By Paul Olayemi, The Delta State Police Command on Wednesday has dropped charges against 18 persons, including the woman leader, Mrs Rosslyn Akpamrdo, who were alleged to have protested over the state government extension of lockdown in Sapele, Delta State, following the intervention of some stakeholders from the town. Last week, Mrs Rosslyn Akpamrdo […]

Wales attacker Gareth Bale said on Wednesday that he had donated £500,000 ($615,000) to the hospital where he was born to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Real Madrid’s Bale, 30, who has won four Champions League titles since joining the Spanish giants in 2013, made the announcement in a Twitter post by […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has mourned the death of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide. President `Obasanjo in a letter stated how he received the news with deep shock, describing Chief Akinjide’s death as having robbed Nigeria of one of its best and brightest stars. President Obasanjo also […]

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, yesterday announced that he had recovered from coronavirus. This came as the governor issued an amendment to the Quarantine Regulations requiring everyone in the state to wear a face mask when going out of the home or workplace.

THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, presented a cheque of N2.5 million to each of the eight families of the deceased, who died in the pipeline explosion of Sunday, March 15, 2020, at Abule Ado-Soba, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the state, as financial assistance.