The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 42 countries already rolling out the various COVID-19 vaccines which have been cleared for use, 36 are in high-income nations. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made this known during the COVID-19 news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva. In a series of tweets posted on the […]

Military and Police personnel, including strippers, were among 243 persons arrested during a raid of night clubs in Lagos, for violating the Covid-19 protocol on social distancing and the  12 midnight to 4 am curfew imposed by the Federal Government Task Force on Covid-19.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has postponed indefinitely his 50 years coronation anniversary in the aftermath of the ravaging coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is contained in a statement he personally signed and issued to newsmen on Saturday. The oba ascended the throne on Jan. 14, 1971, aged 31. Oba Adeyemi, who had made […]

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has commended the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on the certificate forgery case levelled against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

By Dirisu Yakubu The federal government will begin work on the construction of the Ibadan-Kano rail project as soon as the Chinese government approves the sum of $5.3bn loan application, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said. Amaechi, stated this as a guest of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Weekend Deal Programme, monitored by our […]

Indonesia has launched a sea and air search effort. The rescue operation, which includes 11 navy ships, is set to continue throughout the night. Tracking showed the path of flight SJ182 ending off the coast just north of Jakarta after the plane abruptly lost altitude. The plane took off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport at about 2:36 p.m (7:36 UTC) The flight, which was bound for the […]

Pope Francis has called opposition to the coronavirus vaccine “suicidal denial” urging people to get the jab and saying he would get vaccinated himself next week. “Next week, we will start to do it here (in the Vatican) and I made an appointment, we must do it,” he told Canale 5 in segments released on […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following the suspension of electricity tariff hike by the Federal Government on Thursday, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs including ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, One Love Foundation, OLF, Grassroots Empowerment, and Justice, GEJ Initiative, and others, Friday, called on Federal Government to fix power sector and provide Nigerians stable electricity. FG’s taking loan […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Police Command on Saturday revealed that it has started changing operational strategies to combat all forms of criminality in the state. The Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Mr Babatunde Mobayo, said the Swift Response Squad (SRS) unit of the police, has been decentralised to increase patrols across […]

United States (US) President, Donald Trump’s steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration. After riling up a crowd that later staged a violent siege of the US Capitol, Trump appears to have lost some of his strongest allies, […]