development, noting that the state government was leveraging data analytics in making informed decisions on investment and development in the state. Uwaibi said this during the Open Data Engagement […]

A foremost regional faith-based organisation Muslim Youth League (MYL) has called out the former Central Bank Governor and Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II over allegations of illegal sales of landed property belonging to the Emirate worth more than two billion naira and diverting same through proxy companies to private use. The group expressed deep disappointment over the several allegations of corruption that have been associated with the name of the controversial Emir.

The Police Command in Bayelsa has arrested a policeman, Insp. Tuddy Warebayigha, who allegedly shot his wife, Charity, over a marital misunderstanding. The police spokesman in the state, SP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Yenagoa, said the suspect has been arrested and detained at the state criminal investigation […]

Edo 2020: We saw work going on, like putting finishing touches to different things. How ready is Edo for the festival? Like you rightly noted, you can see that the guys are working round the clock. I don’t know if you have visited the swimming pool, the indoor sports hall, the tartan tracks are going […]

The Paris-Nice often sets the agenda for the cycling season and as the eight-day tour embarks Sunday toward the sunny south it offers a ray of hope for a cycling season under a coronavirus cloud. While four cycling teams are still in quarantine following the abandoned UAE Tour, Paris-Nice lost a bevvy of stars as […]

NPOD Summit to actualize Next Level Agenda-Bapetel By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, has maintained that government remains interested in solutions that will help propel Nigerians to the next level under the ‘Next Level Agenda.’ Buhari who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Secretary to the Government the Federation, Mr. […]